Draft:The Yemeni Revolution (film)

The Yemeni Revolution
ثورة اليمن
Directed byAtef Salem
Written by
Produced byHelmy Rafia
Starring
Edited byRashida Abdelsalam
Music byAli Ismael
Production
company
General Company for Arab Film Production
Distributed byGeneral Company for Film Distribution and Display
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
43 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

The Yemeni Revolution (Arabic: ثورة اليمن, transliterated as Thawret al-Yaman) an Egyptian film released in 1966. The film directed by Atef Salem and screenplay by Saleh Morsi stars Emad Hamdy, Magda el-Sabahi, Hassan Youssef, Salah Qabil, and Salah Mansour. The film was shot in the Old City of Sana’a and Taiz.[1]

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A young man named Mansour bin Samoud (Hassan Youssef) returns from studies abroad in Egypt to his native Taiz, Yemen, to find his family waiting for him as well as the rule of the last Zaidi Imam. The latter figure does not like having educated young men around and tries to have Mansour executed. Mansour joins the Free Yemeni Movement that overthrows the Imam a September 26, 1962 coup with the support of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Egyptian government that leads to the North Yemen Civil War.

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  1. ^ al-Samahi, Ahmed (May 1, 2015). "نجا من الأسد فى مصر فانتظرته الخناجر فى اليمن اليمنيون يحاولون قتل صلاح منصور فى «ثورة اليمن»". Al-Ahram. No. 46897. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.


Category:Egyptian thriller films Category:Films directed by Atef Salem Category:Films set in Yemen Category:1966 films