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The Blazing Sun

Struggle in the Valley

1954★ 6.9 · 421h 56mDramaRomance

Overview

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.

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Cast

Omar Sharif
as Ahmed أحمد

فريد شوقي
as Riyad رياض

Zaki Rostom
as Taher Pasha الباشا

عبد الغني النجدي
as حسان

Faten Hamama
as Amal أمال

Mohsen Hassanein

Abdel Ghani Qamar
as Hassan

Abdel Warith Assir
as Saber صابر

Hamdy Ghaith
as Selim سليم

Rafeaa ElShal
as خدامة في قصر الباشا

Mansi Fahmy
as The Sheikh الشيخ

Abdel Halim ElQala'awy

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Release date: 1954-03-01

Runtime: 1h 56m

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DramaRomance

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