The Night of Counting the Years
MovieTitle | المومياء |
User score | 7.7 |
Release date | Jan 27, 1969 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Shadi Abdel Salam |
Production country | Egypt |
Production companies | Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation |
Run time | 102 min. |
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.