Black Gold

الذهب الأسود

Jean-Jacques Annaud's film on the oil struggle among Arabian rulers in the 1930s; a Qatari production based on Hans Ruesch's novel.

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Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2011 CE · 1432 AH†
Countries
QA · FR · TN
Approach
historical drama

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Overview

A film by Jean-Jacques Annaud about the struggle of princes over the oil of the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s; produced in Qatar, based on a novel by Hans Rosch. 1 2

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Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Black Gold”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-dhahab-al-aswad-2011/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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