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The Flames
The Flames

THE FLAMES

El lahab

Directed by Abdel Rahman Sharif
Egypt, 1964
Drama

Synopsis

Passing through a small town, Adel is arrested for kidnapping. A lynch mob burns down the jail and Adel is thought to be killed. The incident is captured on newsreel film and, for revenge, Adel urges his brothers to use the film to prove the mob guilty of his murder.

Synopsis

Passing through a small town, Adel is arrested for kidnapping. A lynch mob burns down the jail and Adel is thought to be killed. The incident is captured on newsreel film and, for revenge, Adel urges his brothers to use the film to prove the mob guilty of his murder.