Acting
Ahmed Abdelhady
Born January 14, 1938 · Egypt
Died February 4, 2012 · aged 74
A late Egyptian actor, born in Cairo in 1938. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema and obtained a master’s degree in cinema. He worked as a teaching assistant in the Acting Department at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. During his artistic career, he presented a wide range of diverse artistic works between cinema, theater and serials. Among his most prominent plays is (The Valley…
Known For
Sleepless Nights · 2003Sleepless Nights
★ 6.52003
MovieDramaRomance
A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them, their fundamental differences and their unstable marriages come to the surface as the men decide to leave for Alexandria.
Yellow Valley · 1970Yellow Valley
1970
MovieDrama
Death Network · 1990Death Network
★ 6.01990
MovieCrime
Bassiouni leads a drug smuggling gang from Greece after settling in Athens, and the security services seek to arrest him upon his arrival in Cairo. The chief of detectives (Rabie) finds through his investigations that Bassiouni had an affair with a beautiful widow named Nour who suffers from her daughter's heroin addiction. Rabea asks Nour to cooperate with the police to catch Bassiouni.
Al Zaeem · 1993Al Zaeem
★ 7.71993
MovieComedy
Zeinhom is an ordinary man who struggles to maintain steady employment. Due to his uncanny resemblance to a powerful dictator, he is cast in a satirical film criticizing the regime. When unexpected events unfold, Zeinhom finds himself entangled in a dangerous political deception, forced to impersonate the very leader he mocked.
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.
Sayed the Servant Boy · 1985Sayed the Servant Boy
★ 8.21985
MovieComedyDrama
The fugitive Sayed seeks refuge with his uncle who works as a cook for a wealthy family. When the family's daughter gets divorced for the third time, the family enlist Sayed's help to marry her as a mohallel so she could reunite with her husband.
Stop · 1991Stop
★ 4.01991
MovieCrimeDrama
Fattouh works in change currency and heroin . He is surprised that his girlfriend Susu has become addicted. A Zionist drug smuggling organization recruits him to steal the serum of scientist Dr. Nomani, that purifies the blood of addiction. Fattouh decides to take down the members of the organization and help the police catches them.
Streets of Fire · 1984Streets of Fire
★ 5.51984
MovieCrimeDrama
In the 1940s, the policeman Imam moves to Cairo to work in an area devoted to prostitution. There he falls in love with the prostitute Nusse who works with the bully Jalal without knowing that she is practicing this profession. He is defended by an imam who beats an English soldier who tries to intercept her and assault her. He is tried and dismissed from service, then returns to live in the neighborhood and look for work, and becomes a pimp, a quarrel between him and Jalal al-Fatwa. Each trying to prove his strength and impose his power.
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