El Ard el Tayeba

El Ard el Tayeba
Arabic: الأرض الطيبة
Directed byMahmoud Zulfikar
Written byMahmoud Zulfikar
Screenplay by
Produced byMahmoud Zulfikar
Starring
CinematographyMostafa Hassan
Edited byAlbert Naguib
Music byAndre Ryder
Production
company
Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar)
Distributed byNational Company for Distribution and Trade
Release date
  • 31 May 1954 (1954-05-31) (Egypt)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

El Ard el Tayeba (aliases: The Good Land or The Good Earth, Arabic: الأرض الطيبة, translit. Al-Ard Al-Tayyiba)[1][2][3] is a 1954 Egyptian film written, directed and produced by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[4][5][6][7]

Synopsis

Saadia discovers that she is the daughter of a rich man and has a huge inheritance after his death. Her stepmother Baheega hates her, specially after Saadia became a rich girl. Baheega plots to kill Saadia to win her inheritance with the help of her lover and her brother. Here come the good man Hussein to rescue her.

Crew

  • Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar
  • Story: Mahmoud Zulfikar
  • Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Youssef Gohar
  • Production: Mahmoud Zulfikar
  • Editing: Albert Naguib
  • Production company: Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar)
  • Distribution: National Company for Distribution and Trade

Main cast

References

  1. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ^ arabe (France), Institut du monde (1995). Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma (in French). IMA. ISBN 978-2-906062-81-8.
  3. ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
  4. ^ Gordon, Joel S. (2002). Revolutionary Melodrama: Popular Film and Civic Identity in Nasser's Egypt. Middle East Documentation Center. ISBN 978-0-9708199-0-1.
  5. ^ "Al-Ard Al-Tayeba Film - 1954 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database". dhliz.com. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  6. ^ "Good Earth, The [el-ard et-tayeba] (1954) - (Mariam Fakhr Eddine) oversize stone litho Egyptian movie poster F, EX $125 *". www.musicman.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  7. ^ قاسم, محمود (2018-01-01). الأديان على شاشة السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.


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