The Cruel Sea

Top 7 Billed Cast

Saad Al-Faraj
سعد الفرج

Father

Hayat Al-Fahad
حياة الفهد

Mother

Ali AlMufeedi
علي المفيدي

Mohammed Al-Mansour
محمد المنصور

Moussaed

Amal Bakr
Amal Bakr

Nura

Ahmed El Saleh
Ahmed El Saleh

Muhammad Al-Mannaya
محمد المنيع

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    The first feature film to be made by the state of Kuwait. It is a period piece about Kuwait before the discovery of oil when fishing was the predominant occupation. Bas Ya Bahar is the story of a crippled pearl diver who forbids his son Mussaid to go to sea to dive for pearls.

  • Release Date

    1971-03-27

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    العربية
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