Nasser 56 (1996)

Original title

ناصر 56

Directed by

Mohammed Fadel

Genre

biographical film

Country

Egypt

Runtime

2h 25m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser as he nationalizes the Suez Canal and faces a military attack from Britain, France, and Israel. It follows the political and military events from an Egyptian perspective.

patrioticearnesthistoricaldramaticinspiringseriousslow-pacednostalgic

What happens

Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohammed Fadel and starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent Suez War with the United Kingdom, France and Israel. The film was filmed in black and white. Throughout the film, events are depicted from an Egyptian nationalist viewpoint. It features many leading military and civilian figures of the period, including Anwar Sadat, Abdel Hakim Amer, Salah Salem, Zakaria Mohieddin, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Sami Sharaf, Fathi Radwan and Mahmoud Fawzi. The film's star, Ahmed Zaki, subsequently portrayed Nasser's successor as president, Anwar Sadat, in the 2001 film The Days of Sadat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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