Acting
Zizi El-Badrawy
Born June 9, 1944 · Cairo, Egypt
Died January 31, 2014 · aged 69
Zizi El-Badrawy was an Egyptian film actress.
Known For
Searching for a Scandal · 1973Searching for a Scandal
★ 6.31973
MovieComedyRomance
As Magdy leaves Upper Egypt for a job, he befriends the playboy Sami who impresses him with his many relationships. After a chance meeting with Hanan, Magdy asks for Sami's help to get close to her, something that Sami is happy to provide and support with previous experiences.
Granita · 2001Granita
2001
MovieDrama
A young Egyptian man travels with his family to Hurghada on a work trip, where he works with foreign tourists. There, he meets a woman with an Egyptian father and an American mother. Despite his family's objections, he falls in love and marries her after she becomes pregnant. However, their marriage soon faces challenges as cultural differences emerge—he is deeply rooted in Upper Egyptian traditions, while she embraces a modern American lifestyle.
Four Girls and an Officer · 1954Four Girls and an Officer
★ 10.01954
MovieComedyDrama
The correctional officer prefers good treatment with the female inmates, while the director prefers the use of cruelty and pressure, and there are four girls admired by the officer, and without intent the four girls ignite the correctional fire and it is an opportunity to escape. A disciplinary board is set up for the officer for his negligence and inability to control them. The man of the four girls encounters and discovers that among them is a girl resembling a rich girl from an ancient family who disappeared from years and the events continued.
Port Said · 1957Port Said
★ 7.01957
MovieDramaWar
The events take place during the tripartite aggression against the city of Port Said, through the spy network of the British Intelligence, in which Pat (Laila Fawzi) works, while Al-Ambashi Talbah (Farid Shawqi) leads the resistance group, and the resistance men confront the aggression and vile conspiracies led by traitors and spies.
A Notorious House · 1965A Notorious House
1965
MovieDrama
A story about the impact of social customs and traditions on the behavior of Egyptian society
24 Hours of Love · 197424 Hours of Love
★ 5.61974
MovieComedy
After six months at sea, three navy officers return home for a short 24-hour leave, hoping for warmth and affection from their wives. Instead, they're met with cold shoulders and mistrust.
Between Two Mansions · 1964Between Two Mansions
★ 6.01964
MovieDrama
The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.
Stillness of the Storm · 1965Stillness of the Storm
1965
MovieDramaRomance
When her mother dies, the responsibility of keeping the family together falls on Sawsan, who tries to reunite her family after her father neglects his children in favor of chasing after the widowed Fatma, and her brother sets his eyes on a married woman.
Movies
Searching for a Scandal · 1973Searching for a Scandal
★ 6.31973
MovieComedyRomance
As Magdy leaves Upper Egypt for a job, he befriends the playboy Sami who impresses him with his many relationships. After a chance meeting with Hanan, Magdy asks for Sami's help to get close to her, something that Sami is happy to provide and support with previous experiences.
Granita · 2001Granita
2001
MovieDrama
A young Egyptian man travels with his family to Hurghada on a work trip, where he works with foreign tourists. There, he meets a woman with an Egyptian father and an American mother. Despite his family's objections, he falls in love and marries her after she becomes pregnant. However, their marriage soon faces challenges as cultural differences emerge—he is deeply rooted in Upper Egyptian traditions, while she embraces a modern American lifestyle.
Four Girls and an Officer · 1954Four Girls and an Officer
★ 10.01954
MovieComedyDrama
The correctional officer prefers good treatment with the female inmates, while the director prefers the use of cruelty and pressure, and there are four girls admired by the officer, and without intent the four girls ignite the correctional fire and it is an opportunity to escape. A disciplinary board is set up for the officer for his negligence and inability to control them. The man of the four girls encounters and discovers that among them is a girl resembling a rich girl from an ancient family who disappeared from years and the events continued.
Port Said · 1957Port Said
★ 7.01957
MovieDramaWar
The events take place during the tripartite aggression against the city of Port Said, through the spy network of the British Intelligence, in which Pat (Laila Fawzi) works, while Al-Ambashi Talbah (Farid Shawqi) leads the resistance group, and the resistance men confront the aggression and vile conspiracies led by traitors and spies.
A Notorious House · 1965A Notorious House
1965
MovieDrama
A story about the impact of social customs and traditions on the behavior of Egyptian society
24 Hours of Love · 197424 Hours of Love
★ 5.61974
MovieComedy
After six months at sea, three navy officers return home for a short 24-hour leave, hoping for warmth and affection from their wives. Instead, they're met with cold shoulders and mistrust.
Between Two Mansions · 1964Between Two Mansions
★ 6.01964
MovieDrama
The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.
Stillness of the Storm · 1965Stillness of the Storm
1965
MovieDramaRomance
When her mother dies, the responsibility of keeping the family together falls on Sawsan, who tries to reunite her family after her father neglects his children in favor of chasing after the widowed Fatma, and her brother sets his eyes on a married woman.
Abu Al-layl · 1960Abu Al-layl
★ 9.01960
MovieThrillerCrime
(Abu Al-Layl) is a mysterious person who wears a mask on his face and no one knows who he is. He moves with a dog and completely controls the people of a town, and makes them carry out what he orders them to do whatever it is, because of their intense fear of him and the only one who can communicate with (Abu Al-Layl) whenever she wants She is (Duha) because of an affair between them, and (Ahmed) tries to do everything in his power to find out who (Abu Al-Layl) is and rid the town of its evils.
The Girls in Summer · 1960The Girls in Summer
★ 8.31960
MovieMusicDrama
Loyal to her husband suffers from a weak personality due to strict upbringing, which exposes her to falling into the trap of her husband’s friend. There is another husband who falls in love with the maid and wants to get close to her very much, but he is afraid for his reputation, so he treats her very harshly and harasses her. There is the shy young man who falls in love with her. He falls in love with his neighbor, but she is not convinced by him because of his great shyness.
Last Mostahtera · 1971Last Mostahtera
1971
MovieDrama
The story revolves around (Souad), who lives in her deceased father's palace after divorcing her husband (Ahmed) for his many female relationships. In the palace, the maid (Salwa) tries to get rid of Souad, the daughter of the man who was the reason her husband was unjustly imprisoned after being accused of killing a young woman who was in a relationship with Souad's father. Souad asked a lawyer close to her to deceive Salwa, trap her, and make her believe that he loves her.
Man in Trouble · 1991Man in Trouble
1991
MovieDrama
Hatim is a businessman working in the field of contracting and building housing. He finds himself accused in a public opinion case, which is the collapse of the buildings he built. He discovers that his men who help him did this without him noticing. A confrontation occurs with his brother, and he kills his brother.
Please, here, driver! · 2008Please, here, driver!
★ 7.02008
MovieComedyDrama
A social comedy that tells the life of the street in Cairo in 2007 and 2008 through a taxi driver. We see daily dilemmas for the taxi driver through the taxi customers from all segments of the society in comical paradoxical paradoxes that reflect the spirit and rhythm of the Egyptian street in all its manifestations to see the state of a society full of shyness and surprise. .
Akher Shakawa · 1964Akher Shakawa
★ 9.01964
MovieComedyDrama
The story of the work revolves around three young people (Anwar), (Mohsen) and (Majdi), who live in one apartment, and events escalate when Anwar gets to know the Cohen family consisting of father, mother and two daughters Rachel and Esther, expecting Rachel to love her, then she seeks to blackmail him as the father of her child, He tries to accuse his friends of the events.
The Downtown Apartment · 1975The Downtown Apartment
1975
MovieDrama
In a representation of the housing problem in Egypt, a group of friends reunited by their search for an apartment encounter different problems as Kamal is looking for a place to turn into an art studio and Sherif is trying to find a place where he and his wife can live.
A Widow with Three Daughters · 1965A Widow with Three Daughters
1965
MovieDrama
When Mafouz dies, his partner Diab seizes his share, which leaves Mahfouz's family living in poverty. Gawdat, Zahra's fiancé, sleeps with her after she surrenders in the hope that they will get married quickly, but his mother forces him to leave Zahra after their financial situation deteriorates.
Midnight story · 1964Midnight story
★ 9.01964
MovieThriller
In a dramatic atmosphere, the film tells the story of a family whose members suffer greatly, as the head of the family, "Shaker", forces his daughter to marry the man he chose, even though she loves someone else. In addition, "Samiha", Shaker's wife, is sick and paralyzed. In his desire to improve the situation, Shaker asks for a new secretary to help his wife, and from here things become very complicated as "Ibtisam" is appointed to the job. Shaker begins to doubt everyone around him except Ibtisam, and refuses to take medicine from anyone except her, so the events take a new dramatic turn.
Big Teenager · 1961Big Teenager
★ 8.01961
MovieDrama
Ahmed is a novelist who has passed the age of youth. He spends his life on many romantic adventures, until Ahmed meets a beautiful girl who is the daughter of the caretaker of his estate that he owns. Ahmed discovers that this girl is very impressed by the romantic stories he writes, so he decides to ask her for marriage. Will she agree?
Escape · 1970Escape
1970
Movie
Ezzat and Fathi are two prisoners who escape together, and they manage to reach a remote rural area, and they are guests of the Suniyya of Aisha alone, and Ezzat tells her what happened with him and sympathizes with him and his story.
Prisoner of the Night · 1963Prisoner of the Night
★ 8.01963
MovieDrama
Al-Gharib is a dangerous criminal who only strikes at night. As the police fail to catch him, Al-Gharib befriends a wealthy college student who gets to see a side to the terrifying serial killer that no one else gets to see.
Ahlam Al-Banat · 1959Ahlam Al-Banat
★ 10.01959
MovieDramaMusic
The events of the film center around three girls who share work and livelihood, and each one of them has a dream that dominates her thinking; Where (Rich) dreams all the time about wealth, while (Ahlam) is trying to achieve her artistic ambitions, while (Hoda) searches for love and stability, and each of the three girls follows different life paths in their continuous attempts to achieve these dreams.
Remember Me · 1978Remember Me
★ 6.01978
MovieFamilyRomance
Two university students fall in love on campus and inform their parents that they want to get married. This decision makes the parents immediately very happy but when they find out who the parents of their future son- or daughter-in-law are, they get horrified. It turns out that these young lovers are much more connected than they had realized, and the question arises whether they might even be related.
The Seven Daughters · 1961The Seven Daughters
★ 8.01961
MovieRomanceDrama
The story of an iron-willed man who looks after his seven daughters after the death of their mother, as his three older daughters, Ahlam, Wedad, and Salwa, fall in love and suffer the agonies of it, only for their dad to try to save them the heartache.
جزيرة العشاق · 1968جزيرة العشاق
1968
MovieDrama
A group of colleagues in a government department go on vacation on one of the Red Sea beaches, during which a female employee meets Ahmed, the young man she loves, but her father refuses their marriage, so he goes to work in a lighthouse, after which their love renews again with the hope of marriage.
TV Shows
Layali El-Helmeya · 1987Layali El-Helmeya
★ 8.11987
SeriesDrama
A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.
Bwabet Elhalwani · 1992Bwabet Elhalwani
1992
SeriesDrama
Bwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.
Live Your Days · 2004Live Your Days
★ 9.02004
SeriesDrama
Chi Tutu Restaurant · 2006Chi Tutu Restaurant
2006
Series
Where one of the restaurants owned by Adel and his friend Nagaty, after Adel returns from abroad deciding to start a small business that generates income for him, his friend Nagaty offers him a stay.
The Fortune and the Progeny · 1992The Fortune and the Progeny
★ 8.41992
SeriesDramaFamily
Youssef Ibn Abbas wants to marry Salama's daughter Ferial, but they clash with the family's rejection despite the strong friendship between Abbas and Salama. Youssef discovers that his father and Salama were working for Khawaja raising his wealth from smuggling antiquities outside Egypt, after Al-Khawaja's death, he takes the money while Abbas refrains and tries to keep his children away from Salama's sons.
I will not walk the path of the past · 1995I will not walk the path of the past
1995
SeriesDrama
A Kuwaiti young man marries an Egyptian girl while studying in Egypt, and when he finishes his studies, he divorces her and marries his cousin, and travels without his knowledge of her pregnancy and after giving birth, Desouki marries her and raises her daughter. But after years, the father returns to Egypt and discovers that he has a daughter.
Case of the Minister · 2012Case of the Minister
2012
SeriesDrama
In a series that offers socio-political commentary, the story revolves around a female minister who comes from an prestigious family as she encounters a lot of problems because of her staunch opposition to corruption and moral depravity.
Cat's Head · 1980Cat's Head
★ 10.01980
SeriesDrama
A psychiatrist is treating a patient for schizophrenia, but things take a turn, and the doctor discovers that the patient is not actually schizophrenic; rather, the nurse is trying to make him believe he has the illness.
لقمة القاضي · 1996لقمة القاضي
1996
SeriesDrama
The Lighthouse · 2008The Lighthouse
2008
SeriesDrama
The series addresses the issue of the Egyptian youth who marry Israeli women, covering a period that starts in the winter of 1967 prior to the Six-Day War all through the nineties and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Word Of Honor · 2008Word Of Honor
2008
SeriesDrama
Dunia, a young girl filled with dreams, faces adversity after her father's death. She sacrifices her education for her family, marries a poor man, and endures life's hardships. When she witnesses a murder, a moral dilemma unfolds. Will she find the courage to speak the truth and uphold her honor?
قلوب فقدت الحب · 1977قلوب فقدت الحب
1977
SeriesDrama
القشرة الذهبية · 1985القشرة الذهبية
1985
SeriesDrama
أيام ضائعة · 1992أيام ضائعة
1992
Series
نور القمر · 2002نور القمر
2002
Series