Viva Zalata
Viva Zalata | |
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Directed by | Hassan Hafez |
Screenplay by | Anwar Abdallah |
Produced by | Fouad El Mohandes |
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Cinematography | Wadid Serry |
Edited by | Kamal Abou El Ela |
Music by | Tarek Sharara |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
Viva Zalata (Arabic: ڤيڤا زلاطا) is a 1976 Egyptian western comedy film directed by Hassan Hafez.[1][2][3][4]
Synopsis[]
Zalata immigrates to New Mexico, where he becomes a city hero and eventually mayor. After he is killed by Billy the Kid, his daughter Negma returns to Egypt to find her cousin Metwali for a revenge mission. A playboy and more lover than fighter, Metwali decides to accompany his cousin back to New Mexico. Learning a lot along the way, he avenges his uncle and marries Negma, returning to the Al-Hussainiya neighborhood of Cairo to settle down.
Cast[]
- Fouad el-Mohandes as Zalata/Metwali
- Shwikar as Negma
- Samir Ghanem as Chief Yellow Cloud
- as wagon train leader
- as saloon owner
- as the Sheriff
- Mahmoud Morsi
- as General Batista
- as casino owner
- as respresentative of the Ministry of Tourism
- as United States government representative
- as Mexican government representative
- as Zainab al-Alameh
- as follower of Zalata
- as wagon train member
- as King Size
- Ahmed Nabil as follower of Zalata
- as friend of Metwali
- Ahmed Shokry
- as Qaza’a, the sheriff’s deputy
- as Hani, the saloon owner’s son
- Izz al-din Islam as undertaker
- Almontaser Bellah as follower of Zalata
- as shopkeeper’s wife
- Sayed Mounir
- Hussein Fahmy as Billy the Kid
- El-Toukhy Tawfiq as wagon train member
- Mohamed Sobhi
See also[]
- Cinema of Egypt
- Lists of Egyptian films
- List of Egyptian films of the 1970s
- List of Egyptian films of 1976
References[]
- ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. ISBN 978-0253351166.
- ^ Brière, Jean-François (January 2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage. ISBN 9782811142506. in French
- ^ Cowie, Peter (1977). International Film Guide. ISBN 9780498021060.
- ^ "Remembering Fouad El-Mohandes: The Master of Egyptian comedy". Ahram Online.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1976 films
- Arabic-language films
- 1970s Western (genre) comedy films
- 1970s adventure comedy films
- Egyptian Western (genre) films
- Egyptian comedy films
- Egyptian adventure films
- Films shot in Egypt
- 1976 comedy films
- Egyptian film stubs