Nasser 56

Nasser 56
Nasser 56
Directed by	Mohamed Fadel
Written by	Mahrouz Abdel-Rahman
Starring	Ahmed Zaki
Cinematography	Abdel Latif Fahmi; Essam Farid; Ibrahim Saleh
Edited by	Kamal Abul Ela (as Kamal Aobut Al-Ela)
Music by	Yasser Abdel Rahman
Production; company	Egyptian Radio and Television Union
Release dates	October 1996; ; (United States); May 2, 1997;
Running time	140
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohammed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent Suez War with Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.^[1]

Throughout the film, events are depicted from an Egyptian nationalist viewpoint. It featured many leading military and civilian figures of the period, including Anwar Sadat, Abdel Hakim Amer, Salah Salem, Zakaria Mohieddin, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Sami Sharaf, Fathi Radwan and Mahmoud Fawzi.^[1] The film's star, Ahmed Zaki, subsequently portrayed Nasser's successor as president, Anwar Sadat, in the 2001 film The Days of Sadat.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Joel Gordon (2000). "Nasser 56/Cairo 96. Reimaging Egypt's Lost Community". In Walter Armbrust (ed.). Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA; London: University of California Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-520-21926-7.
^ Ahmad Zaki at IMDb