Khaled El Hagar

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Khaled El Hagar

Born January 3, 1963 · Egypt (age 63)

Director Khaled El Hagar graduated from Law School 1987 from Cairo University. He worked as an assistant to the legendary director Youssef Chahine. Later on he went to study cinema at Beaconsfield in the UK and graduated from that in 1994. Khaled El Hagar was one of the lecturers in the Berlin workshop for young talents as the only Egyptian to do so. His films were screened in almost 150 intern…

Known For

Room to RentRoom to Rent · 2001
Room to Rent
★ 6.02001
MovieComedy
Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, the individualism. But he has little money, his student visa is about to expire and he has been thrown out of his lodgings. And so Ali moves in with a succession of eccentric and colourful London flatmates: Mark, a photographer with a very individual style, Linda, a young, blonde, very sexy model and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, and Miss Stevenson who is convinced that Ali is the reincarnation of her long dead Egyptian lover.
Sins of the FleshSins of the Flesh · 2016
Sins of the Flesh
★ 4.52016
MovieRomanceDrama
Hassan and Fatma are a couple, living and working in a farm of wealthy owner Mourad. In the first days of the Jan 25th revolution, Ali seizes a security breach to break out of jail and runs to his cousin Hassan, for shelter. The latter takes him in but soon after, Mourad discovers the love that Fatma and Ali shared, years ago. This romantic history, fuelled by mounting sexual frustration, will come back to haunt all those involved.
Alexandria Again and ForeverAlexandria Again and Forever · 1989
Alexandria Again and Forever
★ 4.81989
MovieDrama
Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
The Sixth DayThe Sixth Day · 1986
The Sixth Day
★ 5.41986
MovieDrama
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
Girl's LoveGirl's Love · 2004
Girl's Love
★ 6.82004
MovieRomanceComedy
The story of three half-sisters who are united when their father dies and his will dictates they live together if they are to get their inheritance. The three sisters; the passionate Nada, the westernized Roqaya, and the tempered Ghada, have to work out their differences.
ShihanaShihana · 2019
Shihana
2019
MovieDrama
Saudi girl Shihana, who used to enjoy life and look at the world from a lovely perspective, finds herself trapped in the darkest place of terror and destruction when she finds herself in the ISIS organization, and she tries to break out from the surrounding deaths.
Stolen KissesStolen Kisses · 2008
Stolen Kisses
★ 5.02008
MovieDramaRomance
A couple's relationship experiences some ups and downs as the societal pressures put upon them get increasingly burdensome.
None But That!None But That! · 2007
None But That!
★ 1.02007
MovieMusicDrama
"Nahed" (Nabila Ebeid) as the Greedy Mother fight over "Dina" (Arwa) the innocent talent who falls in love with "Nader" (Khaled Abol Naga) as a Music Talent Hunter & Famous icon/Director & shatters her Family apart when she becomes a big success.

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