AL ARD (1969) | [aka... ... الارض -  Land, The - Terre, La (France)]

Written by:
Hassan Fouad

Abdel Rahman Sharqawi

Produced by:
Youssef Chahine

Cinematography by:
Abdelhalim Nasr

Editing by:
Rashida Abdel Salam

Original Music by:
Ali Ismail

Genre:
Drama/History/Poverty

Production Company:
Misr international films

Mo'asasa El Ama lel Cinema w el Masrah

  Adapted from Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi's well-known novel of the same name, was eight years in the making. Chronicling a small peasant village’s struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner, The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.

Ezzat El Alaili
Seif El Dine
Huda Sultan
Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Youssef Wahby
Soad Hosny
Seif Eddine Shawkat

.  This contemplative, epic film about feudalism in rural regions was named the best Egyptian film ever made in a recent poll of Egyptian film critics. It is considred to be Chahine's greatest film by many.

. "Chahine brings the epic to vivid, filmic life through the combination of rich detail and symbolic motif that is a staple of his cinema." - James Quandt, Cinematheque Ontario.

 Egypt- 130 min - 35MM - Color -  mono

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