Works DatabaseEgyptian Drama, Cinema, and Theatre
The Nile and the Life

The Nile and the Life

Original Title: النيل و الحياة

  • Film
  • 1968
  • 1h 45m
  • Released

Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political obj…

  • Directing Youssef Chahine
  • Writing Nikolai FigurovskyYoussef ChahineAbd El Rahman El Sharqawy
  • Starring Salah ZulfikarIgor VladimirovEmad Hamdy

Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political objectives, and how these impact the personal within it. (KHOURI)

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Salah Zulfikar
Igor Vladimirov
Vladimir Ivashov
Seif Abdelrahman
Yuriy Kamorniy
Madiha Salem
Valentina Kutsenko
Svetlana Zhgun
عبد المجيد براقة
محمد مرشد
مبروكة
توفيق الدقن
Zouzou Mady
Inna Fyodorova
Hassan Mostafa
سلامة إلياس
Adawy Ghaith
Eskandar Mansy
  • Directing Youssef Chahine
  • Writing Nikolai FigurovskyYoussef ChahineAbd El Rahman El Sharqawy
  • Cinematography Yu-Lan ChenAleksandr Shelenkov
  • Music Aram Khachaturyan
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