CAST:
Hamdy Ahmed (Mohammad Effendi),
Nagwa Ibrahim (Wassifa),
Mahmoud El-Meliguy (Mohamed Abu Swelam),
Ezzat El Alaili (Abd El-Hadi)

SCRIPT:
Hassan Fuad (prema romanu Abdel Rahmana al Sharqawija)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Abdelhalim Nasr

Synopsis:
This classic Chahine film has been proclaimed one of the best Egyptian films of all time. It deals with the topic of life in poor Egyptian rural areas during the 1940s. Villagers in a small village, already living in poor conditions, are forced to fight for survival after they learn that their land will be taken from them because a road will be built next to their village.

color, 130 min