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The Night of Counting the Years

The Night of Counting the Years
Movie
Drama
History

The Night of Counting the Years

7.7 (57 votes)
1969
1h 42m

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.

Production

Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation, Egyptian Ministry of Culture

Languages

Arabic

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