Waraa Al-Shams
1978, Arabic. Directed by Mohammad Radi.
"Behind the Sun" clearly identifies the time identity of his film. It follows the horrific military defeat of June 1967, when a senior military commander insists on an investigation into the real causes of the defeat, leading to his assassination by the commander of the military prison , When the rebel military commander refuses to ignore his insistence on requesting this investigation, during the special visit by "Jaafari" commander of the military prison in order to convince him to do so, "Jaafari" can not escape from his assassination by firing bullets,
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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Cast & crew
- Mohammad RadiDirector
- Nadia LotfiSohair سهير
- Rushdy AbazaAl-Jaafari الجعفري
- Shoukry SarhanDr. Hossam د. حسام
- Salah MansourHashem هاشم
- Mahmood Al-MelejiAl-Saul Abdul Haq الصول عبدالحق
- Mona GabrZainab زينب
- ElSayd RadyMansour منصور
- Ahmed ZakiEssam عصام
- Mohey IsmailYoussef يوسف
- Mohamed SobhiWalid وليد
- Zein El AshmawyAli علي - مدير مكتب هاشم بك
- Mohamed El Dafrawimilitary prison officer ضابط بالسجن الحربي
Details
- Released
- 3 September 1978
- Original title
- وراء الشمس
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Hassan Muhsab
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Waraa Al-Shams runs 125 minutes (2h 5m).
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Waraa Al-Shams isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 September 1978. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Waraa Al-Shams?
Waraa Al-Shams (1978) was directed by Mohammad Radi and stars Nadia Lotfi, Rushdy Abaza, Shoukry Sarhan.