Al-Mughamara Explained

Al-Mughamara
(The Adventure)
المغامرة
Director:Muhammad Shahin
Starring:Muna Wassef
Ighraa
Usama Rumani
Ahmad Addas
Music:Suheil Arafa
Cinematography:Hassan Ezziddine
Editing:Adnan Salloum
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Syria
Language:Arabic

Al-Mughamara (Arabic: المغامرة) (The Adventure) is a Syrian film which was released in 1974. It was directed by the Syrian film Director Muhammad Shahin. The movie is 100 minutes long.[1]

Plot

This film depends on history trying to give some contemporary interpretations by telling about the struggle over power between the Vizier and the Caliphate. The Vizier is trying to seek help from foreign armies to help him usurp power. One guard takes the chance and delivers his head to the Vizier so as to write a message of help to the enemies. The guard starts his adventure dreaming of wealth and beautiful slave girls. But he discovers too late that the Vizier had asked the enemy to cut the head of the message carrier. So the adventure ends with death.

Cast and crew

Cast

Crew

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Damascus International Film Festival 2011 . 2008-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708222358/http://damascusfest.com/detail_films.asp?id=90 . 2011-07-08 . dead .
  2. Web site: Arab Cinema Directory - Film Overview Print . 2008-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170323/http://www.acdir.net/acdir/Films/Film_print_en.aspx?f_id=1064 . 2016-03-03 . dead .