Overview - The Night of Counting the Years

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • History

Runtime: 102 minutes

Homepage: The Night of Counting the Years

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • العربية

Production companies

  • Name: Merchant Ivory Productions

    Production country

  • Name: General Egyptian Cinema Organisation

    Production country

  • Name: Egyptian Ministry of Culture

    Production country

Overview

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

  • Name: Ahmed Marei

    Character: Wannis

    Popularity: 0.2027

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  • Name: Nadia Lotfi

    Character: Zeina

    Popularity: 1.1888

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  • Name: Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq

    Character: Uncle

    Popularity: 0.2327

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  • Name: Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim

    Character: Wannis' Mother

    Popularity: 0.1611

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  • Name: Mohamed Nabih

    Character: Murad

    Popularity: 0.1351

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  • Name: Mohamed Morshed

    Character: Stranger

    Popularity: 0.0264

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  • Name: Shafiq Nour ElDein

    Character: Ayoub

    Popularity: 1.123

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  • Name: Ahmed Khalil

    Character: First cousin

    Popularity: 0.9216

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