The Night of Counting the Years

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Ahmed MareiWannis

Ahmed HegaziBrother

Nadia LotfiZeena

Zouzou Hamdy ElHakimMother

Abdel Azim Abdel HaqqUncle

Mohamed NabihMurad

Shafiq Nour ElDeinAyoub

Mohamed KhairyKamal

Ahmad AnanBadawi

Gaby Karraz

Gaby KarrazMaspero

Antic MelkiorJacques Larson

Mohamed MorshedStranger