Land of Peace (Arabic: أرض السلام, translit. Ard al-Salam) is a 1957 Egyptian war/drama film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama. In this film, most of the characters speak Palestinian Arabic.
| Land of Peace | |
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 Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama in Land of Peace | |
| Directed by | Kamal El Sheikh |
| Written by | Ali El Zorkani Helmy Halim |
| Produced by | Helmy Halim |
| Cinematography | Mahmoud Nasr |
| Music by | Muhamed Elmogi |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
Plot
editThe film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free their village from the control of the Israelis. Ahmed (Omar Sharif) is an Egyptian freedom fighter who ends up in this village. There, he meets Salma, a girl from the village. Together they try to save the Palestinians and always escape danger. Their friendship evolves into a love relationship and they marry each other.
Cast
edit- Faten Hamama as Salma
- Omar Sharif as Ahmed
- Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy as Hamdan
- Tewfik El Dekn as Khalid
- Abdel Waress Assar as Mazen (Salma's father)
- Fakher Fakher as Abed
- Faida Kamel as neighbor and a singer
- Ehsan Sherif as Rukaya
References
edit- "Film summary" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- "Film summary" (in Arabic). Adab wa Fan. Archived from the original on 2003-10-20. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- "Film summary" (in Arabic). AraMovies. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- Land of Peace at IMDb
External links
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