Al-3Osfoor
110 minutes
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Trivia (10)
The film was produced in 1972, but the censors banned its release because of the questions it raised at a difficult time, so its release was postponed until 1974.
The date of the newspaper carrying the headline "Israel cries out: The Arabs want to throw us into the sea.." is June 4, 1967.
Egypt's population is 30 million.
One Of The Prisoners says: "It's true what they said: they strain out a gnat and swallow a camel," a saying deliberately quoted from the Bible, from Jesus Christ's verse: "You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.".
Youssef uses a famous line from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet": "My lord duke, I smell a bloody plot of a terrible kind.".
The film takes place about ten years after the British left Egypt.
When Johnny sits at the café, we notice a poster behind him for Al-Naser Sala7 Al-Din, which is also by the film's same director, Youssef Chahine.
Bahia is surprised that Sheikh Ahmed left the telephone with Johnny; he tells her that he asked him to take the telephone with him on his errand. Was this the first prophecy or dream of the mobile phone? :).
7Adouta Masreya shows how the censorship committee initially rejected the film when it was submitted.
Goofs (8)
In the news item titled "Disappearance of Abu Khedr and killing of A Guard..", the paper on which the article is written is white and different from the color of the newspaper in which it appears.
In the news item titled "National Capitalism Conference announces the mobilization of private-sector factories and workshops in service of the battle..", the paper on which the article is written is white and different from the color of the newspaper in which it appears.
In the news item titled "National Capitalism Conference announces the mobilization of private-sector factories and workshops in service of the battle..", the content of the article is about a story unrelated to the headline.
In the news item titled "Israel cries out: the Arabs want to throw us into the sea..", the paper on which the article is written is white and different from the color of the newspaper in which it appears.
Some words do not match the mouth movements.
When Raouf smokes the cigarette in the village, the position of his hand differs from one shot to the next.
When the camera moves across the newspaper workers, the camera's shadow can be seen moving with it.
Posters (2)
Characters (13)
