Road to Eilat

Road to Eilat (Egyptian Arabic: الطريق إلى إيلات 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 Admiral Fouad Abu Zikry, 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 Admiral Fouad Abou Zikry, 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 Navy
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
1994 films
Films shot in Egypt
Egyptian war films
1990s Arabic-language films
1990s war films