The Dislocation of Amber (1975)
The Dislocation of Amber was filmed in the city of Suakin, a formerly flourishing port in Sudan, now in ruins. Its history is one of famine and opulence, devastation and progress, cultural damage and rich trade. Shariffe used the poetry of the great Sufi masters Ibn al-Farid, and Sheikh Abd al-Rahim al-Burai (Burai of Sudan) to accentuate a sense of desertion and alienation hinted at in the title. This surreal masterpiece of Sudanese cinema features poems sung by the late Sudanese singer Abdel-Aziz Dawoud.
Director: Hussein Shariffe
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Ilham Yousif as |
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Fayza Amaseeb as |
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Khadiga Faysal as |
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Sondr Hale as |
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Fathi Berkia as |
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Guereth Ciepluch as |
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Ahmed Tahir as |
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Sami el Sawi as |
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Mohamed Bushara as |
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Darsalam Dugoosi as |
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Anna Ciepluch as |
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Osman Samkari as |
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Yousif Aydabi as |
| Crew | Abdel-Aziz Dawoud | Compositor |
| Crew | Abdel Moneim Adawi | Cinematography |
| Editing | Alan Ballard | Editor |
| Writing | Hussein Shariffe | Writer |
| Directing | Hussein Shariffe | Director |
| Crew | Ibn al-Farid | Poem |
| Crew | Sheikh Abd al-Rahim al-Burai | Poem |