The Land (1969 film)

1969 drama film by Youssef Chahine

The Land

Directed by| Youssef Chahine
Written by| Abd al-Rahman Sharqawi
Hassan Fuad
Starring| Mahmoud El-Meliguy

Yehia Chahine

Ezzat El Alaili

Hamdy Ahmed
Cinematography| Abdelhalim Nasr
Edited by| Rashida Abdel Salam
Music by| Ali Ismail

Release date

* 1969 (1969)

Running time

| 130 minutes
Country| Egypt
Language| Egyptian Arabic

The Land (Arabic: الأرض, translit. al-ʿarḍ) 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 Egyptian peasants and their landlord 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.[1]

## Cast

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* Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Mohamed Abu Swelam
* Yehia Chahine as Hassuna
* Ezzat El Alaili as Abd El-Hadi
* Hamdy Ahmed as Mohammad Effendi
* Tewfik El Dekn as Khedr
* Salah El-Saadany as Elwani
* Ali El Scherif as Diab
* Nagwa Ibrahim as Wassifa

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Land". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

## External links

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* The Land at IMDb

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Films directed by Youssef Chahine

* Son of the Nile (1951)
* The Blazing Sun (1954)
* Struggle in the Pier (1956)
* Cairo Station (1958)
* Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
* Forever Yours (1959)
* Saladin the Victorious (1963)
* Dawn of a New Day (1965)
* The Nile and the Life (1968)
* The Land (1969)
* The Choice (1970)
* Those People of the Nile (1972)
* The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
* Alexandria... Why? (1979)
* An Egyptian Story (1982)
* Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
* Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
* The Emigrant (1994)
* Lumière and Company (1995)
* Destiny (1997)
* The Other (1999)
* 11′09″01 September 11 (2002)
* Alexandria... New York (2004)
* To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
* Chaos, This Is (2007)

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