El Ard el Tayeba

1954 film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar

Mahmoud Zulfikar
Youssef Gohar

Produced byMahmoud ZulfikarStarring

Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Kamal el-Shennawi

CinematographyMostafa HassanEdited byAlbert NaguibMusic 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 minutesCountryEgyptLanguageEgyptian 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 by 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

Mariam Fakhr Eddine as Saadia
Kamal El-Shennawi as Hussein Heshmat
Hussein Riad as El Pasha
Zuzu Madi as Baheega
Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy as Zaki
Soraya Fakhri as Hassanein's wife
Fouad El-Mohandes as Bassiouni
Abdulaziz Ahmed as Hassanein

References

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^ arabe (France), Institut du monde (1995). Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma (in French). IMA. ISBN 978-2-906062-81-8.
^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
^ 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.
^ "Al-Ard Al-Tayeba Film - 1954 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database". dhliz.com. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
^ "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.
^ قاسم, محمود (2018-01-01). الأديان على شاشة السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.