 Although this movie was made in 1970, it was done in black and  white. The reason is that it was produced by the Egyptian Ministry  of Culture. They nearly canceled the project because they didnt  feel they had enough money to do it. However, Reda and the others  insisted, and eventually they agreed to move forward with it, but  said it would need to be done in black and white because it would  cost less money to do black and white.