CinemaOSMovie · 1982 · 0h 42m

Why was Cairo Calm

DocumentaryHistory

It begins in the days after Sadat's assassination in 1981 by an islamist cell of army officers. The American media had led an outpouring of shock and grief in the United States at the death of the heroic president. All the western leaders then travelled to Cairo to say goodbye to the man who had courageously changed the course of history. But then they found that practically no Egyptians turned up to the funeral. And the western politicians and the American TV reporters couldn't understand why. The documentary tries to find the answer.

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 42m
Language
EN
Released
August 10, 1982
Studios
BBC

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6th October 1981: Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat

6th October 1981: Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Anwar Sadat

Anwar Sadat

jehan el sadat

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Salah Jahin

Salah Jahin

Abla Kamel

Abla Kamel

Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi

lewis Awad

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Ismail Sabri Abdullah

Tarek Nour

Creative team
Written by
Ofra Bikel
Produced by
Ofra Bikel

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