Directed by : Shadi Abdel SALAM
Year of production : 1969 Country : EGYPT Length : 103 minutes
The film is based upon the true story of the discovery, in 1881, of 40 Royal Mummies.
When some archaeologists from the Antiquities Department in Cairo notice that several artefacts bearing royal names from the 21st dynasty keep appearing on the antique black market, an expedition is sent to Thebes, the capital of the Pharaonic Empire. They discovered that the Pharaoh’s tomb has been plundered for millennia, its treasures regarded as a natural heritage and a private source of income for the Horabat mountain tribe and its secret kept for generations by the chief's descendants. When the archaeologists find the tombs, the two sons of the dead tribal chieftain are faced with a moral issue. While they both refuse to continue the plunder, one of them is murdered and the other decides to side w
Shadi Abdel SALAM - Director
Shadi Abdel SALAM - Script / Dialogue
Abdel Aziz FAHMI - Cinematography
Salah MAREI - Set decorator
Mario NASCIMBENE - Music
Kamal Abou EL ELLA - Film Editor
Ahmed MAREI - Wannis
Ahmed HEGAZI - The Brother
Zouzou Hamdi EL HAKIM - The Mother
Nadia LOTFI - Zeena
Abdel Moneim ABOUL FETOUH - The Uncle
Abdel Azim ABDEL HACK - The Uncle
Ahmed ANAN - Badawi
Gabi HARRAZ - Maspero
Photo du film
Production
ORGANISATION ÉGYPTIEN DU CINEMA -
Distribution
WORLD CINEMA FOUNDATION - www.worldcinemafoundation.org
International press
LESLEE DART, 42 WEST - www.42west.net
