Saladin the Victorious

Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din
English cover
Directed by	Youssef Chahine
Written by	Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Mohamed Abdel Gawad Youssef Chahine (screenplay) Abd al-Rahman Sharqawi (screenplay) Yusuf Sibai (story) Naguib Mahfouz (novel)
Produced by	Assia Dagher
Starring	Ahmed Mazhar Salah Zulfikar Nadia Lutfi
Cinematography	Wadeed Sirry
Edited by	Rachida Abdel Salam
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production companies	Lotus Films General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema Production
Distributed by	Lotus Film Distribution
Release date	1963 (1963)
Running time	186 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Saladin the Victorious, also known as Saladin and the Great Crusades (Arabic: الناصر صلاح الدين, Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din), is a 1963 Egyptian epic film directed by Youssef Chahine. It is co-written by Chahine, Yusuf Sibai and others, based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. The film features an ensemble cast. It stars Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Nadia Lutfi, Omar El-Hariri, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Leila Fawzi, Hamdi Gheiss, Ahmed Luxor, Hussein Riad, Laila Taher and Zaki Toleimat.

It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] The film was restored to its original running time of 186 minutes from the original negative by the Cineteca di Bologna and was shown at Il Cinema Ritrovato in June 2019. Saladin the Victorious is one of the Top 100 Egyptian films.^{[2][according to whom?]}