Director
Youssef Chahine
Composer
Mohamed Nouh, Tarek Akef
Cast
Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emary
Edition 1997
135'
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1997
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Historical, Drama, Comedy
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Dialogue:
Arabic, French
The great philosopher Averroes laid down the precepts which paved the way, not only for the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, but for all human thought to the present day. To appease the fundamentalists, the Caliph Mansur ordered all Averroes’ works to be burnt. His friends and disciples decided to make copies and smuggle them abroad. Resisting pressure from fundamentalists of every hue, human knowledge will always find a way forward: towards the Other, towards Progress.
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Directors
Youssef Chahine
Composers
Mohamed Nouh, Tarek Akef
Cast
Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emary
Scenario
Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef
Director of Photography
Mohsen Nasr
Editors
Rashida Abdel Salam
Producers
Humbert Balsan, Gabriel Khoury
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Dialogue
Arabic, French
Countries of production
Egypt, France
Year
1997
