Information

Release DateJanuary 27, 1969

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

ProductionMerchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation + 1 more

LanguagesArabic

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The Night of Counting the Years

"The day when the years are counted"

Drama History

Synopsis

Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.