The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years, also released in Arabic as The Mummy (Arabic: Al-Mummia المومياء), is a 1969 Egyptian film and the only feature film directed by Shadi Abdel Salam. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
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 is stealing piecemeal a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artefacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
Cast
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| author | Shadi Abdel Salam |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Egypt |
| director | Shadi Abdel Salam |
| editor | Kamal Abou-El-Ella |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | antiquities service black market british colonial british colonial rule cache db320 help illicit antiquities kurna mummy sa'idi people steal treasure trove upper-egyptian |
| musicBy | Mario Nascimbene |
| producer | Roberto Rossellini |
| productionCompany | General Egyptian Cinema Organisation Merchant Ivory Productions |
| publisher | General Egyptian Cinema Organisation Merchant Ivory Productions |