---
title: 'Sira` Fi al-Wadi (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Youssef Chahine'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Egypt'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sira-fi-al-wadi-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044429/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sira` Fi al-Wadi (1954)

1954 · 100 min · Drama · Egypt

Original title: صراع فى الوادى

## Synopsis

The Blazing Sun is a 1954 Egyptian romance drama film directed by Youssef Chahine and written by Helmy Halim and Ali El Zorkani. Starring Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama, it follows a class conflict in south Egypt near the Nile, when a wealthy landlord floods a village to prevent the peasant living there from making a profit off their crops.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Youssef Chahine](https://cinepixo.com/people/youssef-chahine)

## Cast

- [Farid Shawqi](https://cinepixo.com/people/farid-shawqi)
- [Zaki Rostom](https://cinepixo.com/people/zaki-rostom)
- [Faten Hamama](https://cinepixo.com/people/faten-hamama)
- [Omar Sharif](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-sharif)

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