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The Blazing Sun

Struggle in the Valley

6.9(44)19541h 56m2

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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Released
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Language
Arabic
  • black and white

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Egypt

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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

    7/10

    Omar Sharif ("Ahmed") returns to his Egyptian village to try and help the local agrarian population improve their lot. This does not suit the local Pasha (Zaki Rustum) and so he sets about sabotaging their ambitions to grow and harvest their own crop of sugar cane. What follows is a hybrid love story/crime thriller as the Pasha's daughter - the gorgeous Faten Hamamah returns home after 8 years and begins to rekindle …

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