The River of Love (1960 film)

The River of Love
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Arabicنهر الحب
Directed byEzz El-Dine Zulficar
Written byYussef Issa
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Screenplay byEzz El-Dine Zulficar
Based onAnna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Produced byHelmy Rafla
StarringFaten Hamama
Omar Sharif
CinematographyWahid Farid
Edited byHussein Ahmed
Music byAndre Ryder
Release date
  • December 12, 1960 (1960-12-12)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited Arab Republic
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

The River of Love (Arabic: نهر الحب, romanizedNahr al-Ḥub, Nahr el hob) is a 1960 Egyptian romance film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif. It is directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel, Anna Karenina. The film was listed in the top 100 Egyptian films in 1996.[1]

  1. ^ "Nahr al-Hob" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official website. Retrieved 2007-04-10.