Sarah Salah Thursday, December 28, 2023 06:00 AM
Today, Thursday, marks 64 years since the film “Conflict on the Nile”, which was shown on December 28, 1959. The film is considered one of the classics of Egyptian cinema, starring Rushdi Abaza, Hind RostomOmar Sharif, Nazim Shaarawy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Tahani Rashed, Ahmed Al-Haddad, Muhammad Qandil, written by Ali Al-Zarqani and directed by Atef Salem.
The film revolves around the people of the city of Luxor who decide to buy a “river port” instead of the old wooden barge, for the sake of river transport work. Mayor Mujahid Rushdi assigns Abaza to go for the purchase, and with him is Omar Sharif, the accountant. The thieves and competitors find out about the purchase, and their leader decides to obtain the amount. So he sends his men to steal the money.
The thieves realize that the money is with Mohassab Ibn al-Rayyis, Jad, the elder of the country, who is naive and kind without any experience, so they push a dancer in his way during the birthday celebration to seduce Hind Rustom, but Mujahid is always in the picture and facing evil.
Narges is able to marry Mohsab and make an agreement between him and Mujahid, and she actually loves him. Then, after she loses everything, she confesses in a moment of anger to Mohsab about the conspiracy, and he hits her. The gang attacks the boat with its men, and a heated battle takes place during which Mujahid returns to save the situation. Then Narges receives a wrong blow from one of the gang’s men, and she falls into the ground. Nile and die.
Behind the scenes of filming the film, Hind Rostom refused to film the scene of her falling into the Nile after receiving a blow to her head with a sharp object from the late artist Mahmoud Farag. She fell into the Nile and refused to fall into the water for fear of drowning. Director Atef Salem tried to convince her to film the scene, but she insisted on her position, forcing him to hire extras. To shoot the scene.
2023-12-28 04:00:00
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