Al Qadisiyya
- 13 July 1981 (1981-07-13)
Iraq
Al Qadisiyya is a 1981 Iraqi drama film directed and co-written by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] The historical film was produced in tandem with Egypt and with Iraq’s Cinema and Theatre Department.[2]
Plot
The film portrays the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, in which the Islamic army of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (after the death beforehand of Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha) definitively ended the Sassanid Empire by defeating the Persian forces of Rostam Farrokhzad.[2]
Cast
- Soad Hosny
- Ezzat El Alaili (as Sohrab)
- Shetha Salim
- Laila Taher
- Mohamed Hassan Al Joundi (as Rustam)
- Mohamed Almansour
- Omar Khalfah
- Sa'dia Zeidi
Production
The cost of production was estimated at 4 million Iraqi dinars, at the time equivalent to 15 million dollars. It was the most expensive Arab film production in history at the time.[3][4]
References
- ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Al Qadisiya". El Cinema. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "تحول اكبر انتاج سينمائي الى أكثر فيلم مغمور في تاريخ السينما العربية". Eye on Cinema. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Davis, Eric (2005). Memories of State: Politics, History, and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-9953-36-242-7. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
External links
- Al Qadisiyya at IMDb
- Al Qadisiyya at AllMovie
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