Ard al-Salam is a 1957

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 Egypt

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ian war

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/drama film

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 directed by the Egyptian film director

Film director

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 Kamal El Sheikh

Kamal El Sheikh

Kamal El Sheikh was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987.-Selected filmography:* Malak al-Rahma * Al-Manzel Raqam 13 * Hob wa Dumoo`...

. It starred Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...

 and Faten Hamama

Faten Hamama

Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

. In this film, most of the characters speak Palestinian Arabic

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.

Plot

The film

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 takes place in Palestine

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 and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free their village

Village

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 from the control of the Israel

Israel

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is. Ahmed (Omar Sharif) is an Egyptian freedom fighter who ends up in this village. There, he meets Salma, a girl from the village. Together they try to save the Palestinians and always escape danger. Their friendship evolves into a love relationship and they marry each other.

Cast

• Faten Hamama
  Faten Hamama
  Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...
  
   as Salma
• Omar Sharif
  Omar Sharif
  Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...
  
   as Ahmed
• Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy
  Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy
  Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy was a Lebanese actor, born in Tripoli, Lebanon in 1899 and died 1968 in Beirut. He is famous for numerous Egyptian movies in which he co-starred with renowned actors like Ismail Yasin, Abdel Halim Hafez and Faten Hamama....
  
   as Hamdan
• Tewfik El Dekn as Khalid
• Abdel Waress Assar as Mazen (Salma's father)
• Fakher Fakher as Abed
• Faida Kamel as neighbor and a singer
• Ehsan Sherif as Rukaya