PG
120 min -
War, Drama, History -
21 December 2024
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Set in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
**Directors: Enrico Bomba (Italian version)Andrew Marton (Arabic version)
***Official submission of Egypt for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 34th Academy Awards in 1962.
Writers:
Rob Andrews and Enrico Bomba
Stars:
Ahmed Mazhar (Mahmoud - Saif Al-Din Qatz), Lubna Abdel Aziz (Jihad - Julnar), Farid Shawqi (Baltay), Rushdi Abaza (Rukn al-Din al-Zahir Baybars), Imad Hamdi (Izz al-Din Aybak), Mahmoud al-Meligy (Faris al-Din Aktai), Tahia Karioka (Shajarat Al-Durr), Hussein Riad (Sheikh Salama), Abbas Fares (Imam and jurist Al-Izz bin Abdul Salam), Zozo Hamdi Al-Hakim (Inji, the queen's maid), Naima Wasfi (Izz al-Din Aybak's first wife), Muhammad Sobeih (Katbugha), Muhammad Hussein (Mahmoud - a small Qutuz), Nusua Hussein (Jihad - a small Julnar), Nazim Shaarawi (Jalal al-Din bin Khwarazm Shah), Hussein Ismail (slave seller), Adel Atiyah (the crusader leader), Abdul Ghani (Nasser), Reda Performance Band, Daraa, Mahmoud Iraq.
**Like in the Italian version the actor Folco Lulli & Silvana Pampanni
Set in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
**Directors: Enrico Bomba (Italian version)Andrew Marton (Arabic version)
***Official submission of Egypt for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 34th Academy Awards in 1962.
