The Night of Counting the Years

Jan 27, 1969

1h 42m

★ 7.7

The day when the years are counted

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Merchant Ivory Productions

General Egyptian Cinema Organisation

The Night of Counting the Years Trailers

Cast

Wannis

Ahmed Marei

Zeina

Nadia Lotfi

Uncle

Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq

Wannis' Mother

Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim

Murad

Mohamed Nabih

Stranger

Mohamed Morshed

Ayoub

Shafiq Nour ElDein

First cousin

Ahmed Khalil

Ahmed Kamal

Mohamed Khairy

Badawi Bey

Ahmad Anan

Brother

Ahmed Hegazi

Second cousin

Helmi Halali

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