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AL-MOMIA
(THE MUMMY)
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.
Directed by : Shadi Abdel SALAM
Year of production: 1969
Durée : 103 minutes
Year of production: 1969
Durée : 103 minutes
Credits
- Shadi Abdel SALAM Director
- Shadi Abdel SALAM Screenplay
- Abdel Aziz FAHMI Cinematography
- Salah MAREI Production Design
- Mario NASCIMBENE Music
- Kamal Abou EL ELLA Editing
Casting
- 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
Contacts
Production
- ORGANISATION ÉGYPTIEN DU CINEMA
International Press
- LESLEE DART, 42 WESTwww.42west.net
Distribution
- WORLD CINEMA FOUNDATIONwww.worldcinemafoundation.org
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