The Days of Sadat

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Days of Sadat (Egyptian Arabic: أيام السادات) is a 2001 Egyptian biographical film about the third President of Egypt Anwar Al Sadat. The film features Ahmad Zaki as the Egyptian president. Cast includes Mervat Amin, Mona Zaki and Ahmed El Sakka. The film captured intimate details about the president in great accuracy. One notable characteristic of Sadat was his speech pattern, which Ahmad Zaki captured strongly in his performance.

Days of Sadat
DVD cover
Directed byMohamed Khan
Written byAhmed Bahgat
Produced byAhmad Zaki
StarringAhmad Zaki
Mervat Amin
Mona Zaki
CinematographyTarek El-Telmissany
Edited byKhaled Merhi
Nadia Shoukry
Music byYasser Abdel-Rahman
Release date
26 June 2001
Running time
165 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic
Budget£E 6,000,000

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When the movie was released in 2001, it attracted a huge following in Egypt, ranking as one of Egypt's highest-grossing movies. This was Zaki's second biographical movie, following Nasser 56.[1]

Director Mohamed Khan received high praise for his directing of the movie. However, some critics[who?] claimed that the movie was a bit too biased, since it only focused on the writings of Sadat himself from his book, In Search of an Identity.

References edit

  1. ^ Joel Gordon (2002). "Days of Anxiety/Days of Sadat: Impersonating Egypt's Flawed Hero on the Egyptian Screen". Journal of Film and Video. 54 (2–3): 27–42. JSTOR 20688378.

External links edit

  • Ayyam Saddat [1] at ShooFeeTV