IBN EL NIL (1951) | [aka... ابن النيل - Son of the Nile]

Written by:
Nayrouz abdel malek

Youssef Chahine

Produced by:
Mary Queeny

Cinematography by:
Alvise Orfanelli

Editing by:
Kamal Abo El Ela

Original Music by:

Ibrahim Haggag

Youssef Saleh

Abdel Halim Nowiera

Genre:
Drama

Production Company:
Mary Queeny Films

  Based on novel by Grant Marshall "Nature Boy", a young man who is dissatisfied with rural life and is fascinated by train that cuts through the countryside, hops on it one day and heads for the glittering Cairo where he is ensnared in the 'exciting' life of women, gambling, and drugs. After rotting in prison for several years, he returns to his senses and to his village and to save a child drowning in the big river.

Mahmoud el Meligi
Samiha Tawfik
Samiha Tawfik
Yehia Chahine
Nader Galal
Khayreya Ahmed
Shokry Sarhan
Faten Hamama

. First Chahine film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

 Egypt- 120 min - 35MM - Black & white -  DTS

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