Directing
Ahmed El-Sabawy
Born December 4, 1928 · Egypt
Died August 28, 2018 · aged 89
No biography available.
Known For
What is wrong with the world · 1988What is wrong with the world
1988
MovieDrama
After her husband’s death, Saniya raises her three daughters alone and becomes determined to marry them off to wealthy men, even selling everything to move to an upscale neighborhood.
Tower of Tanneries · 1983Tower of Tanneries
1983
MovieDrama
The wealthy merchant Salama moves from the tannery neighborhood to live in his new building in Mohandessin. His son, Hisham, returns from the war of 73 with a leg injury and PTSD, and his wife, Nadia, clings to him. As for his son, Issam, he owns a boutique, and his girlfriend, Nana, supplies him with goods from abroad, including medicine for his father. Salama decides to marry Nana, so Issam gets rid of her so that she will not share the inheritance with them.
El Banat Wel Mercedes · 1973El Banat Wel Mercedes
1973
MovieAdventureComedy
Ashraf works for the Baher Tourism Company. After returning from Beirut to buy a brilliant car. It turns out that the car was a smuggler for a gang headed by Murad together with Baher. Baher discovers that the checks that Ashraf signed for the price of the car had been stolen, thus Ashraf becomes its owner. His friends take advantage of the opportunity to pretend each of them in front of his girlfriend to own the car. Baher kidnapped Madiha, Ashraf's fiancée, to pressure him to return checks, thinking that he was hiding them.
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.
The Beggar · 1983The Beggar
★ 6.41983
MovieComedyRomance
After failing to find stable work in Cairo, Hassanein joins a group of beggars and unwittingly becomes involved with a corrupt businessman who suspects him of being a police informant.
يا رب توبة · 1975يا رب توبة
1975
MovieDrama
A Basha is furious when he learns that his son Zaki had an affair with his cousin Hosnia, he also knows that she's pregnant. He makes her marry Ibrahim, one of the peasants working in his land, who rejoices at first but after the sixth month of his marriage, he finds Hosnia giving birth to a child.
Ghosn Al-Zaytoun · 1962Ghosn Al-Zaytoun
★ 7.01962
MovieDramaRomance
The film's events revolve around Abdo (Ahmed Mazhar), who works as a teacher in a girls' school instead of his colleague Jamal (Omar Al-Hariri), who has gained wide popularity among the girls, especially Attiyat (Souad Hosni). Abdo marries his student Atiyat, but their marital relationship experiences a lot of tension because of Abdo's constant suspicion of his wife and his belief that she is having an affair with Jamal.
Guys in hell · 1988Guys in hell
1988
Movie
Medhat becomes addicted as a result of his family's work abroad and their preoccupation with him, and Osama is determined to steal his miser father's money, while Ahmed lives a desperate love story with his colleague and does not succeed in achieving any of his wishes.
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