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The Land (1970)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Overview
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants’ lands.
Length 129 minutes
Actors
Nagwa Ibrahim | Ezzat El Alaili | Mahmoud el-Meliguy | Yehia Chahine | Hamdy Ahmed | Tewfik El Dekn | Salah El-Saadany | Ali El Sherif | Abdel Warith Assir | Abdel Rahman El Khamesy | Ashraf El Selehdar | Hussein Ismail | Fatma Omara | Abdelmohsen Selim | Ibrahim El Shamy | Hussein Asar | Helmy Hilaly | Nabila El Sayed | Ali El Moaawen | Mahmoud Al Iraq | Tousoun Motamad | Motawea Oweis | Faiza Abdelgawwad | Muhammad Al Saqqa