Drama · Egypt · 1965 · 1h 45m

The Mountain

الجبل

Director

Cast

Samira Ahmed as مسعدة Omar Al-Hariri as المهندس فهمي Laila Fawzy as Salah Qabil as حسين Magda El Khatib as مريم Zouzou Mady as الجواجية

Crew

Ahmed Dia Al-Mahdi — Director of Photography Saeed El-Sheikh — Editor Khalil Shawky — Writer Fathy Ghanem — Writer

Synopsis

A young architect struggles to convince a superstitious community, in thrall to antiquity traffickers, to build houses instead of living in precarious mountain caves.

Mood & Themes

black and white

Key Collaborators

Khalil Shawky Director Ahmed Dia Al-Mahdi Director of Photography Saeed El-Sheikh Editor Khalil Shawky Writer Fathy Ghanem Writer

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