The Night of Counting the Years
The day when the years are counted
Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.
- Year: 1969
- Country: Egypt
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation
- Keyword: ملون
- Director: Shadi Abdel Salam
- Cast: Ahmed Marei, Nadia Lotfi, Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq, Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim, Mohamed Nabih, Mohamed Morshed