''The Blazing Sun'' ( ar, صراع في الوادي, ) is a

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

ian

romance drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twel ...

and written by

Helmy Halim Helmy Halim, also Hilmi Halim ( ar, link=no, حلمي حليم; 1916 – 1971) was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has worked with many stars like Omar Sharif, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Ramzy, Faten Hamama and Abdel Halim Ha ...

and Ali El Zorkani. It stars

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

and

Faten Hamama Faten Ahmed Hamama ( ar, فاتن حمامه ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was o ...

. This was the first film role that Omar Sharif played. In 1996, during the

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centennial, this film was selected one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. It was presented in the

1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the '' Gate of Hell'' by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The festival opened with '' Le Grand Jeu'' by Robert Siodmak. This ...

under the name ''The Blazing Sky''. It was a box office hit in the Soviet Union, where it sold tickets in 1956.

Plot

Omar Sharif plays Ahmed Salam, an

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

and son of Saber Abdul Salam (Abdel Waress Assar), a sugar cane farm owner. In Egypt in 1951, Ahmed is congratulated by the peasant farmers after improving and increasing the production of

sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks t ...

on the peasant farm. Taher

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...

, a wealthy land owner who runs a competing sugar cane production facility, feels threatened by the villager's newfound prosperity. Along with his nephew, Riad, the Pasha floods the peasant's sugar cane crops in order to protect his own wealth. After the peasant crops are destroyed, the village

Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

is the only person to suspect that the Pasha is responsible. Ahmed is in a love relationship with the Pasha's daughter, Amal (Faten Hamama), but due to their different

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, they hide their relationship. Riad asks the Pasha for his permission to marry Amal, but the Pasha refuses. The Pasha soon learns of a heated dispute that occurred between Ahmed's father and the

. The Pasha uses this to his benefit, as he and Riad steal Saber Effendi's rifle and set up a

conspiracy A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agree ...

against Saber Effendi. The next day, the Sheikh is found

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

ed. Saber Effendi is immediately blamed by the angry villagers for his death and is found guilty by the court after testimony by Hassan, the only witness to Saber's innocence. Unbeknownst to the community, Hassan secretly conspired with the Pasha to kill the Sheikh. Hassan turns against Saber, and he is

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. While Ahmed searches for Hassan to clear his father's name, Selim, the Shiekh's son, prepares to kill Ahmed to further avenge the Sheikh's death. After a short pursuit by Ahmed, Hassan is struck by a train and killed. Saber is executed, and Ahmed, fearing his death, hides in an ancient temple in the desert with the help of Amal. Here, Amal reveals to Ahmed the truth about the Sheikh's murder. Riad attempts to kill Ahmed in the temple, where Ahmed is simultaneously being pursued by Selim. Both Ahmed and Amal are wounded in the chase. Riad kills the Pasha, who confesses his crimes. Selim apologizes to Ahmed, and they both turn Riad over to the

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. Ahmed and Amal embrace and walk off into the distance.

Main cast

as Amal *

as Ahmed *

Zaki Rostom Zaki Rostom ( arz, زكي رستم) (1903–1972) Zaki Moharram Mahmoud Rostom was an Egyptian actor. A Method acting, method actor known for portraying intimidating and often Asociality, asocial villains, Zaki is regarded as one of the influenti ...

as Taher Pasha * Abdel Waress Assar as Ahmed's father *

Farid Shawqi Farid Shawqi Mohammad Abdou Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي محمد عبده شوقي) (July 30, 1920 in El Sayyeda Zainab – July 27, 1998 in Maadi); known as Farid Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي) was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter and film ...

as Reyad * Hamdy Gheith as Selim

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sira' Fi Al-Wadi 1954 romantic drama films 1954 films 1950s Arabic-language films Egyptian romantic drama films Egyptian black-and-white films Films directed by Youssef Chahine

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