Acting
Ragaa Hussein
Born November 7, 1937 · Egypt
Died August 9, 2022 · aged 84
Egyptian actress. She first worked with the Naguib Rihani band, and then worked in film and television since the early 1960s, from her films (mouths and rabbits, Egyptian Hadwat, savages, sons and killers), and in television series (witness and tears, the journey of Mr. Abu El-Ela human, money and sons, Zizinia).
Known For
صاحب الصورة · 1987صاحب الصورة
1987
MovieDrama
The Serpent of Death · 1990The Serpent of Death
★ 3.61990
MovieHorrorAdventure
An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.
An Egyptian Story · 1982An Egyptian Story
★ 6.51982
MovieDramaFantasy
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
Return of the Prodigal Son · 1976Return of the Prodigal Son
★ 6.41976
MovieDramaMusic
Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
Mouths and Rabbits · 1977Mouths and Rabbits
★ 7.01977
MovieDramaRomance
A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film introduces a family with 10 kids and lots of problems they get into through a funny story between an Aunt for the kids and her struggle for getting married to the man she loved because of her bother in law who got her married with someone behind her back, using false information.
المحروسة · 1961المحروسة
1961
MovieDrama
Alexandria Again and Forever · 1989Alexandria 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.
Nawara · 2016Nawara
★ 8.02016
MovieDrama
Nawara works as a housemaid for a family closely linked to the Mubarak regime. On the eve of the 2011 revolution the family decides, for safety, to leave the country temporarily and ask her to look after the villa. Flush with cash for expenses, Nawara calls her fiancé Mustafa and the two are soon enjoying a taste of life at the top. Her journey from the alleys of her poor neighborhood to the luxury compound brings with it the worries of the people and their simple dreams—and an experience she could never have imagined.


