A Jewish arms dealer and a British colonel walk into a war zone — nobody walks out clean.
Zaki Dawoud is a Jewish merchant who trades in leftover WWII weapons in El-Alamein and smuggles them to Israel with the help of the English Colonel Collins. Ghazy is a member of the resistance against the English occupation who is trying to stop the smuggling operation.
Direction
Nader Galal balances epic scope with sweaty, claustrophobic tension.
Production
El-Alamein locations feel authentically sun-bleached and desperate.
Director
Nader Galal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during a brief thaw in Egyptian cinema's treatment of Jewish characters, before regional politics hardened again.
The real El-Alamein weapons trade was messier than any nation wants to remember — this film dares to look.
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