Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.

• DirectorShadi Abdel Salam
• Release27 January 1969
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration1h 42m
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  7.7
  57 reviews
• Productions

  Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation, Egyptian Ministry of Culture