Country: Egypt
Year: 1978
Duration: 130'
Abla moves to Paris to complete her studies, and ends up in an Israeli spy network, headed by Edmond, who knows that the girl's fiancé is in the Egyptian army. The Egyptian Intelligence investigates to find out why many military secrets have been discovered. Abla is arrested by means of subterfuge.
"Al su'ud ila al hawiya was the first of a series of films about the espionage war between Egypt and Israel during the period between the Six Days' War in 1967 and the war in 1973. Many scenes were shot in Paris and some in Tunisia. It was the first commercial film made outside Egypt" (Kamal Al Sheikh).
Biography
film director
Kamal Al Sheikh
Kamal Al Sheikh (1919). Director, screenwriter and editor, he began his artistic career in the editing department of Studio Misr in 1938. In 1943 he edited the film Al Bu'asà (Les misérables), directed by Kamal Salim. He has made over 35 feature films and four documentary short films Sadat al ma'arik (The War Lords, 1953), Mu'ahadat al gialà (The Accord on England's Removal of its Army from Egypt, 1954), Hadihi hiya Suriyya (This is Syria, 1958), Hiwar (Conversation, 1972).
FILMOGRAFIA
Al manzil raqam 13 (La casa numero 13, 1952), Mu'amara (Complotto, 1953), Hayat aw mawt (Vita o morte, 1954), Hubb wa dumu'e (Amore e lacrime, 1955), Al gharib (Lo straniero, co-regia Fattin Abdu Al Wahab, 1956), Hubb wa i'dam (Amore e esecuzione, 1956), Ardu al salam (La terra della pace, 1957), Ardu al ahlam (La terra dei sogni, 1957), Tuggiaru al mawt (I commercianti della morte, 1957), Al malak al saghir (Il piccolo angelo, 1958), Saiyyidatu al qassr (La signora del palazzo, 1958), Min ajli imra'a (Per una donna, 1959), Qalbun yahtariq (Un cuore che brucia, 1959), Min ajli hubbi (Per il mio amore, 1959), Malak wa shaittan (Angelo e diavolo, 1960), Hubbi al wahid (Il mio unico amore, 1960), Lan a'tarif (Non confesserò, 1961), Al liss wa al kilab (Il ladro e i cani, 1962), Al shaittanu al saghir (Il piccolo diavolo, 1963), Al laila al akhira (L'ultima notte, 1963), Al kha'ina (La traditrice, 1965), Thalathat lussus (Tre ladri, film a episodi, co-regia Hasan Al Imam e Fattin Abdu Al Wahab, 1966), Al mukharribun (I sabotatori, 1967), Al ragiul alladhi faqada dhillahu (L' uomo che ha perduto la sua ombra, 1968), Miramar (1969), Bi'ru al hirman (Il pozzo della privazione, 1969), Ghurub wa shuruq (Crepuscolo e aurora, 1970), Shai'un Fi Sadri (Qualcosa nel mio cuore, 1971), Al harib (Il fuggitivo, 1974), Al Man Nuttliqu Al Rassas (Su chi spariamo, 1975), Sana ula hubb (Primo anno d'amore, co-regia Salah Abu Seif, Atif Salem, Hilmi Rafla e Niazi Mustafa, 1976), Wa thlithuhum al shaittan (Il terzo è il diavolo, 1978), Al su'ud ila al hawiya (L'ascesa verso l'abisso, 1978), Al tauws (Il pavone, 1982), Qahiru al zaman (Il domatore del tempo, 1987).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Kamal Al Sheikh.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Saleh Mursi, Maher Abdu Al Hamid.
Director of photography: Ramsis Marzuq.
Art director: Maher Abdu Al Nur.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Sound: André Zandilis.
Cast and characters: Mahmud Yasin (Khalid), Madiha Kamel (Abla), Giamil Ratib (Edmond), Ibrahim Khan (Sabri), Iman (Madlen), Imad Hamdi (Kamel), Nabil Nur Al Din, Taysir Fahmi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Amon.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Saleh Mursi, Maher Abdu Al Hamid.
Director of photography: Ramsis Marzuq.
Art director: Maher Abdu Al Nur.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Sound: André Zandilis.
Cast and characters: Mahmud Yasin (Khalid), Madiha Kamel (Abla), Giamil Ratib (Edmond), Ibrahim Khan (Sabri), Iman (Madlen), Imad Hamdi (Kamel), Nabil Nur Al Din, Taysir Fahmi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Amon.