Country: Egypt
Year: 1984
Duration: 30'
Salah and his uncle go on a trip to research events in Egyptian history: from prehistory to the beginning of the reign of the dynasties, when Egyptian civilization began and the central state was created. They then pass on to the era of the pyramids, Salah's uncle explains how they were built: engineering capabilities which, the film suggests, are still inherent in Egyptians today.
Biography
film director
Shadi Abdu Al Salam
Shadi Abdu Al Salam (1930-1986). Director, screenwriter, set and costume designer, he graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Cairo in 1955 and in 1957 he worked as director's assistant for Salah Abu Seif. Between 1959 and 1966 he designed sets and costumes for ten Egyptian films and foreign productions including Cleopatra by Mankiewicz and La lotta dell'uomo per la sopravvivenza by Renzo Rossellini, with Roberto Rossellini's supervision.
FILMOGRAFIA
Al mumia (La mummia, 1968-1969), Shakawa al fallah al fasih (I lamenti del contadino eloquente, cm, 1970), Afaq (Orizzonti, cm, 1973), Giuiush al shams (Le armate del sole, doc., 1974-75), Kursi Tutankhamun al dahabi (La sedia d'oro di Tutankhamun, cm, 1982), Al ahram (Le piramidi, cm, 1984), An Ramsis (A proposito di Ramsis, cm, 1985).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Shadi Abdu Al Salam.
Consulenza storica-scientifica: dr. Ahmad Qadri.
Screenplay: Shadi Abdu Al Salam.
Director of photography: Maher Radi.
Art director: Salah Mer'i.
Editor: Adel Munir.
Sound: Majdi Kamel.
Music: George Cazazian.
Titoli: Nos-hi Iskandar.
Cast and characters: Haitham Abdu Al Hamid (il piccolo Salah), Mahmud Mabruk (Amm Mahmud), Mahmud Qayid (il capo mastro Husein), il piccolo Nagi Al Enani (Nagi).
Production company: Abdu Al Hamid Dauwd per Alef Film (per conto dell'Ente Generale delle Antichit`).
Consulenza storica-scientifica: dr. Ahmad Qadri.
Screenplay: Shadi Abdu Al Salam.
Director of photography: Maher Radi.
Art director: Salah Mer'i.
Editor: Adel Munir.
Sound: Majdi Kamel.
Music: George Cazazian.
Titoli: Nos-hi Iskandar.
Cast and characters: Haitham Abdu Al Hamid (il piccolo Salah), Mahmud Mabruk (Amm Mahmud), Mahmud Qayid (il capo mastro Husein), il piccolo Nagi Al Enani (Nagi).
Production company: Abdu Al Hamid Dauwd per Alef Film (per conto dell'Ente Generale delle Antichit`).