Saladin (El Nasser Salah Eddine)

Catalogue Code

FILM000087

Synopsis

When director Ezzedine Zulfiqar took ill, Chahine was asked to helm this pan-Arabian classic that commemorates the reclamation of the Suez Canal.

Set in the 12th century, Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, unites Arabs across North Africa and Western Asia against the crusading Christians. After defeating Richard the Lion-Hearted, the legendary Saladin pledges that Arab Jerusalem will remain open to all pilgrims, whatever their religion.

Some critics have called SALADIN the greatest historical epic of Egyptian cinema.

Year of Release

1963

Running Time

145 mins

Distributor

Arab Film Distribution

EIDR

Genres

Drama, Historical Epic

Language

Arabic,

Country of Origin

Egypt

Permalink

http://arabcinemadb.alc.manchester.ac.uk/Public/Film/Show/FILM000087

Notes

Entered the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival

People with a connection to this film

Ahmed Mazhar (Actor)Nadia Lofty (Actor)Salah Zolficar (Actor)Hamdy Gheiss (Actor)Omar El Hariri (Actor)Hussein Raid (Actor)Youssef Chahine (Director)

Publications related to this film

Hala Halim (1992) Malek Khouri (2010) Maureen Kiernan (1995)

Copies in the collection

DVD ARA/FIL/0096 Subtitles: English

Record from the Contemporary Arab Cinema Database

Last modified on 24/01/2014 17:47