

The People and the Nile
1972-01-17 · 105 min · ★ 4.0
The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.
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- Directors
- Youssef Chahine
- Production companies
- Kayrofilm Egypt, Mosfilm
- Countries
- Egypt, Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Soad HosnyNadia
Salah ZulfikarJournalist Yahya Al-Saeed
Igor Vladimirov
Ezzat Al AlailyDr. Amin
Vladimir Ivashov
Seif AbdelrahmanEngineer Saad
Yuriy Kamorniy
Mahmood Al-MelejiEngineer Magdy
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Valentina Kutsenko
Aleya Abdel Moneim
Hussain IsmaelFahmy
Abdel Warith Assir
Fatma ImaraEngineer Saad's wife
Ibrahim ElShamy
Mohamed Morshed
Ashraf El-Selehdar
Ali Jawhar
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