Acting
Ahmed Sami Abdallah
Born August 16, 1930 · Egypt
Died December 12, 2011 · aged 81
An Egyptian actor, who was born in 1930. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts, Department of History, and began his artistic career at the end of the fifties through the radio, where he was presenting a segment of the memories of room 117 on Samia Sadiq's radio program "About the White Family". He worked as a director on television before he broke into cinema and television in the late seventies, where …
Known For
Mercedes · 1993Mercedes
★ 4.81993
MovieDrama
Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.
Destiny · 1997Destiny
★ 6.81997
MovieDramaHistory
In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.
Hassan and Marcus · 2008Hassan and Marcus
★ 6.62008
MovieDrama
A terrorist Muslim group calls for the execution of Sheikh Hassan for refusing to join their organisation. At the same time, a priest ,Marcos, is also facing death threats. Both men seek help from the government, who puts them under the witness protection program, giving each man the other's identity.
Kit Kat · 1991Kit Kat
★ 7.41991
MovieComedyDrama
Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking hash with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house.
Born to Be a Criminal · 2006Born to Be a Criminal
★ 5.92006
MovieActionComedy
Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom
Inner City Story · 2006Inner City Story
★ 7.52006
MovieComedyMusic
The owner of a dancing and singing folk troupe searches for her missing daughter who went missing years ago. When she dies, the troupe's members locate the girl in Sharm El-Sheikh. She's been looking for them just as they were looking for her.
The Average White Man · 2001The Average White Man
★ 5.92001
MovieComedy
Zaghloul is a young inventor who is trying to save his household from collapse. In an attempt to get the money, he decides to break into the villa of the businessman Adham, but his attempt is thwarted as he finds himself in the yellow of the desert with Adham and Caramella.
Bakhit and Adeela 2 · 1997Bakhit and Adeela 2
★ 5.21997
MovieDramaComedy
The second part of Lenin al-Ramly and Nader Galaal’s trilogy “Bekheet and Adeela”. A gang of drugs dealers finances Bekheet and Adeela’s parliament campaign. At the end, Bekheet and Adeela figured out that the gang has its hidden agenda, they enter the elections as independents, become members and finally overcome the gang.
Movies
Mercedes · 1993Mercedes
★ 4.81993
MovieDrama
Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.
Destiny · 1997Destiny
★ 6.81997
MovieDramaHistory
In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.
Hassan and Marcus · 2008Hassan and Marcus
★ 6.62008
MovieDrama
A terrorist Muslim group calls for the execution of Sheikh Hassan for refusing to join their organisation. At the same time, a priest ,Marcos, is also facing death threats. Both men seek help from the government, who puts them under the witness protection program, giving each man the other's identity.
Kit Kat · 1991Kit Kat
★ 7.41991
MovieComedyDrama
Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking hash with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house.
Born to Be a Criminal · 2006Born to Be a Criminal
★ 5.92006
MovieActionComedy
Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom
Inner City Story · 2006Inner City Story
★ 7.52006
MovieComedyMusic
The owner of a dancing and singing folk troupe searches for her missing daughter who went missing years ago. When she dies, the troupe's members locate the girl in Sharm El-Sheikh. She's been looking for them just as they were looking for her.
The Average White Man · 2001The Average White Man
★ 5.92001
MovieComedy
Zaghloul is a young inventor who is trying to save his household from collapse. In an attempt to get the money, he decides to break into the villa of the businessman Adham, but his attempt is thwarted as he finds himself in the yellow of the desert with Adham and Caramella.
Bakhit and Adeela 2 · 1997Bakhit and Adeela 2
★ 5.21997
MovieDramaComedy
The second part of Lenin al-Ramly and Nader Galaal’s trilogy “Bekheet and Adeela”. A gang of drugs dealers finances Bekheet and Adeela’s parliament campaign. At the end, Bekheet and Adeela figured out that the gang has its hidden agenda, they enter the elections as independents, become members and finally overcome the gang.
Shams El Zanaty · 1991Shams El Zanaty
★ 6.11991
MovieAdventureAction
During World War II, a tribal chief travels to Cairo to buy weapons. He asks for Shams Al Zanati's help to protect his oasis from Marshal Bar'i.
Chaos, This Is? · 2007Chaos, This Is?
★ 7.12007
MovieDramaCrime
Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.
The Ostrich and the Peacock · 2002The Ostrich and the Peacock
★ 7.32002
MovieDrama
(Hamdy) and (Samira) married to traditional marriage,and they are not satisfied sexually because of problems rooted with them since childhood. Samira goes to Dr.(Fatma) the Psychiatrist hoping to find a solution for their problem,who succeeds in convincing the husband to take part in therapy.
Zero Fat · 2005Zero Fat
★ 5.72005
MovieDramaComedy
Ayyoub is a young man who works in the advertizing field; thanks to his autistic mother who helps him to find new ideas. His boss tries to divert his ideas to be exploited in an illegal way. Ayyoub does not give up and decides to take revenge on his boss.
The Magician · 2002The Magician
★ 5.82002
MovieComedyDrama
Bahgat Mansour is an old poor magician that lives a bad life and tries to get a better one by reaching to the rich people. what happens to him and his daughter-that he keeps indoor- then?
131 Hard Works · 1993131 Hard Works
1993
MovieDrama
After the October War, Shehta the street vendor returns from Port Said, but is unfairly accused of killing his friend Sayed who was found dead and tries to prove his innocence with the help of his army companion Meshmesh.
The Lady's Driver · 1993The Lady's Driver
★ 6.21993
MovieComedyDrama
A Lady of the royal family live and breed on the ruins of the past, her husband, son and daughter suffering from her domination and control. When she got a new driver to work with, all the family members will have different life.
The Evil Man · 1989The Evil Man
1989
MovieDramaCrime
After he gets released from prison, where he spent seven years, Salah works with his cell mate Saad in trading currency with a powerful man, and he collects a big fortune, ignoring his lover Ilham's advice, who got married during his imprisonment to a big currency trader.
Woman and Cleaver · 1997Woman and Cleaver
★ 5.51997
MovieCrimeDrama
Based on a true story, Souad Qassem, a widow, falls for Mahmoud Elwan who deludes her into believing that he is a well-heeled and powerful man. When they get married, she and her daughter have to swallow their pride under the scourages of his cruelty and abuse.
Leila Asal · 1990Leila Asal
1990
MovieComedyFamily
Nazik is a senior employee of the family planning agency, and her husband, Dr. Hussein, is a gynecologist and obstetrician. Weeks after her daughter's wedding party, the family planning expert discovers that she is pregnant while her daughter carries the bride Salwa despite the age of 40, and her young son Ahmed, who fears that she will have a child, will ridicule her of conscription.
The Fair · 1989The Fair
★ 4.61989
MovieDramaThriller
The child (Barakat) from his mother gets lost in the crowd of the birth, to be kidnapped by the seller (Ali al-Araj) and taken to his home and called (Ibrahim), to grow up in an environment of all criminality, and involved working with a smuggling gang, and travel with them to Greece to carry out an operation, to change his life .
High School Freshmen · 2001High School Freshmen
2001
MovieDrama
When Surgeon Hamza commits a mistake that leads to the death of a child, he's sentenced to jail and prevented from practicing his profession. The widow Rawia enters his isolated life after meeting her in an auction and then he meets three young teenagers who find refuge in him.
Donia Abdul Gabbar · 1992Donia Abdul Gabbar
★ 8.01992
MovieDrama
Abdul-Jabbar is a police sergeant. He is nominated for the job of the executioner or Ashmawi, who is responsible for carrying out the death sentences because of his personal strength and strength, while Dunya is his neighbor who respects and meets these specifications.
Obedience Warning · 1993Obedience Warning
1993
MovieDrama
College student Amina (Leila Alawi) and lawyer Ibrahim (Mahmoud Hamida) are in love but many social and economic reasons prevent them from getting married. They decide to marry customarily in the presence of friends as witnesses on the contract paper.
The Mix-up · 1994The Mix-up
★ 9.01994
MovieComedyFantasy
Ihsan is a simple employee in the Ministry of Culture from the house to the office and vice versa his work colleague Nargis loves and plans to marry him. He is surprised by one of the security authorities arrested and directed a number of charges, which does not know the cause and continues to haunt him
The Day Demon · 1997The Day Demon
1997
MovieThrillerCrime
A corrupt minister sends his men to kill his mistress's husband to look like a suicide, but the forensic doctor sees otherwise and is kidnapped in order to change the report. A gym teacher witnesses the kidnapping and tries to save her in spite of the dangerous confrontation.
TV Shows
Zezenia · 1997Zezenia
★ 6.01997
SeriesDrama
Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
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.
Al Sera Al Helalya · 1997Al Sera Al Helalya
1997
Series
It takes about the movement of the Hilali Tribe from the Arabic peninsula to the nowadays Tunisia. It takes about the adventures of Abu Zaid which are a mixture of facts and myths with a glimpse of glory on the hero's cunning and wisdom.
Hekayat Beneeshha · 2009Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
SeriesDrama
Dr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
I want to get married · 2010I want to get married
★ 8.02010
SeriesComedyDrama
The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.
Saken Osady · 1995Saken Osady
1995
SeriesComedyDrama
An Egyptian social comedy series, the events of which take place in separate connected episodes between the families of (Kamal Al-Hamrawi) and (Sayed Al-Akhdar) adjacent to the residence in the same building, and in each episode there is a new comic situation between them that puts the members of the two families in funny situations.
White Abbas in the Black Day · 2004White Abbas in the Black Day
★ 7.12004
SeriesDrama
Abbas the history teacher traveled to Iraq in search of money and left his wife and children. Upon his return after spending years in prison, he discovers that his family thinks him dead. His wife married his best friend, and he's forced to live under another guy's identity, Lotfy Al-Ganainy.
Vegetable Market · 2006Vegetable Market
2006
SeriesDrama
Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Al-Helaly's Way · 2006Al-Helaly's Way
2006
Series
Mustafa Al-Helaly is a university professor and head of the 'Virtue Party', who decides to run for parliament, but his life turns upside down after the retired dancer Sou'ad claims that he's the father of her reckless young daughter Nancy as a result of a one-night stand that happened 20 years ago.
The Family · 1994The Family
1994
SeriesDrama
The series takes place during the war of attrition and its aftermath, in a building and the relationship between its inhabitants, and about a family who loses their son in the war and its impact on them. It also deals with the issue of terrorism and poverty, which drives the poor to drift behind extremist groups.
Mahmoud Al-Masri · 2004Mahmoud Al-Masri
2004
Series
Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.
Justice Has Many Faces · 2001Justice Has Many Faces
★ 7.02001
SeriesDrama
Gaber Ma'moun Nassar, a famous businessman with a good reputation among people, lives a quiet life with his wife and daughter. Throughout his whole life, he has tried to hide the fact that he is an illegitimate child. When a murder occurs and he gets investigated, it reveals his hidden secrets.
النوّة · 1991النوّة
1991
SeriesDrama
Al Zayni Barakat · 1995Al Zayni Barakat
★ 6.51995
SeriesDrama
Following the decline of the Mamluk state and the emergence of the Ottoman Empire, the series depicts the sufferings of people living amidst social and political upheaval. When the enigmatic and ruthless Zayni Barakat Ibn Musa takes control, the truth of his rule and character unfolds.
Where Is My Heart · 2002Where Is My Heart
★ 8.02002
Series
After her husband's passing, engineer Faten lives with her two kids, Farah and Tamer, and her father. She is being chased by her husband's cousin who wants to marry her, which causes her a lot of trouble, in addition to her kid's issues. Will Faten be able to put her life in order?
The Foul Wind · 1991The Foul Wind
1991
SeriesDrama
In Alexandria, a girl goes out to work in trade in order to provide for her siblings and afford their education, an endeavor that leaves her exposed to a lot of difficulties as she tries to keep the family together.
When the Fox Passed By · 1999When the Fox Passed By
1999
SeriesComedy
A social comedy series that tells the story of a conman, Nadim Bahns, and his partner Makram. Nadim justifies his scams by claiming that he's an artist, who has a skill that not many people possess.
Dream Travel · 1986Dream Travel
1986
SeriesDrama
As Mr. Anis retires from his job at the railroad, he is soon devastated by the utter loneliness he has to live with. Seeking companionship and intimacy, he turns his house into a motel, not for material gain, but for human interaction, for company and friendship.
Never Fear · 2009Never Fear
2009
SeriesDrama
The Wedge · 1996The Wedge
★ 7.71996
Series
The series revolves around the family of Fatima Ta'alba (Huda Sultan) and her children. Her eldest son is Hajj Darwish (Youssef Shaaban). The idea of the series revolves around the framework of an Egyptian family, the mother, Fatima Talaba, who raises her children in her own style, and her main goal is to form a large, interconnected and undisjointed family, and to secure the family's future by buying agricultural lands for them to become property owners. Hajj Darwish is the head of the family and is married to Maryam (Fadia Abdel-Ghani), his cousin. Fatima Talabeh controls all the family’s decisions to the extent that she chooses the wives of her children without taking their opinion and marries them. The mother controls the wives of her children and the entire house, including those in it.
A Very Rich Poor Man · 2007A Very Rich Poor Man
2007
Series
The events revolve around a man who becomes a billionaire. Initially believing that he possessed the world, he discovers that he is very poor because he lacks peace of mind and reassurance.
For Security Purposes · 2002For Security Purposes
2002
SeriesDrama
When a reckless young man loses all his fortune, all his acquaintances turn their back on him, except for his secretary who takes him in. A while after, the man meets with a friend who offers him a job at a company for private security.
أبلة فاهيتا: من الدوبلكس · 2022أبلة فاهيتا: من الدوبلكس
★ 6.02022
SeriesComedy
المشهد رقم 13 · 1980المشهد رقم 13
1980
SeriesMysteryDrama