Once Upon A Time… The Nile / El Nil Wal Haya

• Release Date: 1968
• Type: Featured
• Run time: 105 Minutes
• Directed by: Youssef Chahine
• Produced by: Cairo Film, Mosfilm
• Screenplay: Youssef Chahine, Abdel Rahman El Sharkawy, Nicolai Figoronsky
• Cast: Salah Zulfikar, Emad Hamdy, Seif El Din , Yuri Kamouruf, Hussein Ismail, Tawfik El Dekn
• Cinematography: Iskander Shilinkov, Shan Polan
• Art direction: Iveny Avilav, Raouf Abdel Meguid
• Editing: Rashida Abdel Salam
• Costume design: Nadijida Youzina , Khayri We Felfel
• Music: Aram Khatshatouryan
• Sound: Serjay Metervich
• Subtitles: French
• Scenario: Nicolai Figourouvsky, Abdel Rahman Al Sharkawi, Youssef Chahine

Synopsis:

Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political objectives, and how these impact the personal within it. (KHOURI)