---
title: 'Destiny (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Youssef Chahine'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Egypt'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/destiny-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119629/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Destiny (1997)

1997 · 135 min · History · France, Egypt

Original title: المصير

## Synopsis

Destiny is a 1997 Egyptian-French historical drama film directed and co-written by Youssef Chahine. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Youssef Chahine](https://cinepixo.com/people/youssef-chahine)
- **Producer:** [Humbert Balsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/humbert-balsan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mohsen Nasr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohsen-nasr)
- **Editor:** [Rachida Abdel-Salam](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachida-abdel-salam)

## Cast

- [Mahmoud Hemida](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahmoud-hemida) as Al Mansour, The Caliph
- [Khaled El Nabawy](https://cinepixo.com/people/khaled-el-nabawy) as Nasser, The Crown Prince
- [Safia El Emari](https://cinepixo.com/people/safia-el-emari) as Averroes' Wife
- [Faris Endris Rahoma](https://cinepixo.com/people/faris-endris-rahoma) as Youssef
- [Ahmed Fouad Selim](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahmed-fouad-selim) as Cheikh Riad
- [Mohamed Mounir](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohamed-mounir) as The Bard
- [Hani Salama](https://cinepixo.com/people/hani-salama) as Abdalla
- [Nour El-Sherif](https://cinepixo.com/people/nour-el-sherif) as Averroes

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