Directing
Ali Badrakhan
Born April 25, 1946 · Egypt (age 80)
Ali is the son of the director Ahmed Badrkhan and is the former husband of deceased actress So’ad Hosny. He got to know So’ad while filming the movie “Nadia” which was directed by his father Ahmed Badrkhan. ‘Ali was on the set working as an assistant director alongside his father, he married So’ad after the title was filmed. Their marriage continued for a period of 11 years during which he directe…
Known For
The Shepherd and the Women · 1991The Shepherd and the Women
★ 5.71991
MovieDrama
The widowed Wafaa lives with her teenage daughter Salma and her sister-in-law Azza in her late husband Kamel's remote house. When Kamel's former cellmate comes to offer his help, the three women are hesitant to accept at first, but they end up falling for him and competing for his affection.
Alexandria Again and Forever · 1989Alexandria Again and Forever
★ 5.11989
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.
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.
The Hunger · 1986The Hunger
★ 7.01986
MovieDrama
In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley.
Land of Hypocrisy · 1968Land of Hypocrisy
★ 7.61968
MovieComedyDrama
A man who is struggling with life's daily problems, especially his troublesome wife, accidentally runs into a man who makes bills that change human behavior, and his life changes.
The Choice · 1971The Choice
★ 7.41971
MovieThrillerDrama
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?
An Affair · 1996An Affair
★ 6.01996
MovieDramaRomance
A psychopath woman seduces a married man to sleep with her so she could threaten him later and ruin his perfect marriage so she could get him for herself.
The Sparrow · 1972The Sparrow
★ 6.91972
MovieDrama
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
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