Saeed Saleh, Ghassan Matar, Muhammad Al-Dafrawi, and Ihsan Al-Qalawi are returning to artistic life through the Saudi-Egyptian animated movie, “The Knight and the Princess”. The work also brings together a number of stars, led by Muhammad Huneidi, Liqa Khamisi, Donia Samir Ghanem, Medhat Saleh, Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra, Abla Kamel and Majed Al-Kadwani.

The "Knight and the Princess" is the fruit of a 20-year work, and one of his surprises is that his Egyptian screenwriter Bashir Al-Deek is also his director, and more than 230 Egyptian animators participated in it.

The film, to be released in the Gulf and Arab theaters next Thursday, and produced by Magic Animation Company, is based on a historical story dating back to the seventh century AD about the young knight Muhammad bin Al Qasim, and it was its first global show at the El Gouna International Film Festival last year, along with its success during its presentation At the Malmo Film Festival in Sweden.

The film's story revolves around Mohammed bin Al Qasim, who has been responsible for saving the kidnapped Arab women and children during their return by the 15-year-old pirates in the Indian Ocean, and his adventures that led him to a greater challenge. At the age of 17, Al-Qassem left his city of Basra with his friend Zaid and his teacher Abu Al-Aswad to confront the tyrant King Dahr in a difficult adventure to liberate Sind and meet his girlfriend.

The idea of ​​the movie was based on the premise that the Arabic stories are better told by Arab talents and artists, and the story "The Princess and the Knight" is inspired by an Arab historical cartoon designed in an animation with seven exhibition songs and soundtrack performed by Arab talents.

For his part, producer Al-Abbas bin Al-Abbas said about the reason for the implementation of the film (20 years): “We were creating the animation industry in the region and not just a movie. Building a road with international standards in this field is not an easy task, and therefore it took us all this time.” He explained that he faced many challenges throughout the production period, but he overcome them: “The 20 years were not all in the production of the film, but we used to implement animated series to help us in the production and financing of the movie, and we dreamed of making the first animated movie for cinema (Disney) standards.”

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In progress, the Saudi-Egyptian film will be shown in Gulf and Arab theaters.