Zahrat  Al-Ola

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 AlgerianJamila, the Algerian · 1958
Jamila, 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...
AishaAisha · 1953
Aisha
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 NavyIsmail Yassine In the Navy · 1957
Ismail 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 المظلومدعوة المظلوم · 1956
دعوة المظلوم
1956
Movie
Ismail Yassine in the PoliceIsmail Yassine in the Police · 1956
Ismail 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 affairsAfifi's love affairs · 1970
Afifi'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 LoveThe River of Love · 1960
The River of Love
8.21960
MovieDramaRomance
Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".
Return My HeartReturn My Heart · 1957
Return 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.

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Jamila, the AlgerianJamila, the Algerian · 1958
Jamila, 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...

بوعزة

Return My HeartReturn My Heart · 1957
Return 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.

بهية

El Maganeen Fi NaeemEl Maganeen Fi Naeem · 1963
El Maganeen Fi Naeem
8.31963
MovieComedyDrama
A madman exposes humanity’s insanity. Andeel leaves a mental hospital after 10 years of treatment are over to face the world again. Whenever he reveals that he used to be a mental patient, he is faced with aggressive suspicion, cruelty and rejection. When a shop owner refuses to hire him, he yells that he is the only one with an official certificate that proves he is actually sane. We follow his miserable search for a job and watch situations in which, over and over again, he gets very close to a decent life just before his unrestrained tongue reveals a side of his madness that freaks people out. Andeel is an honest, kind person who’s good at what he does, but people’s uncontrollable fear of madness makes them want to get rid of him and the uncomfortable state he puts them in, probably because of how normal he seems, just like them, yet how crazy he is, like they fear they might be.

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