Acting
Shwikar
Born November 24, 1938 · Alexandria, Egypt
Died August 14, 2020 · aged 81
Shouweikar's career as an actress began in the early 1960s when she performed roles in several tragedies. The director Fateen Abd Al Wahab noticed that she had a special ability to perform comedy roles and she would later assume several roles in this category. However, she did not restrict herself to that category and she would also perform roles in works that had sociological and political themes…
Known For
Alley of Love · 1983Alley of Love
★ 5.71983
MovieDrama
The encounters and relationships that a brothel hotel witnessed, from a well known man in power, ambitious cunning youngster, to chivalrous college professor, despite such corrupt business ,true love found a place in some hearts.
First Year of Love · 1976First Year of Love
★ 7.01976
MovieDrama
A young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister of Interior. As Mohamed starts working as a journalist and joins the Wafd Party, he learns that Awny has documents that condemn its leader. Mohamed tries to get the incrimating evidence.
Time of the Forbidden · 1988Time of the Forbidden
1988
MovieDrama
Omaima is a medical student and an active member of the Students' Union, who is arrested for her political activity and released due to the influence of her father. She gets romantically involved with Hisham, and a colleague tries to discredit her.
The Visit Is Over · 1983The Visit Is Over
1983
MovieDrama
Directed by : Samir Al Asfory
Mamnue liltalaba · 1984Mamnue liltalaba
1984
Movie
Lock Up Your Daughters · 1980Lock Up Your Daughters
★ 7.71980
MovieComedy
Dr. Raafat faces challenges and difficulties in raising his three daughters, Fawzia (Sanaa Younis), Soso (Shreihan) and Nadia (Ijlal Zaki).
The Tender Gender · 1977The Tender Gender
★ 4.71977
MovieRomanceDrama
3 young men aims older women for financial gains by working as gigolos,during a summer vacation,one of them targets a strict unmarried woman by making her fall in love with him to win her trust,meanwhile,his two friends struggles with their plans too before end of summer.
Cairo · 1963Cairo
★ 5.11963
MovieCrime
An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Movies
Alley of Love · 1983Alley of Love
★ 5.71983
MovieDrama
The encounters and relationships that a brothel hotel witnessed, from a well known man in power, ambitious cunning youngster, to chivalrous college professor, despite such corrupt business ,true love found a place in some hearts.
First Year of Love · 1976First Year of Love
★ 7.01976
MovieDrama
A young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister of Interior. As Mohamed starts working as a journalist and joins the Wafd Party, he learns that Awny has documents that condemn its leader. Mohamed tries to get the incrimating evidence.
Time of the Forbidden · 1988Time of the Forbidden
1988
MovieDrama
Omaima is a medical student and an active member of the Students' Union, who is arrested for her political activity and released due to the influence of her father. She gets romantically involved with Hisham, and a colleague tries to discredit her.
The Visit Is Over · 1983The Visit Is Over
1983
MovieDrama
Directed by : Samir Al Asfory
Mamnue liltalaba · 1984Mamnue liltalaba
1984
Movie
Lock Up Your Daughters · 1980Lock Up Your Daughters
★ 7.71980
MovieComedy
Dr. Raafat faces challenges and difficulties in raising his three daughters, Fawzia (Sanaa Younis), Soso (Shreihan) and Nadia (Ijlal Zaki).
The Tender Gender · 1977The Tender Gender
★ 4.71977
MovieRomanceDrama
3 young men aims older women for financial gains by working as gigolos,during a summer vacation,one of them targets a strict unmarried woman by making her fall in love with him to win her trust,meanwhile,his two friends struggles with their plans too before end of summer.
Cairo · 1963Cairo
★ 5.11963
MovieCrime
An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Revealing the Hidden · 1994Revealing the Hidden
★ 7.01994
MovieDrama
Salwa's new life as the wife of a prominent college professor is jeopardized when the past comes calling in the form of the director of the General Intelligence Directorate who wants her to take up her old task of seducing important figures. When she refuses, he threatens to reveal her past.
Wife Number 13 · 1962Wife Number 13
★ 6.61962
MovieComedyDrama
Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a beautiful woman in Alexandria, he wants her as wife number thirteen. He buys himself into the heart of the woman, until a well-meaning, former fiancée of her husband tells her just how many times he has been divorced. The new bride launches into a series of ploys that keep her away from the marriage bed.
Mottarada Gharameya · 1968Mottarada Gharameya
★ 6.71968
MovieComedyRomance
Based on Marc Camoletti's play "Boeing Boeing", the story follows the womanizing exploits of Mounir (Fouad El Mohandes), an air traffic controller juggling five different air-hostess girlfriends from all over the world. His fiancée Mona (Shouweikar), an Egyptian air-hostess, threatens to dump him if he doesn't quit his playboy lifestyle. Mounir thus decides to seek help from a prominent - albeit sexually frustrated - psychiatrist (Abdel Moneim Madbouly).
Prince of Cunningness · 1964Prince of Cunningness
★ 6.31964
MovieActionDrama
This lavish period action-adventure is an Egyptian version of The Count Of Monte Cristo.
We Men Are Good · 1971We Men Are Good
1971
MovieDramaComedy
Hamdy falls in love with Faten whom he tries to approach her by claiming that he lost his eyesight. Faten feels sorry for him and tries to help him in his crisis by taking him to her uncle, the ophthalmologist, so he begins to stall her.
The Most Dangerous Man in the World · 1967The Most Dangerous Man in the World
★ 7.01967
MovieActionComedy
Mister X is the head of an international smuggling ring in Chicago and arrives in Cairo to practice his activity. The police know about him and begin to watch him. The police exploit the great resemblance between X and the airport employee Zaki, so they exploit him in their mission, and the events follow in a comic form.
The Sixth Day · 1986The Sixth Day
★ 5.31986
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.
Please Call Me · 2010Please Call Me
★ 5.02010
MovieComedyDrama
Ibrahim Toshkee, a non-talented who wants to become an actor. When he faces failure, he utilizes his wits into coning people, which leads him to many problems. In the meantime, he is in a love with his neighbor "Abla" and having an affair with a prostitute “Ashgan”.
Saad the Orphan · 1985Saad the Orphan
★ 6.01985
Movie
The story of Saad al-Yateem, whose father was killed by his uncle (Badran), and his righteous lady (Karamat) until he grows up, and even the fate wants to love his cousin without knowing her. The film deals with the age of young men in the twenties, and the bully is to be a murderer or a murderer
The Water-Carrier Is Dead · 1977The Water-Carrier Is Dead
★ 7.81977
MovieDrama
The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.
Karnak · 1975Karnak
★ 6.81975
MovieDrama
In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.
13 lies · 197713 lies
★ 5.01977
MovieComedyThriller
Camellia is suspicious of her husband Ahmed because of his actions and his obsession with his whims and Ahmed fakes stories every time she finds out about him.
El Maganeen Fi Naeem · 1963El Maganeen Fi Naeem
★ 8.31963
MovieComedyDrama
A madman exposes humanity’s insanity. Andeel leaves a mental hospital after 10 years of treatment are over to face the world again. Whenever he reveals that he used to be a mental patient, he is faced with aggressive suspicion, cruelty and rejection. When a shop owner refuses to hire him, he yells that he is the only one with an official certificate that proves he is actually sane. We follow his miserable search for a job and watch situations in which, over and over again, he gets very close to a decent life just before his unrestrained tongue reveals a side of his madness that freaks people out. Andeel is an honest, kind person who’s good at what he does, but people’s uncontrollable fear of madness makes them want to get rid of him and the uncomfortable state he puts them in, probably because of how normal he seems, just like them, yet how crazy he is, like they fear they might be.
Gharam Al-Asyad · 1961Gharam Al-Asyad
★ 7.01961
MovieDrama
Two wealthy brothers have feelings for the stableman's daughter. When the younger son tries to rape her, the girl runs away from the house. A fashion designer takes her in and she becomes a famous model until the older brother runs into her.
Viva Zalata · 1976Viva Zalata
★ 4.81976
MovieWesternComedy
A comedy western coming from Egypt. The title, "Viva Zalata", clearly reminds to "Viva Zapata!" (1952, directed by Elia Kazan). A bandit of Egyptian origins leads a gang of Mexican outlaws terrorizing a small city at the border between Mexico and the U.S..
The Way Of The Devil · 1963The Way Of The Devil
★ 7.01963
MovieActionDrama
Two gamblers living a prosperous but lustful life where money has replaced morals. However, their lives change after an unexpected meeting with a belly dancer.
TV Shows
Hawanem Garden City · 1997Hawanem Garden City
1997
SeriesDrama
In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.
A Woman from the Time of Love · 1998A Woman from the Time of Love
★ 9.01998
Series
When a father has to go abroad for work, he leaves his children in the care of his sister who comes to stay with them, only to be shocked when she witnesses their behavior. As the family struggles to adjust to the changes, the aunt wisely helps her brother's children through their problems.
Al-Thulathiya · 1987Al-Thulathiya
★ 9.01987
SeriesDrama
The Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz) — The series depicts the political and social conditions before the 1919 Revolution, focusing on the life of the Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad family (played by Mahmoud Morsi), and the stark contrast between the strictness and discipline he imposes on his family, and the life of pleasure and indulgence he secretly lives alone at night.
العتبة جزاز · 1968العتبة جزاز
1968
SeriesDramaComedy
يوم عسل و يوم بصل · 1998يوم عسل و يوم بصل
1998
SeriesComedy
