The Night of Counting the Years
Trailer: The Night of Counting the Years
Year: 1969
Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation
Director: Shadi Abdel Salam
Cast: Ahmed Marei, Nadia Lotfi, Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq, Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim, Mohamed Nabih, Mohamed Morshed
Crew: Shadi Abdel Salam (Director), Shadi Abdel Salam (Writer), Sayed Aly (Casting), Shadi Abdel Salam (Costume Design), Abdel Wahhab Qotb (Makeup Artist), Nabila Fawzy (Makeup Artist)
Runtime: 102 minutes
Release: Jan 27, 1969
IMDb: 7.70/10 by 53 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Egypt
Language: العربية
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

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