Mahmood Al-Meleji

Acting

Mahmood Al-Meleji

Born December 22, 1910 · Cairo, Egypt

Died June 6, 1983 · aged 72

Mahmoud El Meligy was an Egyptian screenwriter and actor of film, theatre, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles.

Known For

SaladinSaladin · 1963
Saladin
★ 7.11963
MovieDramaWar
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
جحيم الغيرةجحيم الغيرة · 1953
جحيم الغيرة
1953
MovieDrama
Orphans' moneyOrphans' money · 1952
Orphans' money
★ 7.01952
MovieDramaMusic
A family whose breadwinner dies, leaving his wife and university-student daughter in the care of his son from his first wife. He treats them harshly and wastes their money - especially his sister's money, as he is her guardian - on his own pleasures. The mother and daughter are led by a kind family that takes her by the hand and curbs the son's ambitions.
Yellow ValleyYellow Valley · 1970
Yellow Valley
1970
MovieDrama
The Storm over ArabiaThe Storm over Arabia · 1961
The Storm over Arabia
★ 8.01961
MovieAdventureDrama
A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.
Alexandria… Why?Alexandria… Why? · 1979
Alexandria… Why?
★ 6.51979
MovieDramaWar
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
Desire and LossDesire and Loss · 1972
Desire and Loss
1972
MovieDramaCrime
Abdullah, a car driver, is accused in the murder of the thug Magdy and a friend of the Ghanaian Nawal. This criminal escapes after he tried to defend himself, but the events follow and he is also accused of killing the Ghanaian Nawal, he lands in one of the villas where Murad and his wife live with their young son, and Abdullah takes from the house residents Hostages so he can escape
MY EYE TWINKLESMY EYE TWINKLES · 1950
MY EYE TWINKLES
1950
MovieMusicComedy
Hamida works as a saleswoman in one of the shops, and one day the painter Anwar admires her beauty. He offers her to work with him as a model , and she agrees. Later, a wealthy man offers to marry Hamida even though he has been married several times. But she's confused because she loves Anwar.

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Jamila, the AlgerianJamila, the Algerian · 1958
Jamila, the Algerian
★ 7.21958
MovieDramaHistory
Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

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