Road to Eilat (, translit: Al-Tareek Ela Eilat or El Tareeq Ela Eilat aliases: The Road to Eilat) is a 1994 Egyptian war film directed by Inaam Mohammed Ali and features Salah Zulfikar in a special appearance as Rear Admiral Mahmoud Fahmy, the commander of Egyptian Navy. The film stars Ezzat El Alaili and Nabil Al-Halfawi. The film is Salah Zulfikar's final film role.
Plot The film takes place during the War of Attrition in 1969, before the October War, specifically in July. The film deals with the Egyptian raids on the Israeli port of Eilat, operations carried out by a group of frogmen belonging to the Egyptian Navy, when they attacked the Eilat War Port and were able to destroy two warships: Beit Sheva, Bat Yam and the war pier (the two ships were attacking the Egyptian positions in the Red Sea after the Israeli forces took over the Sinai), then the return of these frogs safely after completing their mission successfully, after the martyrdom of one hero.
Film crew Screenplay: Fayez Ghaly Directed by: Inaam Muhammad Ali Produced by: Production Sector Egyptian Television Producer: Mamdouh El-Leithy Producers: Muhammad Khamis Emad El-Sheikh Muhammad Tawfiq Ali Mahmoud Ahmed Hamid Music score: Yasser Abdel Rahman Palestinian dialect references: Majeh Badrakhan Hebrew dialect references: Tawheed Majdi Makeup: Ramadan Imam Imam Ramadan Muhammad Ramadan Hairdresser: Mamdouh Omar Clothes: Ahmed Salem Accessory: Amin Mostafa Executors of the decor: Muhammad Al-Boushi Muhammad Zaki Sayed Amin Ahmed Othman Sharif Al-Salami Abdel Hamid Abdel Fattah Tariq Al-Boushi Ibrahim Harb Mohamed Abdel-Alim Ahmed Abdel-Gawad Salah Abu Al-Majd Hassan Ali Hassan Saad Ali Esawy Muhammad Tammam Al-Bushy Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed Abdel-Sabour Voice recorder Adeeb Fouad Ahmed Abdel Khaleq Assistant Mixing: Hiam Mohamed Photography: Sobhi Basta Clacket: Ibrahim Bayoumi Registrar: Mohsen Abdelazim
Military Experts Retired Major General Ibrahim Dakhakhni Retired Admiral Mustafa Taher
From the Navy Rear Admiral: Farouk Mohsab Commodore: Nabawi Shalaby Admiral: Abdel Azim Tawash Naval Colonel: Mustafa Abdel-Raouf Al-Haw Marine Major: Ashraf Mohamed Naval Captain: Mohamed Sharif, Military Training Supervisor
Cast Primary cast Salah Zulfikar as Rear Admiral Mahmoud Fahmy, Commander of the Egyptian Navy Ezzat El Alaili as Colonel Radi, commander of the operation Nabil Al-Halfawi as Colonel Mahmoud, the training commander Mohamed El-Dafrawi as Chief of staff of the Egyptian Army Forces Mohamed Abdel-Gawad as Captain Hatim Hisham Abdullah as Staff Sergeant Navy Alish Nasir Saif as Rear naval lieutenant Abdullah Mahmoud as Martyr Marine Sergeant Morsi Al-Zanati Hani Kamal as Lieutenant Marine Hussain Mohamed Saad as Sergeant Qenawyi Alaa Morsi as Samir, boat maintenance engineer Tariq Al-Nahry as Galal from the Auxiliary Group Farouk Aita as Fawaz from the Supporting Group Suleiman Eid as Salem, desert guide Madeleine Tabar as Maryam, one of the guides Medhat Morsi as Director of Egyptian Military Intelligence Yousry Mustafa as Operation Officer in Jordan
Supporting cast Amin Hashem as employee responsible for Egyptian Radio Sherine Wagdy as Captain Mahmoud's wife Nahed Rushdie as Captain Radi's wife Alan Zoghby as Israeli officer Muhammad Mahmoud as Abu Jihad, a Palestinian fighter Tariq Al-Amir Ibrahim Balousha Muhammad Ammar Youssef Hussein Muhammad Safwat Tawheed Magdy Magdy Suleiman
See also Salah Zulfikar filmography List of Egyptian films of 1994
References
External links Road to Eilat on elCinema