The Night of Counting the Years 1969
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Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.
- Released: 1969-01-27
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Ahmed Marei, Nadia Lotfi, Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq, Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim, Mohamed Nabih
- Director: Shadi Abdel Salam, Shadi Abdel Salam, Roberto Rossellini, Nabila Fawzy, Hassan Eltouni
