El Ard el Tayeba
| El Ard el Tayeba | |
|---|---|
| Arabic: الأرض الطيبة | |
| Directed by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
| Written by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
| Screenplay by | |
| Produced by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Mostafa Hassan |
| Edited by | Albert Naguib |
| Music by | Andre Ryder |
Production company | Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar) |
| Distributed by | National Company for Distribution and Trade |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
El Ard el Tayeba (aliases: The Good Land or The Good Earth, Arabic: الأرض الطيبة, translit. Al-Ard Al-Tayyiba)[1][2][3] is a 1954 Egyptian film written, directed and produced by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[4][5][6][7]
Synopsis
[edit]Saadia discovers that she is the daughter of a rich man and has a huge inheritance after his death. Her stepmother Baheega hates her, specially after Saadia became a rich girl. Baheega plots to kill Saadia to win her inheritance with the help of her lover and her brother. Here come the good man Hussein to rescue her.
Crew
[edit]- Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Story: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Youssef Gohar
- Production: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Editing: Albert Naguib
- Production company: Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar)
- Distribution: National Company for Distribution and Trade
Main cast
[edit]- Mariam Fakhr Eddine as Saadia
- Kamal El-Shennawi as Hussein Heshmat
- Hussein Riad as El Pasha
- Zuzu Madi as Baheega
- Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy as Zaki
- Soraya Fakhri as Hassanein's wife
- Fouad El-Mohandes as Bassiouni
- Abdulaziz Ahmed as Hassanein
References
[edit]- ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
- ^ arabe (France), Institut du monde (1995). Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma (in French). IMA. ISBN 978-2-906062-81-8.
- ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
- ^ Gordon, Joel S. (2002). Revolutionary Melodrama: Popular Film and Civic Identity in Nasser's Egypt. Middle East Documentation Center. ISBN 978-0-9708199-0-1.
- ^ "Al-Ard Al-Tayeba Film - 1954 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database". dhliz.com. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "Good Earth, The [el-ard et-tayeba] (1954) - (Mariam Fakhr Eddine) oversize stone litho Egyptian movie poster F, EX $125 *". www.musicman.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ قاسم, محمود (2018-01-01). الأديان على شاشة السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.
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