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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Drama, History
Release:
January 1969
Production:
Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation
Cast:
Ahmed Marei, Nadia Lotfi, Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq, Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim, Mohamed Nabih, Mohamed Morshed, Shafiq Nour ElDein, Ahmed Khalil, Mohamed Khairy, Ahmad Anan, Ahmed Hegazi, Helmi Halali, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Gaby Karraz, Abdelmonen Aboulfoutouh
