The Blazing Sun
Mar 01 1954
•2h 56m
•Drama, Romance
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
Cast
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Faten Hamama
Amal
Omar Sharif
Ahmed
Zaki Rostom
Taher Pasha
Farid Shawqy
Riyad
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