The Night of Counting the Years

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Ahmed Hegazi · Nadia Lotfi · Ahmed Marei · Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq · Mohamed Nabih · Shadi Abdel Salam · Gaby Karraz · Mohamed Khairy · Shafiq Nour ElDein · Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim · Ahmad Anan

Studios & networks

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