The Land

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The Land is a landmark 1969 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine that portrays the struggles of rural peasants against feudal oppression.

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The Land canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Al-Ard NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Ard NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Land (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Abdel Aziz Fahmy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Egypt ⓘ
depicts Egyptian peasantry ⓘ
feudal landowners ⓘ
director Youssef Chahine NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy Rachida Abdel Salam NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
mainTheme class struggle ⓘ
land ownership conflict ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
struggle of peasants against feudal oppression ⓘ
notableFor critique of feudalism in Egypt ⓘ
portrayal of rural Egyptian life ⓘ
originalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Youssef Chahine filmography ⓘ
productionCompany General Egyptian Organization for Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1969 ⓘ
screenwriter Youssef Chahine NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation rural Egypt ⓘ
settingPeriod 1930s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian cinema → notableFilm → The Land ⓘ
Youssef Chahine → notableWork → The Land ⓘ
Steven Caple Jr. → notableWork → The Land ⓘ