Soultanat al-sahra (1947)

10.0/10 95 min

Overview

An Arab commits a crime and one of his neighbors is the reason he was sentenced to many years in prison. The Arab decides to take revenge, so as soon as he is released from prison, he kidnaps his daughter Sultana and flees with her to the desert. Years later, he became powerful and influential. A plane crashes next to their tents and the pilot is impressed by Sultana so he carries her to his house. His uncle refuses to let him marry her.

Cast

Kouka

Ghalia/Sultana

Yehia Chahine

Hassan

Mahmoud El Meligy

Sheikh Ghanem

Ismail Yasseen

Farid

Ali Roushdy

Hamad Bey Abbas

Mokhtar Hussain

Mokhtar

Farag ElNahass

Rafeaa ElShal

Ghanem's wife

Fahmy Amman

Fatheia Shahin

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