
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)