El Ard el Tayeba (aliases: The Good Land or The Good Earth, Arabic: الأرض الطيبة, translit. Al-Ard Al-Tayyiba)[1][2][3] is a 1954 Egyptian film written, directed and produced by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[4][5][6][7]
El Ard el Tayeba | |
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Arabic: الأرض الطيبة | |
Directed by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Written by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Screenplay by | |
Produced by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Mostafa Hassan |
Edited by | Albert Naguib |
Music by | Andre Ryder |
Production company | Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar) |
Distributed by | National Company for Distribution and Trade |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Synopsis
editSaadia discovers that she is the daughter of a rich man and has a huge inheritance after his death. Her stepmother Baheega hates her, specially after Saadia became a rich girl. Baheega plots to kill Saadia to win her inheritance with the help of her lover and her brother. Here come the good man Hussein to rescue her.
Crew
edit- Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Story: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Youssef Gohar
- Production: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Editing: Albert Naguib
- Production company: Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar)
- Distribution: National Company for Distribution and Trade
Main cast
edit- Mariam Fakhr Eddine as Saadia
- Kamal El-Shennawi as Hussein Heshmat
- Hussein Riad as El Pasha
- Zuzu Madi as Baheega
- Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy as Zaki
- Soraya Fakhri as Hassanein's wife
- Fouad El-Mohandes as Bassiouni
- Abdulaziz Ahmed as Hassanein
References
edit- ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
- ^ arabe (France), Institut du monde (1995). Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma (in French). IMA. ISBN 978-2-906062-81-8.
- ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
- ^ Gordon, Joel S. (2002). Revolutionary Melodrama: Popular Film and Civic Identity in Nasser's Egypt. Middle East Documentation Center. ISBN 978-0-9708199-0-1.
- ^ "Al-Ard Al-Tayeba Film - 1954 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database". dhliz.com. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "Good Earth, The [el-ard et-tayeba] (1954) - (Mariam Fakhr Eddine) oversize stone litho Egyptian movie poster F, EX $125 *". www.musicman.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ قاسم, محمود (2018-01-01). الأديان على شاشة السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.
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