Karnak
1975, Arabic. Directed by Ali Badrakhan.
In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
- Rated
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- Released
- 29 December 1975
- Original title
- الكرنك
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Mamdouh El Leithy
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Karnak runs 140 minutes (2h 20m).
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Who directed Karnak?
Karnak (1975) was directed by Ali Badrakhan and stars Soad Hosny, Nour El-Sherif, Kamal Al-Shennawi.