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7.0/10 • 33

1954-03-011h 56m

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Struggle in the Valley

A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.

Directors
Youssef Chahine
Editors
Kamal Abul Ela

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  1. Faten Hamama

    Faten Hamama

    Amal أمال

  2. Omar Sharif

    Omar Sharif

    Ahmed أحمد

  3. Zaki Rostom

    Zaki Rostom

    Taher Pasha الباشا

  4. Farid Shawqy

    Farid Shawqy

    Riyad رياض

  5. Abdel Warith Assir

    Abdel Warith Assir

    Saber صابر

  6. Hamdy Ghaith

    Hamdy Ghaith

    Selim سليم

  7. Zaki Ibrahim

    Zaki Ibrahim

    The Lawyer المحامي

  8. Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

    Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

    حسان

  9. Abdel Ghani Qamar

    Abdel Ghani Qamar

    Hassan

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CinemaSerf

Nov 21, 2022

7/10

Omar Sharif ("Ahmed") returns to his Egyptian village to try and help the local agrarian population improve their lot. This does not suit the local Pasha (Zaki Rustum) and so he sets about sabotaging their ambitions to grow and harvest their own crop of sugar cane. What follows is a hybrid love story/crime thriller as the Pasha's daughter - the gorgeous Faten Hamamah returns home after 8 years and begins to rekindle the feelings she had as a child for the hero; whilst becoming embroiled in an ever deepening crisis that only increases as a local Sheikh, who has assumed who was responsible for the destruction of the crop, is slain. It is easy to see why Sharif was snapped up by Hollywood - he is a very good looking man who oozes charisma, and there is a certain natural quality in the scenes he plays - especially with Hamamah. The ending let's it down a bit - I felt that the story sort of ran out of steam, but great onsite photography and a pacily directed (by Youssef Chahine) small cast make this well worth watching.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
black and white