THE BLAZING SUN

SIRAA FIL WADI

By Youssef CHAHINE

MISR INTERNATIONAL FILMS - as SALES

Completed 1954


Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Tribute to Youssef Chahine
    • Year of production
    • 1954
    • Countries
    • EGYPT
    • Duration
    • 116 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Youssef CHAHINE
    • Synopsis
    • A melodrama about a young agricultural engineer who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Chahine’s first socially-conscious work, one that openly discussed the growing rift between the decaying aristocracy and the rising working class. It also features the screen debut of Egyptian film icon Omar Sharif.