19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Tribute to Shadi Abdu Al Salam

An Ramsis

about Ramsis
by Shadi Abdu Al Salam
Country: Egypt
Year: 1985
Duration: 44'


Salah goes to the Egyptian museum to watch as workmen from the Department of Antiquity move the statue of Ramses II from the museum's garden. Salah's uncle explains the role Ramses II and his dynasty played in the history of ancient Egypt.

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: dr. Mohammad Saleh.
Director of photography: Maher Radi, Samir Bahzan.
Art director: Salah Mer'i.
Editor: Rahmat Muntaser, Ahmad Dawud, Suzan Al Eid.
Sound: Majdi Kamel.
Music: George Cazazian.
Titoli: Nos-hi Iskander.
Cast and characters: Haitham Abdu Al Hamid (il piccolo Salah), Mahmud Mabruk (Amm Mahmud), Sayyid Al Ennabi (il capo mastro Sayyid), Mahmud Qayid (il capo mastro Husein), il capitano Sharif.
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