Acting
Mohamed Shawqi
Born January 6, 1915 · Cairo, Egypt
Died May 21, 1984 · aged 69
An Egyptian actor, born in the Bulaq Abu El-Ela neighborhood in Cairo in 1915, graduated from the Saidia School and worked after graduation as an employee in Assiut, but he liked to work more in the field of art, so he joined the theater of Munira al-Mahdia and sang with her in the play (Bride of the East) in 1937. As for About acting, Muhammad Shawqi started it after joining Ali Al-Kassar's band …
Known For
Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen · 1960Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen
★ 8.11960
MovieComedyDrama
Appointment with Satan · 1955Appointment with Satan
★ 7.01955
MovieDramaFantasy
Ragab is a doctor struggling with his financial life, he meets Nabil and discovers that he is the devil himself. They have a deal to make him the best doctor ever.
Alexandria… Why? · 1979Alexandria… 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.
Streets of Fire · 1984Streets of Fire
★ 5.51984
MovieCrimeDrama
In the 1940s, the policeman Imam moves to Cairo to work in an area devoted to prostitution. There he falls in love with the prostitute Nusse who works with the bully Jalal without knowing that she is practicing this profession. He is defended by an imam who beats an English soldier who tries to intercept her and assault her. He is tried and dismissed from service, then returns to live in the neighborhood and look for work, and becomes a pimp, a quarrel between him and Jalal al-Fatwa. Each trying to prove his strength and impose his power.
Karnak · 1975Karnak
★ 6.81975
MovieDrama
In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.
Ismail Yassine in the Police · 1956Ismail Yassine in the Police
★ 7.71956
MovieDramaComedy
Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.
The Bus Driver · 1982The Bus Driver
★ 7.71982
MovieDrama
A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.
The Thug · 1957The Thug
★ 6.81957
MovieDrama
Haridy arrives at the vegetable market in search of a job opportunity, he works for Master Abu Zaid and after a while he separates and marries Hossnyia. Haridy forms an alliance against Abu Zaid, but he soon becomes more powerful and his condition turns to worse.
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