Many agreed on the character of Khaled Safwan, the tyrannical security man, who is the embodiment of the character of Salah Nasr, the former director of Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate, who was tried in the case of the famous intelligence deviation in the wake of the setback of 67 and the end of the film with the entry of Khaled Safwan, who is also detained, with an incident with Salah Nasr after his conviction In the case of intelligence deviation and the coup attempt, it is strongly hinted that he is the son of a palace man during the reign of the king, which indicates the continuation of oppression and individualism behind the guise of socialist rule.

The pyramid is under the weight of despair, the absence of reason and the desire to die, as if Zainab is a symbol of the youth of Egypt, who were violated, sometimes by oppression in prison, and sometimes by exploiting them in shattered ruins at the hands of the filthy profiteers in despair and absence of reason, and at last in the name of love, where only the debris of pleasure mixed with impurities of oppression and rape remained, in the interpretation of Possible artistry of the three sex scenes of Zainab in the film.

[4] Commenting on Gamal Salama's music: It is noted that the phrase of the military march is repeated, then regressive and complex tones played by the piano whenever the orchestra tries to move the audience's attention, and then at the end, after the October 1973 victory, the sentence is repeated, but more powerful and escalating, which accompanies the victory march.

[5][6] Minister of Culture at the time, Yusuf Sibai objected to the presence of the leftist intellectual Helmy, played by the actor Mohamed Sobhi, and asked the film makers to clarify that the Sadat regime had nothing to do with the issue of torture that was taking place in prisons in the sixties.

[10] Karnak occupies the 39th place in the list of the 100 best films in the memory of Egyptian cinema, according to the critics' poll, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first cinema show in Alexandria (1896-1996) After Ahmed Zaki was excluded from the film and replaced by Nour El-Sherif, the young talented actor entered a severe depression that almost developed to suicide, and did not overcome the crisis until after Salah Jahin supported him, who was convinced of his talent, and promised him a starring role in front of the same actress, Soad Hosny, which actually happened three years later, with the film Shafika and Metwali, written by Jahin and directed by Ali Badrakhan.