The Land (1970)
2h 9m
Running Time
January 26, 1970Release Date
The Land (1970)
2h 9m
Running Time
January 26, 1970Release Date
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Plot.
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
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Cast & Crew.
Nagwa Ibrahim
Wasifa
Ezzat Al Alaily
Abdel Hadi
Mahmoud El Meligy
Mohamed Abu Swelam
Yehia Chahine
Sheikh Hassouna
Hamdy Ahmed
Mohamed Effendi
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Sheikh Sha'ban
Ali El Scherif
Diab
Salah El-Saadany
Elwani
Ali Al Sharif
Diab
Abdel Warith Assir
Mayor
Abdel Rahman El Khamesy
Sheikh Youssef
Abderrahman Charkawi
Writer
أشرف السلحدار
Mahmoud Bey
Hussein Ismail
Sheikh Shenawy
Hassan Fuad
Writer
Fatma Imara
Khadra
Abdel Mohsen Selim
Abdel Ati
Ibrahim ElShamy
Sheriff
Helmy Hilaly
Survey Engineer
Mohamed ElSaqqa
Boy
Nabila El Sayed
Mayor's wife
Ali ElMoaawen
Mafia harasser
Youssef Chahine
Director
Daoud Abdel Sayed
Assistant Director
Media.
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Wiki.
The Land (Arabic: الأرض, translit. Al-Ard) is a 1969 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine, based on a popular novel by Abd al-Rahman Sharqawi. The film narrates the conflict between peasants and their landlord in rural Egypt in the 1930s, and explores the complex relation between individual interests and collective responses to oppression. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
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