Thursday 04/Sep/2025 – 10:42 PM
Film critic Prince Abaza, President of the Egyptian Society for Film Book and Critics, announced that the association conducted a referendum for the best 100 political films in the history of Egyptian cinema with the participation of a group of senior critics, academics and cinema makers.
The result of the referendum came with the top of the movie “Karnak” by the producer, screenwriter and dialogue, Mamdouh Al -Laithi, in a large percentage and first place.
Abaza explained that the Alexandria Film Festival in its next session will celebrate the movie “Karnak” and its first place in the largest and largest referendum held by the association for the best 100 Egyptian political films in the history of Egyptian cinema.
For his part, the journalist Amr Al -Laithi, Vice President of the Chamber of Film Industry, expressed his happiness that the movie “Karnak” won the first place in the referendum, and this result is that good work remains and that the technical value does not go over time.
It is noteworthy that the producer, screenwriter and dialogue, Mamdouh Al -Laithi, the producer of the movie “Karnak”, announced at the time of the film’s screening of his donation of the film’s revenues for the Egyptian armed forces.
The producer, screenwriter and dialogue, Mamdouh Al -Laithi, sent a message to President Sadat, donating the revenue of the movie “Karnak” for the Egyptian armed forces, in 1976 when the film was shown commercial.
On the other hand, the movie “Karnak” is an Egyptian political film produced in 1975 on a novel by the great Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, directed by Ali Badrakhan, and produced by the scenario and the great script writer Mamdouh Al -Leithi and starring a group of Egyptian cinema tributaries Souad Hosni, Kamal Al -Shennawi, Salah Zulfikar, Farid Shawky, and Nour Al Sharif.
