Acting
Tahiya Cariocca
Born February 22, 1915 · Cairo, Egypt
Died September 20, 1999 · aged 84
Taheyya Carioca (Egyptian Arabic: تحية كاريوكا) also Tahiya Mohamed (born as: Badaweya Mohamed Kareem Al Nidani), (February 22, 1915 – September 20, 1999) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.
Known For
Mercedes · 1993Mercedes
★ 4.81993
MovieDrama
Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.
Adieu Bonaparte · 1985Adieu Bonaparte
★ 5.91985
MovieDramaHistory
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet and falls in love with two young Egyptian brothers, reflecting complex themes of colonial desire, affection, and personal connection.
Bayieat alwird · 1959Bayieat alwird
1959
Movie
MY EYE TWINKLES · 1950MY 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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MovieDramaComedy
Lady Feyrouz · 1951Lady Feyrouz
1951
MovieDrama
Fayrouz Hanem is a minor girl, but at the same time she is the owner of property that she inherited from her late father and mother. She has been appointed as a guardian for her money, and some poor people live in her property, but the guardian wants to evict them for not paying the rent, so Fayrouz sympathizes with them and stands next to them, and they therefore stand up to the guardian who He wants to steal the underage girl's money and steal it from her.
Al Sokkareya · 1973Al Sokkareya
1973
MovieDrama
The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their impact on their maturity and life paths.
Alexandria Again and Forever · 1989Alexandria Again and Forever
★ 4.81989
MovieDrama
Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
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