The Sun Will Never Set

For the Taiwanese song, see Sun Will Never Set (song).
The Sun Will Never Set
لا تطفئ الشمس
The Sun Will Never Set VHS cover
Directed bySalah Abu Seif
Written byIhsan Abdel Quddous
Helmy Halim
Produced byOmar Sharif
StarringFaten Hamama
Imad Hamdi
Shukry Sarhan
Nadia Lutfi
Ahmed Ramzy
Laila Taher
Music byAli Ismail
Release date
  • December 25, 1961 (1961-12-25)
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

The Sun Will Never Set or Don't Set the Sun Off (Arabic: لا تطفئ الشمس, translit. La Tutf'e al-Shams) is a 1961 Egyptian romance film. Directed by the Egyptian film director Salah Abu Seif, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Quddous in 1960[1] and co-written by Helmy Halim.[2] The film was presented in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1962 and was selected as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996.[3] The film starred Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Ramzy, Shukry Sarhan and Laila Taher.

  1. ^ "Behind the scenes: an Egyptian director on what it takes to direct a Ramadan soap". The National. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. ^ Al-Dahby, Hiyam. "Salah Abuseif". Al-Riyadh newspaper. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  3. ^ "La Tutf'e al-Shams" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved 2007-04-18.