Sira` Fi al-Wadi

Infobox Film
name = Sira` Fi al-Wadi
صراع في الوادي


image_size = 200px
caption = "Sira` Fi al-Wadi" poster
director = Youssef Chahine
producer = Gabriel Telhamy
Mustafa Hasan
writer = Ali El Zorkani
Helmy Halim
starring = Faten Hamama
Omar Sharif
Zaki Rostom
Abdel Waress Assar
Farid Shawki
Hamdy Gheith
music = Fouad El Zahiri
cinematography = Ahmed Khorshed
distributor = Nile Cinema
released = flagicon|Egypt 1954
runtime = 125 minutes
country = Egypt
language = Arabic
budget =
website =
imdb_id = 0044429

"Sira` Fi al-Wadi" IPAudio|s_iraa3_fi_lwaadi.ogg|listen ( _ar. صراع في الوادي, ArTranslit|Ṣira‘ Fī al-Wādī, _en. Struggle in the Valley or "The Blazing Sun") is a 1954 Egyptian romance/drama film directed by the acclaimed Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine and written by Helmy Halim and Ali El Zorkani. It starred Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama. This was the first film role that Omar Sharif played and it was this role that earned him stardom. In 1996, during the Egyptian Cinema centennial, this film was selected one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. It was presented in the Cannes International Film Festival under the name "The Blazing Sky".cite web | url =http://www.fatenhamama.com/Arabic/films/SERAA-FI-ALWADI.html | title =Film information | accessdate =2007-01-28 | publisher =Faten Hamama's official site | language =Arabic]

Plot

Omar Sharif plays Ahmed, an engineer whose father (played by Abdel Waress Assar) is a farmer and a farm owner. His father succeeds in improving and increasing the production of sugar cane in his farm. Taher Pasha, a wealthy land owner, who runs a competing sugar cane production facility, feels threatened by his recent production prosperity. Ahmed is in a love relationship with the pasha's daughter, Amal, but as a consequence to the rivalry between both their fathers, he is compelled to hide their relationship.cite web | url =http://www.adabwafan.com/display/product.asp?id=37988 | title =Film summary | accessdate =2007-01-28 | publisher ="Adab wa Fan" | language =Arabic] cite web | url =http://www.aramovies.com/addprod.asp?productid=989 | title =Film summary | accessdate =2007-01-28 | publisher ="AraMovies" | language =Arabic] cite web | url =http://www.arabicmovies.net/english/showcasset.asp?format=PAL&q=100268&ctg=21&cp=1 | title =Film summary | accessdate =2007-01-28 | publisher ="Arabic Movies" | language =Arabic]

The pasha learns of a heated dispute that started between Ahmed's father and one of his partners and finds this to be his perfect chance. He plans a crime and a conspiracy against Ahmed's father. The next day, the partner is found murdered in the farm, and Ahmed's father is suspected to be the murderer, especially after his quarrel with the victim. He is blamed for the crime and sentenced to death. Ahmed learns of a witness of this crime, but after looking for him, he discovers that he was killed in a mysterious accident. Ahmed's father is executed and his partner's son, Selim, seeks revenge for his father's death. He searches for Ahmed for retribution. Ahmed, fearing his death, hides in an ancient temple in the desert.

Meanwhile, a relative of the pasha, asks the pasha for his daughter's hand, Amal, but the pasha refuses and rejects his offer. Angered, he kills him and reveals the truth of the murder to the police. After knowing the truth of his father's true murderer, Selim, apologizes to Ahmed. Ahmed returns to his love and marries her.

Main cast

*Faten Hamama as Amal
*Omar Sharif as Ahmed
*Zaki Rostom as Taher Pasha
*Abdel Waress Assar as Ahmed's father
*Farid Shawqi as himself
*Hamdy Gheith as Selim

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0044429