Acting
Thuraya Helmy
Born September 26, 1923 · Egypt
Died August 9, 1994 · aged 70
Egyptian actress and singer, whose real name is (Zakia Ali Mahjoub), and Mustafa Al-Qashash, a journalist in Al-Sabah magazine, chose her artistic name by which she was known. She excelled in the art of monologue. She was born in an artistic family where her sister was a singer. She used to go to the theater and go up to the stage between the seasons and offer singing connections, and from here sh…
Known For
Who's Done it ? · 1944Who's Done it ?
★ 6.51944
MovieCrimeDrama
Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.
Ma'a Khalis Tahiyaty · 1980Ma'a Khalis Tahiyaty
1980
MovieComedyDrama
The play follows Hashem, an employee in a Cairo-based company, who works in one of its plants in Upper Egypt. Hashem travels to Cairo, hosted by his brother Fathalla, hoping to get moved to the company's headquarters. On his quest, Hashem visits the company's president at his house, and experiences a series of comic situations.
The Hunger · 1986The Hunger
★ 7.01986
MovieDrama
In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley.
El Zuhur El Fatina · 1952El Zuhur El Fatina
★ 9.51952
MovieDrama
Aziza is a mother of two girls who lives in an alley near the citadel. One of the girls is ambitious and wants to leave the neighbourhood and live like the rich so she works as a bellydancer. The other, Karima, is content with her life and takes care of her sick mother and pays home bills.
Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts · 1952Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts
★ 6.21952
MovieHorrorComedy
Ismail Yassin and his relatives have to spend a month living in a haunted house in order to collect their inheritance.
Dalal Al-Masria · 1970Dalal Al-Masria
1970
MovieDrama
Atiat is an orphan who grows up in a palace under the care of a wealthy woman. When the woman discovers that Atiat lost her virginity, she kicks her out, unaware that her own nephew, Fou'ad, is responsible. As Atiat becomes a dancer, she gets accused of a murder, and the judge turns out to be Fou'ad
Laylat Al-Jumea · 1945Laylat Al-Jumea
★ 9.01945
MovieComedyMusic
Uncle Abdel Fattah forces his nephew Anwar to marry so that he does not deprive him of the inheritance. Anwar does marry, but one day he goes with his friend to a cabaret and meets Tahia, the dancer, who brings him back home drunk. The uncle comes to confirm his nephew's marriage and finds Tahia, who claims that she is his wife. When his real wife appears, he introduces her as his friend's wife.
Elsetat Afaret · 1948Elsetat Afaret
★ 7.51948
MovieComedyDrama
In a light comedy, the film revolves around a couple whose lives change from happiness to daily suffocation and conflict permanently.If the wife dies, the husband decides to marry her friend, and the wife's ghost gets angry.He continues to chase the couple to calm down when she discovers that the new wife loves her daughter and submerges her with affection.
















