The Blazing Sun (1954)
Original title: صراع في الوادي
The Blazing Sun is a 1954 Arabic-language drama movie directed by Youssef Chahine, with a running time of 1h 56m. It stars Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif and Zaki Rostom.
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
Where to watch The Blazing Sun
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Faten Hamama as Amal أمال
- Omar Sharif as Ahmed أحمد
- Zaki Rostom as Taher Pasha الباشا
- Farid Shawqy as Riyad رياض
- Abdel Warith Assir as Saber صابر
- Hamdy Ghaith as Selim سليم
- Zaki Ibrahim as The Lawyer المحامي
- Abdel Ghani El Nagdi as حسان
- Abdel Ghani Qamar as Hassan
- Mansi Fahmy as The Sheikh الشيخ
- Abdel Halim ElQala'awy
- Aziza Badr