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The night of counting the years ( Egypt 1969 )

Color: Fiction, color, 103’

Direction: Chadi Abdel Salam

Screenplay: Chadi Abdel Salam

Director of Photography: Abdel Aziz Fahmi

Music: Mario Nascimbene

Editing: Kamal Abou El Ella

Cast: Ahmed Marei Ahmed Hegazi Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim Nadia Lofti

Production: Egyptian Cinema Organisation, Merchant Ivory Productions

Synopsis

The Mummy is based on a true story. In 1881, precious objects from the Tanite dynasty started turning up for sale, and it was discovered that the Horabat tribe had been secretly raiding the tombs of the Pharaohs in Thebes (today Luxor). The School of Archeology of Cairo discovered the tombs in a hidden place in the Valley of the Kings.

Réalisateur

Chadi Abdel Salam (1930-1986) Born in Alexandria, he began his career as assistant director and then designed the costumes and sets for several Egyptian and international historical films. From 1963 to 1969, he was Professor at the higher Institute of cinematography, in the Department of the scenery, costumes and staging. In 1968/1969, he directed feature film "The Mummy", for which he won several awards. In 1970, he held the post of the Director of the centre of experimental films in the Ministry of culture. He wrote the scenario of the dramatic feature film "Akhnaton" that it was not made.