14 Oct 1967
The Second Wife
A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.
The Night of Counting the Years
The day when the years are counted
Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.
Top Billed Cast
Ahmed Marei Wannis
Nadia Lotfi Zeina
Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq Uncle
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim Wannis' Mother
Mohamed Nabih Murad
Mohamed Morshed Stranger
Shafiq Nour ElDein Ayoub
Ahmed Khalil First cousin
Mohamed Khairy Ahmed Kamal
Ahmad Anan Badawi Bey
Ahmed Hegazi Brother
Helmi Halali Second cousin
Mohamed Abdel Rahman Third cousin
Gaby Karraz Maspero
Abdelmonen Aboulfoutouh Uncle
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