Historical Film in Egyptian Cinema

Most Egyptian historical films talk about the modern era, as the passage of a quarter of a century means that history has changed, and if we now make a film about the October War, this means that we are facing a historical film, and therefore Naguib Mahfouz''s cinematic trilogy grows into a historical film, given that the events took place more than a quarter of a century ago when the film was shown for the first time, but history is crowded with stories, as we do not have films about the greats of Egypt in the nineteenth century, including Muhammad Ali Pasha and the leader Ahmed Orabi, at a time when the films portrayed rulers whose achievements were distorted. It requires reproducing films to present the true picture. This book reveals the secrets of what people saw from the historical film in all its forms.