Acting
Khaled Taja
Born November 6, 1939
Died April 4, 2012 · aged 72
A Syrian actor of Kurdish origins, born in Damascus. At the age of eight he discovered that he was fond of drawing and fell in love with the imagination of the shadow. At the age of ten he began to frequently visit the seven theaters of Damascus, such as "Al-Nasr", "Al-Rasheed" and "Andalus". He starred in two theatrical works written and directed by one of his high school teachers. In 1956 he mov…
Known For
Hamido's Return · 1971Hamido's Return
1971
Movie
The Truck Driver · 1967The Truck Driver
1967
MovieDrama
A struggling young man abandons country life to work as a truck driver's assistant. His ambition drives him to be a driver himself, and lives a conflict that tears him apart between his love for a girl from his village, and his gratitude to his teacher who hopes to marry him to his daughter. We see the conflict that rages between truck drivers demanding wage increases on the one hand, and the employer on the other. The film depicts the harsh experiences that the hero goes through and learns through them the enormity of the individual battle in life.
A'rous min Demashq · 1973A'rous min Demashq
1973
MovieThrillerMystery
Seven Floors · 1994Seven Floors
1994
Movie
Screenwriter Goes to the hospital for medical examinations, but he heard strange news. This hospital has seven floors, whenever it is moved to the bottom floor, becomes close to death
Damascus with Love · 2010Damascus with Love
★ 6.02010
MovieDrama
A Jewish Syrian girl sets for departure from home city Damascus, but reverses her decision because her father discloses a secret that was kept for years. The secret being about a Lover who was thought to be dead. The girl reveals the mysteries of the past in search of another side of magical Damascus, hence falling in love with a Christian man who disappears in Lebanon’s civil war. She finds herself facing a difficult choice, but the city itself will keep the door of love and choices wide open to infinite possibilities.
The Memory of a Night of Love · 1973The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
Movie
Adel lives happily with his wife until he meets his ex-girlfriend, who works as a dancer. During her visit to his home, she faints and then he discovers that she has died. Adel is arrested and his wife is shocked, while his friend the police officer tries to find out the real killer.
Aziza · 2009Aziza
★ 4.82009
MovieDramaThriller
A Movie For Television dealing and exercising thoughts of Men Controlled Societies which are somehow similar in the east and west both. The movie shows how a woman is treated unfair just because her husband wanted a baby boy and she delivered 4 daughters. From sunrise to sunset, this one-day-actions movies follows the nerve pressed Aziza with all the unexpected accidents.
The Cheetah · 1972The Cheetah
★ 5.01972
MovieDrama
Set in Syria in the early 1900s. A peasant has his land taken from him by the authorities. He gets imprisoned and beaten by the gendarme, but manages to escape to the mountains where starts a bloody struggle for revolution.
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