Al Qadisiyya is a 1981 drama film directed and co-written by Salah Abu Seif and stars Soad Hosny. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. The historical film was produced in tandem with Egypt and with Iraq’s Cinema and Theatre Department.
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Plot
The film portrays the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, in which the Islamic army of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (after the death beforehand of Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha) definitively ended the Sassanid Empire by defeating the Persian forces of Rostam Farrokhzad.
Cast
Soad Hosny as Chirine
Ezzat El Alaili as Saad Ibn Abi Waqas
Laila Taher as Bouran
Shetha Salim as Salma bint Hafsa
Hassan Al Joundi as Rostam
Hala Shawkat as Azar Midukht
Mohamed Almansour as Abu Mahjan
Omar Khalfah as Ibn Amr
Sa'dia Zeidi as Al Khansaa
Taema Al Tamimi as Al Maany
Production
The cost of production was estimated at 4 million Iraqi dinars, at the time equivalent to 15 million dollars. It was the most expensive Arab film production in history at the time.