Acting
Zaki Rostom
Born March 5, 1903 · Cairo, Egypt
Died February 15, 1972 · aged 68
No biography available.
Known For
The Blazing Sun · 1954The Blazing Sun
★ 6.91954
MovieDramaRomance
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
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.
Rassif Nemra 5 · 1956Rassif Nemra 5
★ 8.81956
MovieActionDrama
Sergeant Khamis, who works in the Coast Guard, succeeds in aborting a drug smuggling operation, so the smuggling gang tries to buy his integrity in order to make things easier for them, but he in turn refuses, so they resort to a plan to kill him in order to remove him from their path, but they fail and they kill his wife by mistake, and events escalate.
Aisha · 1953Aisha
★ 10.01953
MovieDrama
Madbouly forces his daughter to sell lottery tickets in cafes, while her two brothers work in the field of pickpocketing. The wealthy Yahya meets Aisha and is sympathetic to her because he finds her very similar to the daughter he lost. The wealthy negotiates with Madbouly to take care of his daughter Aisha in his home and to educate and raise her in the best possible way. In exchange for a monthly salary.
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.
The River of Love · 1960The River of Love
★ 8.21960
MovieDramaRomance
Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".
Woman’s enemy · 1946Woman’s enemy
1946
MovieDramaMusic
Ra'ouf is an elderly writer who is known for his stance against women, giving him the title "Woman's Enemy". But everything changes when he falls for Faten and starts to write to her. As he proposes to her, he sends her a photo of his handsome friend Salah, pretending that he is the man in the photo.
The White Rose · 1932The White Rose
★ 10.01932
MovieRomanceMusic
Topping the list of 100 Best Egyptian Films, this classic musical melodrama launched the film career of one of Egypt’s greatest singers and composers, Mohamed Abdel Wahhab. Galal Effendi, the son of an impoverished aristocrat, is forced to leave his studies to seek employment. After a short stint as a clerk, however, Galal discovers his musical talents and finds success as a popular singer. Through its story of upward mobility based on merit rather than influence, the film examines the emergence of Egyptian middle-class identity.
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