SALADIN

AL-NASER SALAH AL-DIN

By Youssef CHAHINE

KARLOVY VARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Completed 1963


Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Tribute to Youssef Chahine
    • Year of production
    • 1963
    • Countries
    • EGYPT
    • Duration
    • 186 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Youssef CHAHINE
    • Synopsis
    • The Braveheart of its time, this is a fictional retelling of the Crusades that doubles as an allegory for Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Chahine’s only movie with a fusha (old Arabic) dialogue, this would become Chahine’s biggest, most elaborate action film; a rousing historical epic that remains unsurpassed in both its scope and ambitiously mad vision.