Tribute to Youssef Chahine 2019 / Al-Naser Salah al-Din / Egypt 1963
The Braveheart of its time, this is a fictional retelling of the Crusades that doubles as an allegory for Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Chahine’s only movie with a fusha (old Arabic) dialogue, this would become Chahine’s biggest, most elaborate action film; a rousing historical epic that remains unsurpassed in both its scope and ambitiously mad vision.
The Braveheart of its time, this is a fictional retelling of the Crusades that doubles as an allegory for Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Saladin was the most expensive, most lavish Arab production of its time; so expensive in fact that it bankrupted its producer. Chahine’s only movie with a fusha (old Arabic) dialogue, this would become Chahine’s biggest, most elaborate action film; a rousing historical epic that remains unsurpassed in both its scope and ambitiously mad vision. It would also show Chahine’s love for period drama, a genre he would return to later on.
Joseph Fahim
186 min / Color, DCP
Director Youssef Chahine
/ Screenplay Youssef Chahine, Abdel Rahman El Sharkawy, Youssef El Sebaey, Naguib Mahzfouz
/ Dir. of Photography Wadid Sery
/ Music Fransko Lavenino
/ Editor Rashida Abdel Salam
/ Art Director Habib Khoury, Robert Charffenberg
/ Producer Asia Dagher
/ Production Lotus Films
/ Coproduction The Egyptian Cinema Organization
/ Cast Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lutfi, Salah Zulfikar, Laila Fawzi, Hamdi Gheiss
/ Sales Misr International Films
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