Drama ·Documentary · Egypt · 1972 · 1h 45m

The People and the Nile

الناس والنيل

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Director
Youssef Chahine
Cast
Soad Hosny as Nadia Salah Zulfikar as Journalist Yahya Al-Saeed Ezzat Al Alaily as Dr. Amin Mahmoud El Meligy as Engineer Magdy Seif Abdelrahman as Engineer Saad Fatma Imara‏ as Engineer Saad's wife
Crew
Rashida Abdel Salam — Editor Nikolai Figurovsky — Writer
Synopsis

The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Youssef Chahine Director Rashida Abdel Salam Editor Nikolai Figurovsky Writer
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