A Knight on Horseback

A Knight on Horseback

2001 · 85 min · Drama

Thirty years after WWII ended, the wife of a British officer who died in the war and was buried in El-Alamein comes to visit her husband's grave. When she doesn't find the grave, she starts looking for her husband.

Directed by Atef Salem · Written by Ahmed Abdallah

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