Acting
Shaaban Hussein
Born November 24, 1940 · Cairo, Egypt
Died May 22, 2013 · aged 72
No biography available.
Known For
The Missing Plane · 1984The Missing Plane
★ 8.01984
MovieDramaThriller
An ill-fated flight ends in the Western Desert where it crash-fives into quicksand as the passengers try to control their temper. The movie provides archetypes as they start reflecting on their lives in crisis, some of them being hopeless, and some of them being hopeless romantics.
The Bus Driver · 1982The Bus Driver
★ 7.71982
MovieDrama
A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.
Marriage by Presidential Decree · 2001Marriage by Presidential Decree
★ 5.12001
MovieComedyFamily
An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding invitation to the President, and he responds to the invitation. Preparations are under way to receive the President at the wedding awaited by everyone.
El Rajul El Ghamid Bisalamatoh · 2010El Rajul El Ghamid Bisalamatoh
★ 4.22010
MovieComedy
The film revolves around "young" are forced to lie at the beginning of his life as a result of the difficult conditions experienced by the passage of time believe everyone lie, can not undo, and despite his work as an employee in the private sector but that correspond with a number of government agencies demanding to resolve a number of crises public such as "bread" and "unemployment" and "housing crisis" and occur after a surprise and become famous.
Shaaban Below Zero · 1980Shaaban Below Zero
★ 6.11980
MovieComedy
(Shaaban), a simple employee loves his colleague (Zeinab). The millionaire (Ghatrifi) dies, so his family search for one from his town or any relatives so that they can seize his inheritance. They reach where Shaaban lives, who is from the town of the millionaire. Ghatrifi family make a deal with Shaaban to assume the identity of Ghatrifi relative who lives abroad. Shaaban agrees to the deal for half of the millionaire's wealth.
women in print · 1976women in print
1976
MovieDramaCrime
A gang steals a diamond bag from another gang and tries to smuggle the diamonds out by putting it on a dress. They search for a girl to trick into wearing the dress and traveling with it without her knowledge.
Nasser 56 · 1996Nasser 56
★ 6.71996
MovieDramaHistory
Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.
The World on a Dove's Wing · 1989The World on a Dove's Wing
★ 6.51989
MovieComedyDrama
Reda, a taxi driver, drives the wealthy widow Imane who has just returned from abroad. She lets him drive her to run errands, and he helps her break her sweetheart, the engineer Hassan, out from a mental hospital.
Movies
The Missing Plane · 1984The Missing Plane
★ 8.01984
MovieDramaThriller
An ill-fated flight ends in the Western Desert where it crash-fives into quicksand as the passengers try to control their temper. The movie provides archetypes as they start reflecting on their lives in crisis, some of them being hopeless, and some of them being hopeless romantics.
The Bus Driver · 1982The Bus Driver
★ 7.71982
MovieDrama
A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.
Marriage by Presidential Decree · 2001Marriage by Presidential Decree
★ 5.12001
MovieComedyFamily
An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding invitation to the President, and he responds to the invitation. Preparations are under way to receive the President at the wedding awaited by everyone.
El Rajul El Ghamid Bisalamatoh · 2010El Rajul El Ghamid Bisalamatoh
★ 4.22010
MovieComedy
The film revolves around "young" are forced to lie at the beginning of his life as a result of the difficult conditions experienced by the passage of time believe everyone lie, can not undo, and despite his work as an employee in the private sector but that correspond with a number of government agencies demanding to resolve a number of crises public such as "bread" and "unemployment" and "housing crisis" and occur after a surprise and become famous.
Shaaban Below Zero · 1980Shaaban Below Zero
★ 6.11980
MovieComedy
(Shaaban), a simple employee loves his colleague (Zeinab). The millionaire (Ghatrifi) dies, so his family search for one from his town or any relatives so that they can seize his inheritance. They reach where Shaaban lives, who is from the town of the millionaire. Ghatrifi family make a deal with Shaaban to assume the identity of Ghatrifi relative who lives abroad. Shaaban agrees to the deal for half of the millionaire's wealth.
women in print · 1976women in print
1976
MovieDramaCrime
A gang steals a diamond bag from another gang and tries to smuggle the diamonds out by putting it on a dress. They search for a girl to trick into wearing the dress and traveling with it without her knowledge.
Nasser 56 · 1996Nasser 56
★ 6.71996
MovieDramaHistory
Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.
The World on a Dove's Wing · 1989The World on a Dove's Wing
★ 6.51989
MovieComedyDrama
Reda, a taxi driver, drives the wealthy widow Imane who has just returned from abroad. She lets him drive her to run errands, and he helps her break her sweetheart, the engineer Hassan, out from a mental hospital.
El Madbah · 1985El Madbah
★ 6.01985
MovieDramaThriller
Hamdan and Zeinhom compete with Al-Madbah merchants to marry Master (Afkar).
Mama America · 1998Mama America
★ 8.01998
MovieComedy
Mama America play has to represent the star Mohamed Sobhi and his band. Dealt with the conditions of the Arab states after the loss of the Ottoman Caliphate (family benefits) and Muhammad Subhi embody the personal Egypt . This play showed the extremist view of western Arabs and predicted the events of 11 September , and reworked in the form of series Ayesh in a coma but has not received a success unlike the play.
From First Sight · 2004From First Sight
2004
MovieRomanceComedy
Akram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds her in the unlikeliest of places: her wedding ceremony.
Travel Route · 1987Travel Route
1987
MovieDrama
Zaghloul returns to his hometown after five years of absence during which he worked in one of the Arab countries and created a big wealth to marry his cousin, which evokes the envy of Sheikh Tawfiq, who plans to seize his wealth
Execution Of A Dead Man · 1985Execution Of A Dead Man
★ 7.31985
MovieThriller
Mansour (Mahmoud Abdel Aziz) is sentenced to death by hanging for communicating with Israel before the October War, and intelligence officer Mohy (Farid Shawky) devises a plan to replace Mansour, the "spy" with Egyptian officer Ezzeldin , because of the big resemblance between them so that he obtains important information about the Dimona reactor.
Hallucinations · 1988Hallucinations
★ 7.01988
MovieComedy
The brothers came back to meet their wishes immediately and each asked for a wish from the Sprite. Troy in which the thoughts and dreams that come to humans in the context of comedy.
Blood on the Asphalt · 1992Blood on the Asphalt
★ 7.01992
MovieDramaThriller
Abul Hassan is a clerk in the Ministry of Justice who lives with his three sons: Dr. He praises a prestigious center in an international organization abroad. Walaa works in a hotel, but the children are shocked once that their father accused of stealing the file of one of the important issues. He returns to stand beside his innocent father and is surprised that his family has been decomposed. Loyalty has turned into a girl who hugs herself and Ala heroin, trying to identify the reasons that led the family to do so and help his cousin, researcher Siham, whom he had a relationship with love. The doctor begins to recognize the causes of the dissolution of his family one by one, prove the innocence of the father, "Abul Hassan" and commit suicide daughter loyalty and recognizes the son Alaa stealing the file and use heroin to imprisonment.
Giant · 1987Giant
★ 5.01987
MovieDrama
(Zaki), single in his fifties, was known among people as an example of magnanimity and chivalry, but the seductress Mona was able to conquer his heart, seeking to marry him greed for his money and to achieve for herself all the luxury and influence she could, and after marriage she tries to distance him from his chosen friends and take control On him, and events follow.
Welad Eleih · 1989Welad Eleih
★ 7.51989
MovieCrimeThriller
Najib discovers that the businessman's salary is doing a lot of illegal work, and he delivers dangerous documents condemning the man to his secretary. However, the salary men decide to get rid of Najib, so he escapes the secretary's secret of documents for fear of her life.
Shaweesh Noss El-leil · 1991Shaweesh Noss El-leil
1991
MovieDrama
Aging Constable Hassan (Farid Shawqi) continues to work hard in the Department of Drug Control while devoting himself to raising his son and daughter. He then discovers that the son became a drugug addict through a junkie dancer, so he intervenes in order to save his son.
Upper-Egyptian Back & Forth · 2001Upper-Egyptian Back & Forth
★ 4.02001
MovieComedy
Fadl works as a history teacher in Cairo. His father, the mayor of El-Bahnasawi in Upper Egypt and his friend Sheikh El-Khafr, are looking for archaeological tombs and selling their contents to gangs of antiquities smuggling. The mayor is different from the Shaykh al-Khafar. One of the wicked will exploit this dispute and kill the sheikh of the encampment. The charge is attached to the mayor, demanding
The Lost · 1986The Lost
★ 7.01986
Movie
In order to provide a home for her and her family, Zainab goes to work in an Arab country, and send her savings to her husband, she returns to discover that her husband divorced her and got married in her apartment. She collapses and decides to take revenge.
The Flood · 1985The Flood
★ 5.01985
MovieDrama
A land inherited by the children from their father is worth one million pounds. Before selling it, the uncle offers a contract stating that he bought it from the father before his death. So what do children do?
The Lady's Puppet · 2000The Lady's Puppet
★ 9.02000
MovieComedyDrama
A story about the story of the poor man (Hassan) who learns about the beautiful girl (toy) by coming to his house, imagining that she is her uncle's house, and was surprised at his presence in the house where he rented it. A love story and get married, but lucky enough to be discovered by a film producer and become a famous star, so everything changes.
Have a Safe Journey 2000 · 2000Have a Safe Journey 2000
★ 8.02000
MovieComedyDrama
The play revolves around a group of travelers to Sharm el-Sheikh inside a bus, wandering the road and becoming alone in the vast Sinai desert. The play reviews the negative aspects of each character, which appear in these difficult circumstances. When they are about to die, they begin to atone for their mistakes.
The Adults · 2010The Adults
★ 5.02010
Movie
An undercover, government assassin meets a beautiful computer tech that is recovering from a break-up, he falls in love and trades his exotic life for domestic bliss. Three years later, on his birthday he finds out that he is the target of a multi-million dollar hit. And the hired killers have been stalking him for years, and could be anyone. Now they are on the run, their lives turned into a paranoid game, all the while trying to save act normal with his in-laws and neighbours.
TV Shows
Wanees's Diaries · 1994Wanees's Diaries
★ 8.01994
SeriesDramaComedy
Wanees and Maysa are proud parents who want what's best for their four children. They teach them what's right and wrong, and discover that they are also learning new things.
لا إله إلا الله · 1985لا إله إلا الله
1985
Series
Horseless Knight · 2002Horseless Knight
★ 5.52002
SeriesDrama
Hafez Naguib was raised between his mother's sophisticated family, and his father's poor and modest family. When his father gets killed at the time of the English occupation, he swears to take revenge for him and every other persecuted Egyptian citizen, and leads the life of a true patriot.
Arafa Al Bahr · 2012Arafa Al Bahr
2012
Series
Arafaa is a righteous man who owns a number of fishing boats. Due to his success, he faces many problems and clashes with the people around him to do the right thing.
Very Private · 2009Very Private
2009
Series
Al-Rahaya Stone Hearts · 2009Al-Rahaya Stone Hearts
2009
Series
The series revolves around a wealthy and powerful man named Mohammed Abu Diab (Nour Al-Sharif). Despite being loved by his townspeople who live under his command, he is betrayed by the people closest to him.
Bakiza and Zaghloul · 1987Bakiza and Zaghloul
★ 8.01987
SeriesComedyDrama
The series tells the story of Bakiza, who was surprised after the death of her rich elderly husband - Ashmawi - with Maji, his daughter, Zaghloul, who was raised in poverty away from her rich father. Ashmawi, the father of Zaghloul, tried at the end of his days to search for his daughter through advertisement in the newspapers, but the result is the arrival of his daughter Zaghloul late after his death to find his widow "Bakiza" - Suheir Al-Babyloni - arrogant and poor at the same time. The series is exposed to the paradoxes that result from the difference between the two characters and the way they deal with the difficulties they face after the death of Ashmawi, after discovering that he died penniless and that they share a legacy from which he remains after paying his debts except home.
Sharbat Louz · 2012Sharbat Louz
★ 7.02012
SeriesDrama
The series tells the story of (Sharbat) who is a divorced seamstress. She lives in a humble area and supports her younger brothers. She then marries a rich fashion designer and events escalate.
The Pasha's House · 2010The Pasha's House
2010
SeriesDrama
The series revolves around the Egyptian pharaonic heritage and examines the social situation in Egypt during the period of conflict that is the 1950s, during which the Egyptians united against the British and the family of Muhammad Ali, until the 1952 revolution broke out to save the country.
Shams Al Ansary · 2012Shams Al Ansary
2012
SeriesDrama
An epic that depicts the life of Shams Al-Ansary, who takes it upon his shoulders to achieve justice and combat corruption. But justice isn't a paved way, and he's only met with difficulties and challenges that make his pursuit an arduous one.
Abdul Kader the Foreigner · 2012Abdul Kader the Foreigner
2012
SeriesDrama
Herbert Doperfield is desperate after his brother and his brother in law die during the Second World War, he regains hope again when he goes to Sudan and embraces Islam and changes his name to Abdul Kader. He then moves to Upper Egypt and falls in love with a girl from the big families there.
Hamam the Arabs' Sheikh · 2010Hamam the Arabs' Sheikh
2010
SeriesDrama
The true story about the Sheikh of the Arabs, Hammam Ibn Youssef, the chief of the Hawara tribe, who used to own lands from Minya to Aswan. The series deals with the tribal conflict in Upper Egypt and sheds light on how Hammam managed to unite the tribes of Upper Egypt under his command
Sonbol After the Million · 1987Sonbol After the Million
1987
SeriesDramaComedy
After he successfully gathers a million pounds, Sonbol starts to invest his money as he plots revenge on Latif who stole his kidney, while he also meets a Bedouin girl and weds her.
Hello Residents · 1984Hello Residents
1984
SeriesDrama
The family of Mr. (Asfoor), who works in one of the contracting companies (Hassan Abedin), suffers from poor living conditions in the house in which they live, and is trying to find a new apartment that accommodates all of them, and the director of the company in which Mr. (Asfoor) agrees to grant him a new apartment with him and his family in one of the buildings he built, provided that he bears legal responsibility for the architecture, especially after a problem occurred.
Ser El Arad · 1994Ser El Arad
1994
SeriesDrama
The Fox · 1993The Fox
1993
SeriesDrama
The series deals with one of the operations of Rifat Jibril when he was an officer in the Egyptian General Intelligence.
Sharaf Fath El-Bab · 2008Sharaf Fath El-Bab
2008
Series
When a warehouse employee is retired against his will, his complaints and efforts to reverse the decision fall through. But when his supervisor offers him a bribe to facilitate a smuggling operation, he is lured in to accept.
فرح العمدة · 2012فرح العمدة
2012
SeriesDrama