Acting
Assia Dagher
Born April 18, 2001 · Lebanon
Died January 12, 1986 · aged -16
A Lebanese producer and actress, born in Tannourine in 1901. She moved to Egypt in 1923 with her niece, Mary Queeny. In 1927, Assia established her own production company, Lotus Film, which became one of the pioneering production companies in the history of Egyptian cinema. Assia produced her first film in 1929, Belle of Desert, in which she also co-starred. Since then, the films in which she part…
Known For
Saladin · 1963Saladin
★ 7.11963
MovieDramaWar
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
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.
Laila · 1927Laila
★ 4.51927
MovieRomanceDrama
Thrive Leila in one oasis overlooking the ruins of Memphis, and meet Rauf Bey Layla tries to woo her, but her heart was hung with Ahmed, and made a speech Ahmed Leila but soon recognized by a Brazilian girl and imported into Egypt, and succeed Brazilian girl to win the heart of Ahmed, and abandon Laila which became pregnant from him.
Prince of Revenge · 1950Prince of Revenge
★ 6.61950
MovieRomanceAction
Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
Life or Death · 1954Life or Death
★ 6.81954
MovieDramaThriller
A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.
What a madness · 1943What a madness
1943
MovieDramaComedy
Overnight, the situation changes with Ikram. After she was living a happy life with her husband, Hassouna Bey, she finds herself in the circle of suspicion by discovering her husband's betrayal of her. Her aunt, Sharbat, suggests several ways to help her preserve her marriage. He pushed Hassouna to assume the role of a rich woman, hoping to solve his wife's problem.
Zuleikha loves Ashour · 1939Zuleikha loves Ashour
★ 10.01939
MovieComedyDrama
Ashour lives happily with his kind-hearted wife until one of her relatives tries to separate her from her husband Ashour, with the help of one of the girls who tames lions in the circus, who is able to make Ashour believe that he is a very attractive man to whom women are attracted.
Diary of a Country Prosecutor · 1969Diary of a Country Prosecutor
★ 7.31969
MovieDrama
Based on the novel by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, 1937, Diary of A Country Prosecutor records the daily activities and tribulations of a public official appointed to act as a village justice in the countryside.
Movies
Saladin · 1963Saladin
★ 7.11963
MovieDramaWar
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
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.
Laila · 1927Laila
★ 4.51927
MovieRomanceDrama
Thrive Leila in one oasis overlooking the ruins of Memphis, and meet Rauf Bey Layla tries to woo her, but her heart was hung with Ahmed, and made a speech Ahmed Leila but soon recognized by a Brazilian girl and imported into Egypt, and succeed Brazilian girl to win the heart of Ahmed, and abandon Laila which became pregnant from him.
Prince of Revenge · 1950Prince of Revenge
★ 6.61950
MovieRomanceAction
Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
Life or Death · 1954Life or Death
★ 6.81954
MovieDramaThriller
A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.
What a madness · 1943What a madness
1943
MovieDramaComedy
Overnight, the situation changes with Ikram. After she was living a happy life with her husband, Hassouna Bey, she finds herself in the circle of suspicion by discovering her husband's betrayal of her. Her aunt, Sharbat, suggests several ways to help her preserve her marriage. He pushed Hassouna to assume the role of a rich woman, hoping to solve his wife's problem.
Zuleikha loves Ashour · 1939Zuleikha loves Ashour
★ 10.01939
MovieComedyDrama
Ashour lives happily with his kind-hearted wife until one of her relatives tries to separate her from her husband Ashour, with the help of one of the girls who tames lions in the circus, who is able to make Ashour believe that he is a very attractive man to whom women are attracted.
Diary of a Country Prosecutor · 1969Diary of a Country Prosecutor
★ 7.31969
MovieDrama
Based on the novel by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, 1937, Diary of A Country Prosecutor records the daily activities and tribulations of a public official appointed to act as a village justice in the countryside.
اللقاء الثاني · 1967اللقاء الثاني
★ 7.01967
MovieDrama
When a Woman Loves · 1933When a Woman Loves
★ 10.01933
Movie
Amina gets involved with a young man she loved, but he deceives her and abandons her. She gives birth to her son Murad, who is raised by her friend Umm Ibrahim. Amina marries Hashem, who knows nothing about her past. Murad is ten years old when his mother's friend Umm Ibrahim sends him to Europe. Years later, Murad returns to Egypt and meets Nadia, a con girl on board a ship who shares her brother Ramzy's crimes.
Look for the Woman · 1939Look for the Woman
★ 9.01939
MovieDrama
Adel dedicates his life to supporting the farmers, which his wife Hoda, who lives a life of luxury and extravagance, objects to, while her sister Malak Masaei supports Adel, so Hoda suspects that there is something between them.
أوهام الحب · 1970أوهام الحب
1970
MovieRomance
almutahama · 1942almutahama
★ 8.01942
MovieDrama
The prosecutor (Kamel) succeeds in convicting (Othman Borai), the drug dealer, and (Borai)’s wife decides to take revenge on the prosecutor, causing a quarrel between him and his wife (Samiha). Kamel believes that his wife is cheating on him, so he divorces her and expels her from the house. He discovers the truth and tries to search for her. He learns that she jumped into the Nile, so he travels with his son outside the country.
Fil Hawa Sawa · 1951Fil Hawa Sawa
1951
MovieDramaComedy
Thabit and Gamil are unemployed. They con a circus owner who sends his men after them. They escape to Cairo, where they meet an orphan girl who lives with her aunt. The aunt keeps the truth about her niece's father's wealth from her.
Punishment · 1948Punishment
1948
MovieDrama
The trio of a Wife and her lover plotting a murder for her husband. Their maid gets into Jail instead of them. This maid had a daughter that gets to be raised by her friend. The wife gets into jail shortly after she was arrested for misusing the well of her son. In Jail she meets with her maid and confess to her with her sin that led to this destiny, then she dies. After twenty years she gets out of Jail to see what has the fate introduce to her daughter and the killers daughter that share same lover.
Bent Elbasha El Moder · 1938Bent Elbasha El Moder
1938
MovieDrama
Hikmat disguises herself as a man after her brother suffered a tragic accident while on his way to start his work. She pretends to be teacher for the children of the Pasha instead of her brother. Hikmat gets to know the children whom she teaches and becomes Mr. Hikmat.
The Fifth Groom · 1942The Fifth Groom
★ 10.01942
MovieComedyRomance
Four greedy men are trying to win over Bahira Hanem. So she pretends to be poor to test the fifth man's feelings.
Belle of the Desert · 1929Belle of the Desert
★ 1.01929
MovieThriller
The Sheikh of one of the tribes loves the Bedouin girl Salma, who's engaged to her cousin. The Sheikh kidnaps her and forces her to marry him. As she gives birth to a child, the servant Suleiman helps her escape, only for his malicious intentions to be revealed when he tries to attack her.
This Was My Father's Crime · 1945This Was My Father's Crime
★ 8.01945
MovieDrama
A big lawyer is involved with a girl demanding marriage, but he refuses where his social status does not allow him to be associated with her, and the girl puts her child and calls her Samiha and then she leaves life before the girl grows up to disclose her father, Samiha grows up and works in a worker, and the lawyer grows until he becomes a famous lawyer. Samiha gets to know Samir Bey, who assgresses her and escapes from her to the Levant, but Samiha insists on resorting to the judiciary, and Samir's father assigns the famous lawyer to defend his son.
Shajarat al-Durr · 1935Shajarat al-Durr
★ 7.01935
Movie
In the 13th century AD, the Turkish slave girl (Shajarat al-Durr) captures the heart of (Al-Malik Al-Salih) and he marries her so that she can interfere in the affairs of the country and plot and plan conspiracies and schemes when the war against the Crusaders breaks out. It happens that (Al-Malik Al-Salih) dies during the war, so she hides the news of his death so that the soldiers in the battle will not be shaken, and she continues to rule and command in his name.
Maalesh Ya Zahar · 1950Maalesh Ya Zahar
★ 7.01950
MovieDramaMusic
Saber Effendi is a simple employee suffering from financial pitfalls. A new manager comes to the company who had an old friendship with Saber's wife, which strengthens his relationship with Saber's family. But it causes a rumor that there is a relationship between the manager and Saber's wife.
الهانم · 1947الهانم
1947
Movie
A woman is forced to travel to Egypt, leaving her daughter there in one of the Levant countries. She meets Hafez, the head of a drug smuggling gang, and settles down in Egypt. The woman meets Hafez and consults him on this matter, as she had made her daughter believe that she was wealthy in Egypt, Hafez reassures her and rents her a huge villa to hold the engagement party there.
The Lady of the House · 1949The Lady of the House
★ 9.01949
MovieDrama
Elham marries Nabil and moves to live with him in his mother's house. Her mother-in-law starts seeing Elham as an intruder while she's the lady of the house. When Elham didn't have kids, she wants Nabil to marry Elham's friend.
Banknote · 1936Banknote
★ 7.01936
MovieThrillerDrama
A frivolous woman who takes a lover every day, integrates into high society to set her nets around pleasure seekers, and with the events she changes and becomes a loyal wife living with her husband and son, she is accused of killing her husband, and the truth comes out as there is a con man and a woman plotting and scheming against her.