Completed - 186 minutes
Year of production : 1963 Director(s) : Youssef CHAHINE
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.
Country(ies) : EGYPT
Karlovy Vary IFF 2019 Tribute to Youssef Chahine