Oh Islam

1961 film

Oh Islam

Directed by| Enrico Bomba
Andrew Marton
Written by| Robert Andrews
Enrico Bomba
Produced by| Enrico Bomba
Ramses Naguib
Starring| Ahmed Mazhar
Lobna Abdel Aziz
Rushdy Abaza
Cinematography| Wahid Farid

Release date

* 20 October 1961 (1961-10-20)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Country| Egypt
Language| Arabic

Oh Islam (Arabic: وا اسلاماه, translit. Wa Islamah, and also released as Love and Faith) is a 1961 Egyptian drama film directed by Enrico Bomba and Andrew Marton. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] The film was the first Egyptian film to be screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival.[2]

## Cast

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Egyptians

* Ahmed Mazhar as Mahmoud (Qutuz)
* Rushdy Abaza as Baibars
* Lobna Abdel Aziz as Jihad
* Emad Hamdy as Aybak
* Taheyya Kariokka as Shajar al-Durr
* Mahmoud el-Meliguy as Faris ad-Din Aktai
* Farid Shawki as Bltai
* Mahmoud el-Meliguy as Aktai

Italians

* Ema Andi
* Franco Carelli
* Federico Chentrens
* Mario Dionisi
* Luisa Mattioli
* Folco Lulli as Aktai
* Silvana Pampanini as Shajar al-Durr

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2. ^ "Wa Islamah: San Francisco International Film Festival". sffs.org. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

## External links

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* Oh Islam at IMDb

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Films directed by Andrew Marton

* Two O'Clock in the Morning (1929)
* The Night Without Pause (1931)
* Johnny Steals Europe (1932)
* North Pole, Ahoy (1934)
* Demon of the Himalayas (1935)
* Miss President (1935)
* Wolf's Clothing (1936)
* The Secret of Stamboul (1936)
* School for Husbands (1937)
* A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
* Gentle Annie (1944)
* Gallant Bess (1946)
* King Solomon's Mines (1950)
* Storm Over Tibet (1951)
* The Devil Makes Three (1952)
* The Wild North (1952)
* Prisoner of War (1954)
* Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
* Green Fire (1954)
* Seven Wonders of the World (1956)
* Underwater Warrior (1958)
* Oh Islam (1961)
* It Happened in Athens (1962)
* The Longest Day (1962)
* 55 Days at Peking (1963, uncredited)
* The Thin Red Line (1964)
* Crack in the World (1965)
* Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965)
* Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
* Birds Do It (1966)
* Africa Texas Style (1967)

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Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1958–1997|

* Cairo Station (1958)
* The Nightingale's Prayer (1959)
* Teenagers (1960)
* Love and Faith (1961)
* Chased by the Dogs (1962)
* Mother of the Bride (1964)
* The Impossible (1965)
* Cairo 30 (1966)
* The Night of Counting the Years (1970)
* A Woman and a Man (1971)
* My Wife and the Dog (1972)
* Empire M (1973)
* Where Is My Mind? (1974)
* I Want a Solution (1975)
* Whom Should We Shoot? (1976)
* Alexandria... Why? (1979)
* People on the Top (1981)
* Alexandria Again and Forever (1990)
* Land of Dreams (1994)
* Destiny (1997)

2002–present|

* A Girl's Secret (2002)
* Sleepless Nights (2003)
* I Love Cinema (2004)
* The Yacoubian Building (2006)
* In the Heliopolis Flat (2007)
* The Island (2008)
* Messages from the Sea (2010)
* Lust (2011)
* Winter of Discontent (2013)
* Factory Girl (2014)
* Clash (2016)
* Sheikh Jackson (2017)
* Yomeddine (2018)
* Poisonous Roses (2019)
* When We're Born (2020)
* Souad (2021)
* Voy! Voy! Voy! (2023)
* Flight 404 (2024)

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