The Emigrant (1994)
September 26, 1994Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Khaled El Nabawy
Ram
Yousra
Sumed
Mahmoud Hemida
Minahar
Ahmad Bedir
Tut
Safia ElEmary
Basma
Hanan Turk
Hati
Michel Piccoli
Adam - Ram's father
Seif Abdelrahman
Sailor
Ahmed Salama
Perry
Ahmed Fouad Selim
Jader
Amr Abdel Gelil
Hassan Abdel Hamid
Amon
Fayeq Azab
Adam's voice
Humbert Balsan
Producer
Gabriel Khoury
Producer
Kamal Mansour
Akhenaten's voice
Youssef Chahine
Director / Producer / Writer
Ramses Marzouk
Director of Photography
Rashida Abdel Salam
Editor
Mohammad Nouh
Original Music Composer
Hamed Hemdan
Production Design
Nahed Nasrallah
Costume Design
Gaby Khoury
Producer
Sameh El Sayed
Production Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 26, 1994
Original Nameالمهاجر
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
Wiki.
The Emigrant (Egyptian Arabic: المهاجر, translit. Al Mohager) is a 1994 Egyptian film by Youssef Chahine. The film is listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films.The release of this film, which is loosely based on the story of the Biblical Joseph, raised a storm of protest, since Islam forbids the visual representation of religious figures. This was despite the fact that Chahine changed the names of all of the characters and stripped the story of all its supernatural and miraculous elements. Joseph becomes Ram, Jacob becomes Adam, Potiphar becomes Amihar, and Potiphar's wife, unnamed in the Bible, becomes Simihit, the high priestess of the Cult of Amun. Joseph does not advance because of a miraculous ability to receive and interpret dreams, but because of his personal merits.After achieving all necessary approvals from the censorship authorities, the film ran successfully in Egyptian cinema until a lawsuit initiated by a fundamentalist Islamist lawyer caused a temporary ban. After a year-long court battle, Chahine won the case, only to face a second ban resulting from a lawsuit initiated by a Christian lawyer who objected to the movie's many deviations from the Biblical account.