Road to Eilat

Road to Eilat
Road to Eilat
Egyptian Arabic	الطريق إلى إيلات
Directed by	Inaam Mohammed Ali
Written by	Fayez Ghaly
Produced by	Mamdouh El Leithy
Starring	Salah Zulfikar; Ezzat El Alaili; Nabil Al-Halfawi
Cinematography	Sobhi Basta
Edited by	Kamal Abu El Ela
Music by	Yasser Abdel Rahman
Production; company	Egyptian Television Network
Distributed by	Egyptian Television Network
Release date	1994;
Running time	156 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

Road to Eilat (Egyptian Arabic: الطريق إلى إيلات translit: Al-Tareek Ela Eilat or El Tareeq Ela Eilat aliases: The Road to Eilat) is a 1994 Egyptian war film directed by Inaam Mohammed Ali and features Salah Zulfikar in a special appearance as Admiral Fouad Abu Zikry, the commander of Egyptian Navy.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The film stars Ezzat El Alaili and Nabil Al-Halfawi. The film is Salah Zulfikar's final film role.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Plot

The film takes place during the War of Attrition in 1969, before the October War, specifically in July. The film deals with the Egyptian raids on the Israeli port of Eilat, operations carried out by a group of frogmen belonging to the Egyptian Navy, when they attacked the Eilat War Port and were able to destroy two warships: Beit Sheva, Bat Yam and the war pier (the two ships were attacking the Egyptian positions in the Red Sea after the Israeli forces took over the Sinai), then the return of these frogs safely after completing their mission successfully, after the martyrdom of one hero.

Film crew

Screenplay: Fayez Ghaly
Directed by: Inaam Muhammad Ali
Produced by: Production Sector Egyptian Television
Producer: Mamdouh El-Leithy
Producers:
- Muhammad Khamis
- Emad El-Sheikh
- Muhammad Tawfiq
- Ali Mahmoud
- Ahmed Hamid
Music score: Yasser Abdel Rahman
Palestinian dialect references: Majeh Badrakhan
Hebrew dialect references: Tawheed Majdi
Makeup:
- Ramadan Imam
- Imam Ramadan
- Muhammad Ramadan
Hairdresser: Mamdouh Omar
Clothes: Ahmed Salem
Accessory: Amin Mostafa
Executors of the decor:
- Muhammad Al-Boushi
- Muhammad Zaki
- Sayed Amin
- Ahmed Othman
- Sharif Al-Salami
- Abdel Hamid Abdel Fattah
- Tariq Al-Boushi
- Ibrahim Harb
- Mohamed Abdel-Alim
- Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
- Salah Abu Al-Majd
- Hassan Ali Hassan
- Saad Ali Esawy
- Muhammad Tammam Al-Bushy
- Mahmoud Hassan
- Mohamed Abdel-Sabour
Voice recorder
- Adeeb Fouad
- Ahmed Abdel Khaleq
Assistant Mixing: Hiam Mohamed
Photography: Sobhi Basta
Clacket: Ibrahim Bayoumi
Registrar: Mohsen Abdelazim

Military Experts

Retired Major General Ibrahim Dakhakhni
Retired Admiral Mustafa Taher

From the Navy

Rear Admiral: Farouk Mohsab
Commodore: Nabawi Shalaby
Admiral: Abdel Azim Tawash
Naval Colonel: Mustafa Abdel-Raouf Al-Haw
Marine Major: Ashraf Mohamed
Naval Captain: Mohamed Sharif, Military Training Supervisor

Cast

Primary cast

Salah Zulfikar as Admiral Fouad Abou Zikry, Commander of the Egyptian Navy
Ezzat El Alaili as Colonel Radi, commander of the operation
Nabil Al-Halfawi as Colonel Mahmoud, the training commander
Mohamed El-Dafrawi as Chief of staff of the Egyptian Navy
Mohamed Abdel-Gawad as Captain Hatim
Hisham Abdullah as Staff Sergeant Navy Alish
Nasir Saif as Rear naval lieutenant
Abdullah Mahmoud as Martyr Marine Sergeant Morsi Al-Zanati
Hani Kamal as Lieutenant Marine Hussain
Mohamed Saad as Sergeant Qenawyi
Alaa Morsi as Samir, boat maintenance engineer
Tariq Al-Nahry as Galal from the Auxiliary Group
Farouk Aita as Fawaz from the Supporting Group
Suleiman Eid as Salem, desert guide
Madeleine Tabar as Maryam, one of the guides
Medhat Morsi as Director of Egyptian Military Intelligence
Yousry Mustafa as Operation Officer in Jordan

Supporting cast

Amin Hashem as employee responsible for Egyptian Radio
Sherine Wagdy as Captain Mahmoud's wife
Nahed Rushdie as Captain Radi's wife
Alan Zoghby as Israeli officer
Muhammad Mahmoud as Abu Jihad, a Palestinian fighter
Tariq Al-Amir
Ibrahim Balousha
Muhammad Ammar
Youssef Hussein
Muhammad Safwat
Tawheed Magdy
Magdy Suleiman

References

^ الحوادث (in Arabic). مؤسسة الحوادث للصحافة والنشر. May 1994.
^ قاسم, محمود (3 October 2020). موسوعة الممثل في السينما العربية، الجزء الأول (in Arabic). E-Kutub Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78058-548-2.
^ الشراع (in Arabic). 1994.
^ البنا, د دعاء أحمد (2019). دراما المخابرات.. وقضايا الهوية الوطنية (in Arabic). Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing. ISBN 978-977-319-487-1.
^ Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3.
^ Sakr, Naomi (24 September 2004). Women and Media in the Middle East: Power Through Self-expression. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85773-021-3.
^ Tolchin, Martin; Tolchin, Susan J. (30 October 2007). A World Ignited: How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4617-1165-0.
^ Abdelrahman, Maha M.; Hamdy, Iman A.; Rouchdy, Malak S.; Saad, Reem (2006). Cultural Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-982-2.

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[1] الحوادث (in Arabic). مؤسسة الحوادث للصحافة والنشر. May 1994.

[2] قاسم, محمود (3 October 2020). موسوعة الممثل في السينما العربية، الجزء الأول (in Arabic). E-Kutub Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78058-548-2.

[3] الشراع (in Arabic). 1994.

[4] البنا, د دعاء أحمد (2019). دراما المخابرات.. وقضايا الهوية الوطنية (in Arabic). Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing. ISBN 978-977-319-487-1.

[5] Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3.

[6] Sakr, Naomi (24 September 2004). Women and Media in the Middle East: Power Through Self-expression. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85773-021-3.

[7] Tolchin, Martin; Tolchin, Susan J. (30 October 2007). A World Ignited: How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4617-1165-0.

[8] Abdelrahman, Maha M.; Hamdy, Iman A.; Rouchdy, Malak S.; Saad, Reem (2006). Cultural Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-982-2.

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