

The Blazing Sun
Struggle in the Valley
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
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- Arabic
- black and white
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EgyptEG
- Theatrical1 Mar 1954
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival25 Mar 1954
RussiaSU
- Theatrical26 Mar 1956
- TheatricalRe-release20 May 1974
TaiwanTW
- PremiereTaipei Film Festival26 Jun 2026
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The Blazing Sun was released on 1 March 1954.
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CinemaSerf
11/21/2022
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