Overview
The film follows three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the "promised land."
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Setting
Set in Jordan
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ghassan KanafaniNovel
- Tawfiq SalehWriter
- Original title
- المخدوعون
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 10, 1972
- Original language
- Arabic
- Countries
- Syrian Arab Republic
Production
Cast
- Mohamed Khair HalwanyAbou Keïss
Bassam LotfyAssaad- Saleh KhalqyMarouane
Abdul Rahman Al-RashiAbou Kheizarane
Thanaa DabssiOm Keïss
Najah Hafeez- Yoland Asmar
Qamar Mortada- Laila Ghanem
Saad El-Din Bakdounis- Ali Al-Rawwas
Youssef Hanna
Ahmad Addas
Adnan Barakat
Saleem Kallas- Jamil Wilaya
- Abdel Salam Abu El Shamat
- Ahmed Ayoub
- Alaa El-Din Kokash
- Hussein El-Saidoui
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