Acting
Zahrat Al-Ola
Born June 10, 1934 · Alexandria, Egypt
Died December 18, 2013 · aged 79
Zahra al-‘Oula Bakir was born in the district of Muharram Bey in Alexandia to a family originally from al-Mahala. Her talents for acting and imitation were apparent when she was in secondary school. Her father was a friend of Youssif Wahbi and so he presented her to him and she enrolled at the Acting Institute with the help of Zaki Tuleiman. Zahra acted in several plays including “Hourriyah men al…
Known For
Jamila, the Algerian · 1958Jamila, 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...
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.
Ismail Yassine In the Navy · 1957Ismail Yassine In the Navy
★ 7.81957
MovieComedyDrama
The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects this love and marriage, and tries to marry her to an older and wealthy man, to ask her cousin to volunteer in the fleet to help speed up the marriage.
دعوة المظلوم · 1956دعوة المظلوم
1956
Movie
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.
Afifi's love affairs · 1970Afifi's love affairs
1970
MovieComedy
Lawyer Hassanein has an informal relationship with the dancer Dalal, and when his wife invites her to his birthday party, he finds no one but his friend, the poet Afifi, to ask him to play the role of Dalal's husband so that things do not get complicated.
The River of Love · 1960The River of Love
★ 8.21960
MovieDramaRomance
Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".
Return My Heart · 1957Return My Heart
★ 5.41957
MovieRomanceDrama
In Egypt forties and before the 14th of July revolution in 1952, a poor family lives in a prince's palace where the father works as a gardener. The family has two children Ali and Hassan. Ali grows up liking the prince's daughter who loves him too. Now grown ups, they realize how impossible this love story is. Joining the army, Ali fights in Palestine while the brother joins the police and is part of the King's guards. Ali gets back from Palestine and joins the secret military movement that will soon rule Egypt, The Free Officers. The revolution starts and the Free Officers are now in charge, putting Ali against his brother as a guard for the king and also against his lover, the prince's daughter as the revolution will confiscate all her family's wealth.























