Acting
Bishara Wakim
Born March 5, 1890 · Cairo, Egypt
Died November 30, 1949 · aged 59
An Egyptian actor, born in the Faggala district of Cairo in 1890, he studied at the French Frere Schools in Bab al-Louq and later enrolled in the Faculty of Law, earning a bachelor's degree. He was nominated for a scholarship to France, but his studies were cut short due to the outbreak of World War I. He began his artistic career with the troupes of Abdel Rahman Rushdi and George Abyad, and then …
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The Princess of the Island · 1948The Princess of the Island
★ 9.01948
Movie
A princess is kidnapped by a greedy and mean Calif. He wants to marry her. Three men set out to rescue her, and with the aid of a ring with a spirit in it they succeed.
The Bashmakul · 1940The Bashmakul
★ 9.01940
MovieComedyDrama
The film's events revolve around the lawyer Mumtaz, who loves flirting with women, despite his marriage, and continues to cheat on his wife, until she decides to teach him a lesson in agreement with her friend, where she pretends to be cheating on him with another man. Will Mumtaz be fooled and believe his wife's betrayal of him? Or will he understand the lesson and stop cheating on her?
Al-anissa Busa · 1945Al-anissa Busa
★ 8.01945
MovieDrama
Fouzy Pasha agrees with his daughter that whoever marries her must choose her for her person and love for her, not for her wealth. Indeed, Fouzy Pasha pretends to be bankrupt and even chooses a modest, popular residence and wanders the streets playing the piano while his daughter sings. Love brings his daughter together with a young man from a wealthy family, and the Pasha blesses this love.
Jealousy · 1946Jealousy
1946
Movie
A love story grows between a young athlete and his neighbor. As he dreams of winning a championship, girls begin to chase him, and one seeks to make him fall for her, which generates feelings of jealousy in the heart of his beloved who abandons him.
The three musketeers · 1940The three musketeers
★ 8.01940
MovieComedyDrama
Bahbah, Shiha, and Sanqur are three colleagues working in a newspaper whose editor-in-chief, Amer, stipulates that he should not be married to work there. Each of them was married and concealed his marriage. The three go to a hotel in Helwan to recuperate. There they meet Hosnia, who is searching with her uncle for a wealthy groom, and begins to set her nets on them, and events escalate.
Hassan & Hassan · 1945Hassan & Hassan
★ 10.01945
MovieRomanceComedy
Hassan is a taxi driver, and his cousin is also called Hassan, but he is a con man. Hassan the con man marries his cousin, the sister of Hassan the driver. He finds this an opportunity to blackmail his cousin, so he urges him to invest his money in a fake company. They travel to Alexandria and meet the beautiful Houria and the two fall in love with her.
Queen of the Stage · 1936Queen of the Stage
★ 8.01936
MovieThrillerDrama
Badiaa married a wealthy man who abandoned her three days after their marriage. Badiaa decided to depend on herself, so she created a theater to spread her fame and become famous. She met Asham, who told her about her husband’s will, that she would have half of his property and Asham would have the other half, on the condition that they marry and neither of them betrays the other, otherwise the money would go to the other party.
Barsoum Looking for a Job · 1923Barsoum Looking for a Job
★ 6.31923
MovieComedyDrama
It is the story of two friends, one a Muslim, Sheik Metwalli, and the other a Coptic Christian, Barsoum, both unemployed, suffering from hunger, and competing for a job in a bank. When the bank’s director mistakes them for wealthy businessmen, he takes them to his home for a lavish lunch. But upon learning their actual status, he chases them out of the house. At the film’s conclusion, as the two friends rest on the sidewalk absorbing their long-overdue meal, they are arrested by a policeman.
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Al-anissa Busa · 1945Al-anissa Busa
★ 8.01945
MovieDrama
Fouzy Pasha agrees with his daughter that whoever marries her must choose her for her person and love for her, not for her wealth. Indeed, Fouzy Pasha pretends to be bankrupt and even chooses a modest, popular residence and wanders the streets playing the piano while his daughter sings. Love brings his daughter together with a young man from a wealthy family, and the Pasha blesses this love.
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