Films Set or Filmed in Alexandria
1923
In the Land of Tutankhamun (Fî bilâd Toutankhamun)
Script Victor Rossito
Director Victor Rossito
Production Victor Rossito
Photography Mohamed Bayoumi
Starring Aristidie Hag Andrea; John Marbert; Fawzi Munib
Synopsis: The film is about the discovery of King Tut’s tomb by Lord Carnavon. There are scenes of Cairo and its monuments, Luxor, and Kom Umbo. Some drama is enacted, revealing Egyptian noble characteristics and generosity. Some scenes were shot in Antoniadis Gardens in Alexandria.
1923/4
Barsoum Looks for Employment (Barsoum yabhas ‘an wazifa)
Director Mohamd Bayoumi
Production Mohamed Bayoumi
Photography Mohamed Bayoumi
Starring Beshara Wakim; Victor Cohen; Abdel Hamid Zaki; Mohamed Youssef; Fardous Hassan; el Sayed Mustafa
Synopsis This is a social comedy in which Barsoum looks for a job, which creates all sorts of comic situations. The film features a Muslim, a Copt and a Jew.
1928
The Maker of Clogs (Sâne‘el Qabâqîb)
Director Amin Attallah
Starring Amin Attallah; Iris Staney
1928
A Kiss in the Desert (Qoublah fî-l-sahrâ’)
Director Ibrahim Lama
Scenario Ibrahim Lama
Photography Mayer Alsendiski; Alvise Orfanelli
Production Condor Film
Starring Badr Lama; Ibrahim Zulficar ; Yvonne Goeine; Gladys Bailey; David Mifano; Mario Donato; Matteo Levi
First Screening 25/1/1928 Cinema Metropole, Cairo; 12/3/1928 Cinema Mohamed Ali, Alexandria
Synopsis A foreign girl is attracted to a young Egyptian man called Shafik, because of his noble manners and courage. The villagers accuse him of having killed his uncle. Though innocent, Shafik escapes to the desert where he becomes a robber. His friend Mahmoud helps him prove his innocence. He returns to his village, saves the foreign girl Hilda from the thieves, and marries her.
The Sea is Laughing (El Bahr biyidhak)
Director Stéphane Rosti; Amin Attallah
Script Amin Attallah
Montage Stéphane Rosti
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Production Amin Attallah
Starring Amin Attallah; Stéphane Rosti; Adele Levi; Goubran Naoum; Selim Attallah; Hussein el Meligui; Bahia Amir
First Screening 22/10/1928 Alexandria; 15/11/1928 Cinema Olympia, Cairo
Synopsis The film begins with Amin Atallah watching some girls dance on the beach. In another scene Amin Atallah is a guard patrolling the beach. He catches a criminal and ties him up and drags him to the police station. Some members of the gang free the criminal and put in his place a black donkey, without the guard noticing. In a third scene, a policeman in Ramleh Station wanders off after a pretty girl and leaves his post. When he returns he finds that the traffic has become chaotic. The officer conducts him to the police station for an investigation, where he is locked up. When he leaves jail, he is employed by a criminal who had previously escaped from him.
1928
A Tragedy on the Pyramid (Fâgui‘ah fawq el haram)1928
Director Ibrahim Lama
Script Ibrahim Lama
Montage Mohamed Karim
Photography David Cornel; Primavera; Ibrahim Lama
Production Condor Film / Kawkab Misr
Distribution Condor Film / Kawkab Misr
Starring Fatma Rushdi; Badr Lama; Wedad Orfi; Mahmoud Khalil Rashed; Fathi el Safouri; Taher el Arabi; Mustafa Hafez; Ratiba Rushdi; Aziza Rushdi; El Sayed Hassan Gomaa; Hassan Zaza; Fawzi Baskharon
First Screening 5/12/1928 Cinema Metropole, Cairo
The wealthy young man Said meets Mounira in Alexandria when he saves her brother Fathi from drowning. They fall in love. His treacherous friend, who wants Mounira for himself, tells Fathi about the relationship between Mounira and Said. Fathi loses his temper and slaps Said on the face. They meet on top of the great pyramid to talk it over, but Fathi loses his balance, falls and dies. Selim accuses Said of killing Fathi. Said is imprisoned, but he escapes from jail just in time to save Mounira from Selim’s attempts to ravish her. Said proves his innocence to her and they are united.
1929
The Strange Adventure (El Moukhâtra el ‘aguîbah)
Director Gabriel Rogeogian
Script Miss Ellen
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Production Colvin Film
Starring Aristidie Hag Andrea; Odette Reynolds; Miss Ellen
First Screening There is no indication this film was screened publicly
The Miracle of Love (Mou‘guizat el Houbb)1930
Director Ibrahim Lama
Script Ibrahim and Badr Lama
Scenario Ibrahim and Badr Lama
Dialogue Ibrahim and Badr Lama
Photography David Cornel
Artistic Assistant Hussein Fawzi
Production Ibrahim and Badr Lama
Starring Badr Lama; Sorayya Rifaat; Mansi Fahmi; Mokhtar Hussein; Dolly Antoine; Nagat Ali; George Saad;
First Screening 10/12/1930 Jozy Palace, Alexandria; 19/2/19131 Cinema Triumph, Cairo
Synopsis The amateur singer Badr Eddine lives in poverty with his friend Mokhtar in one room in Dolly’s boarding house. He falls in love with Samiha, the daughter of the wealthy Mustafa Bey, and she reciprocates his love. However, Mustafa Bey would not marry his daughter to the impoverished Badr Eddine, so he sends her off to her aunt to be married to a rich man. In the meanwhile he is attacked by robbers who tie him up. Alerted by the noise in the mansion, Badr Eddine and Mokhtar discover what is happening and save Mustafa Bey from the robbers. He is convinced that Badr Eddine is brave and noble, and consents to the marriage with his daughter Samiha.
1930
Cocaine / The Abyss (El Kokaïne / El Hâwiyah)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Production Egyptian Film Company (Togo Mizrahi)
Starring Ahmed el Meshriqi (pseudonym for Togo Mizrahi); Shalom; Abdel Aziz el Meshriqi; Fatma Hassan; Shawki Abdallah Thabet; Mahrous el Badawi
First Screening 25/11/1930 Alexandria; 23/2/1931 Cinema American cosmograph, Cairo. The film was screened again in 1934 when voice was added to the silent edition.
Synopsis A man tries to seduce his friend’s wife. She rejects his advances and tells her husband, who severely admonishes his friend. The treacherous friend does not give up and, using diabolical methods, makes of the husband a cocaine addict. Under the effect of drugs, the husband brings about the rapid deterioration of the family and kills his son, and is consequently jailed. He repents his deeds, but it is too late. The treacherous friend falls off a scaffolding and dies, thus getting his due punishment.
1932
The Victims (El Dâhâya)
Director Ibrahim Lama
Script Fikri Abaza
Scenario Shahine Metwalli Bey
Dialogue Badr Amin
Photography Primavera
Music and lyrics Bahiga Hafez
Production Fanar Film (Bahiga Hafez)
Distribution Fanar Film (Bahiga Hafez)
Starring Zaki Rustom; Bahiga Hafez; Abdel Salam Naboulsi; Attallah Mikhail; Nagla Abdou; Mahmoud Hamdi
First Screening 28/11/1932 Cinema Jozy Cairo (another source 1/12/1932 Cinema Cosmo). Repeated as a sound movie in 1935 starring Laila Mourad
Synopsis The ringleader Borai’ marries Bahiga, who does not know that he is a drug trafficker. She falls in love with Galal, the police officer who is in charge of tracking down Borai’, and who also marries her sister Nazek. Bahiga resorts to music in order to forget her miseries. Galal catches Borai’ and his gang, and Bahiga falls ill and dies.
1932
Mustafa, or the Little Magician (Mustafa aw el sâhir el saghîr)
Director Mahmoud Khalil Rashed
Script Mahmoud Khalil Rashed
Photography Mohamed Bayoumi; Alvise Orfanelli
Production Institute for Science and Modern Inventions (Cinema Department)
Starring Mustafa Kamel Rashed; Ahmed el Sedoudi; Michele Haddad; Yehia Nagati; Mahmoud Qorra
First Screening 29/8/1932 Cinema Olympia
Synopsis Mustafa visits India with his father. On the Himalayas they come upon a highway robber trying to stab an old man with his dagger. They save the old man, who rewards them by teaching Mustafa the arts of magic. Mustafa promises to use magic for good purposes only. The two return to Alexandria, and there Mustafa meets a down-and-out called Bahloul Effendi. He advises the vagabond to desist from drinking but to no avail. Bahloul goes to prison then mental hospital, from which he escapes to resume his life of debauchery. Mustafa meets him for the second time and advises him again. This time Bahloul repents and changes his life. Mustafa uses his magic to return to him his dignity and pride among those who knew him.
5001 (Khamsat âlaf wa wâhid)1932
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Production Togo Mizrahi
Starring Shalom; Abdou Hassan; Ahmed Meshriqi (pseudonym for Togo Mizrahi); Dawlat Abyad; Mohsen Ramzi; Abdou Moharrem; Abdel Fattah Saleh; Abdel Aziz Antar; Ahmed Haddad; Dawlat Morsi; Mohamed Sobki
First Screening 15/11/1932 Cinema American Cinematograph, Cairo (another source 11/4/1932)
Synopsis By a stroke of luck Shalom wins lottery ticket number 5001 and becomes rich. Rather than bring him happiness, this wealth causes him trouble. He therefore goes back to his old way of life.
1933
Fiancé No. 13 (El Khatîb nimrah talatâshar)
Director Mohamed Bayoumi
Script Mohamed Bayoumi
Scenario Mohamed Bayoumi
Photography Mohamed Bayoumi
Montage Mohamed Bayoumi
Production Mohamed Bayoumi
Starring Dawlat Bayoumi; Helmi Farag
The Students of the Egyptian Cinematographic Institute took an active part in making the film.
First Screening 25/12/1933
Synopsis Za’atar is unemployed and has befriended the child Za’zou’, who plays a trick on him by sending him a letter from a bank offering him a job. Za’atar rushes to the bank, only to be thrown out. However, the manager of the bank hurries after him to offer him his ugly daughter in marriage, having been already refused by 12 suitors. After some comic situations, he marries the daughter of the bank’s manager.
| Fiancé No. 13 (El Khatîb nimrah talatâshar)1933 |
1933
Children of Egypt (Awlâd Misr)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Photography Alvise Orfanelli; Abdel Halim Nasr
Production Egyptian Film Company (Togo Mizrahi)
Starring Ahmed Meshriqi (pseudonym for Togo Mizrahi); Ginan Rifaat; Dawlat Mohsen; Abdel Aziz Meshriqi; Fikri Kamel; Hussein Ibrahim; Soliman Yehia; Hekmat Kamel; Kiki Moharrem
First Screening 6/4/1933 Cinema American cosmograph, Cairo (another source Cinema Fouad)
Synopsis Ahmed, a student of humble origins, falls in love with a pasha’s daughter, who reciprocates his love. They decide to get married, and her brother Hosni, who is also Ahmed’s colleague at college, blesses the marriage. When he graduates with honours, Ahmed proposes but is rejected by her father because of the social difference between them. He sinks into a depression and is hospitalized. Hosni and his sister Dawlat, as well as Ahmed’s father, beg the pasha to consent, which he eventually does after some resistance.
1934
The Two Delegates (El Mandoubân)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Dialogue Badie Khairi
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Music and lyrics Zakaria Ahmed
Words Badie Khairi
Production Togo Mizrahi Films
Starring Seham; Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Ehsane el Gazayerly ; Shalom; Tahiya Carioca; Fikri Kamel
First Screening 17/5/1934 Jozy Palace (another source Cinema Fouad)
Synopsis This is a comedy starring Shalom, one of the most famous comic actors in Egypt. It marks Mizrahi’s shift from social to comic films.
1935
Doctor Farahat (El Doktor Farhât)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Montage Togo Mizrahi
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Togo Mizrahi; Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Ehsane el Gazayerly ; Amina Mohamed; Ahmed el Haddad; Zouzou Labib; Tahiya Mohamed
First Screening 7/3/1935 Cinema American cosmograph, Cairo
Synopsis Farahat, the simple villager, is brought to a hotel in the city, where the owner is told that Farahat is an interpreter. When Farhat fails to interpret, he is thrown out of the hotel. Dr. Helmi, who is a resident in the hotel, makes a deal with Farahat that Farahat will impersonate him. Farhat thus goes to Alexandria as Dr. Helmi, to put the fiancée of the real Dr. Helmi through a test. The engagement had been arranged by the parents and the fiancée has never seen her betrothed. Farahat meets the fiancée who rejects him and refuses to marry him. The real Dr. Helmi then appears, disguised as a simple employee, and the fiancée falls in love with him. When her father insists on marrying her to Farhat, thinking he was Dr. Helmi, he appears as his own person to marry her, and Farhat returns to his village.
1935
Shalom the Dragoman (Shalom el Tourgmân)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Dialogue Zaki Ibrahim
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Music and lyrics Sayed Mustafa
Production Studio Alvise Starring Shalom; Adalat; Abdou Moharrem; Hussein el Meligui; Neamat el Meligui; Bahiga el Mahdi; Hassan Rashed; Sayed Mustafa; Zaki Ibrahim
First Screening 29/3/1935 Cinema cosmograph, Alexandria; and 3/6/1935 Cinema el Ahli, Cairo
Synopsis A tourist and his daughter who arrive in Alexandria are tricked by Shalom into believing he is an interpreter, whereas he knows no word of English. The tourist asks him to organize a hunting trip in the desert. When a pasha hears of this trip, he takes the tourist with him. The daughter stays behind, with Shalom. She convinces him that she is in love with him, which makes him very happy, as he starts dreaming of going to America with her. When her father returns she tells Shalom that she is in love with a young American, and that she had cheated him because he had cheated them by claiming to be an interpreter. She admits it was just a game.
The Sailor (El Bahhâr)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Montage Togo Mizrahi
Music and lyrics Ezzat el Gahli
Production Egyptian Film Company (Togo Mizrahi)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Amina Mohamed; Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Ehsane el Gazayerly ; Ahmed el Meshriqi (pseudonym for Togo Mizrahi); Mohamed el Sebaie; Ezzat el Gahli
First Screening 19/9/1935 Cinema Diana
Synopsis Fatma, the loyal wife of a poor sailor, pawns her jewelry to feed her son. When her husband Hamido goes fishing in the sea, her evil neighbour Om Mahmoud tries to make use of her kindness. She raises the hopes of the wealthy Ali Bey that he could have some fun with Fatma, and at the same time tells Fatma she could find honest employment in the house of Ali Bey. Fatma goes to his house, taking her son with her. Infuriated that she had brought her son, he sends her back. In the meanwhile, Hamidou has returned and Om Mahmoud has told him that Fatma was having an affair with Ali Bey. Hamidou decides to kill her, but their son tells him the truth about the visit to Ali Bey’s house. Hamidou is convinced of Fatma’s purity and forces the truth out of Om Hamidou. He thanks God for the blessing that is his wife, despite their extreme poverty.
Maarouf the Bedouin (Ma‘rouf el badawî)
Director Ibrahim Lama
Script Ibrahim Lama
Scenario Ibrahim Lama
Dialogue El Sayed Hassan Gomaa
Photography David Cornel
Production Amon Film
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Badr Lama; Nabawia Mustafa; Mokhtar Hussein; Amin el Nabaqui; Anissa el Masriya; Sami Naasan; Tewfik el Merdanli; Samir Lama
First Screening 28/11/1935 Cinema cosmograph, Alexandria and 13/12/1935 Cinema Alhambra
Synopsis Maarouf the young bedouin falls in love with Abla the dancer, and she with him. Ammar, sheikh of the Arabs, also loves Abla. When he finds out about Maarouf, he captures and tortures him, and goes to Abla’s mother to ask for Abla’s hand. Abla refuses, in spite of all the money he tries to tempt her with. A battle occurs between the tribes of Ammar and Maarouf. Maarouf manages to break his captivity. He goes to Abla and together they escape the battlefield, to be with each other forever.
Antar Effendi (‘Antar afandî)
Director Stéphane Rosti
Script Zaki Saleh; Stéphane Rosti
Scenario Stéphane Rosti
Dialogue Ahmed Zaki Saleh
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Montage Barakat
Music and lyrics Mohamed el Kahlawi
Production Eastern Film Company (Charles and Henri Barakat)
Starring Stéphane Rosti; Mokhtar Osman; Mansi Fahmi; Samira Khoulousi; Hassan Fayeq; Serena Ibrahim; Thoraya Fakhreddin; Mohamed el Kahlawi
First Screening 12/12/1935 Cinema cosmograph, Alexandria and 30/12/1935 Cinema Alhambra, Alexandria
Synopsis Hanthal Pasha tries to reform his son Kamal by marrying him to Gamalat and separating him from his friend Antar Effendi. Kamal knows that Gamalat and Antar are in love, so he refuses the marriage. He and Antar run off to Cairo, where they live with Mrs. Khadiga and her lovely daughter Ehsane. Kamal falls in love with Ehsane, but ruins himself and Antar by gambling and losing all their money. He writes to his father asking for money to pay off his debts, and for permission to marry Ehsane. His father arrives, bringing Gamalat with him in order to marry her to Kamal. In Cairo, he falls in love with Khadiga, who convinces him that Kamal is in love with Ehsane. He consents to the marriages of Kamal and Ehsane, and Antar and Gamalat, and marries Khadiga himself.
Master Bahbah(El Mou’allim Bahbah)
Director Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Shukri Madi
Script Fawzi el Gazayerly Photography Alvise Orfanelli, Tullio Chiarini
Music and lyrics Ahmed Sabra
Production Gazaerli Film Company
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Stéphane Rosti; Ehsane Gazaerli; Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Fouad Gazaerli; Abdel Fattah el Qossari; Hassan Rashed; Abdel Nabi Mohamed; Fathia Fouad; Mohamed el Dib
First Screening 25/12/1935 Cinema El Nahda
Synopsis Master Bahbah used to work as a milkman, then became a tram conductor. One of the passengers gives him a lottery ticket, which he keeps in the frame of a singer’s photograph at home. His wife sells the photograph to the rag-and-bone man, who sells it and so on, till it ends up in a cinema studio. When Bahbah’s lottery ticket turns out to be a winner, he discovers it is no longer safe at home. He starts neglecting his work to look for it, so he gets fired. A young girl, Gamalat, tries to seduce him. He ends up working in a cinema studio and finds his lottery ticket. He donates part of the prize money to charity and part towards setting up a factory for dairy products. He turns Gamalat away and returns to his wife Om Ahmed.
1936
One Hundred Thousand Pounds (Mît alf guinîh)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Production Egyptian Film Company (Togo Mizrahi)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Ali el Kassar; Zaki Ibrahim; Hassan Saleh; Zouzou Labib; Latifa Nazmi; Amina Mohamed
First Screening 1/10/1936 Cinema El Nahda
Script A wealthy man dies, leaving in his will a hundred thousand pounds to one of his domestics – either Osman or the Syrian – on condition that he marry the beautiful girl within 15 days of his death. The two compete for the beautiful girl, each trying to spoil the marriage for the other. Osman discovers that the Syrian, who has claimed to be single, is in fact married. The delighted Osman also discovers that this is the last day of the 15 days, which makes him hasten to get married, thereby winning the inheritance and the beautiful wife at the same time.
The Banknote (El Banknot)
Director Ahmed Galal
Script Ahmed Galal
Scenario Ahmed Galal
Dialogue Ahmed Zaki Saleh
Photography Tullio Chiarini
Montage Mary Queeny
Production Lotus Film (Assia)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Assia; Mary Queeny; Ahmed Galal; Youssef Saleh; Hassan Helmi; Fouad el Rashidi
First Screening 14/12/1936 Cinema cosmograph, Alexandria
Synopsis An indulgent dancer who had lived only for her pleasures falls in love. She repents, marries the man she loves and has a son by him. The husband is killed and she is accused of murdering him. After long suffering the police discover that the real culprits are a couple who committed the crime to get the money. The woman returns to her son to begin an honorable life once more.
The Runaway (El Hârib)
Director Ibrahim Lama
Script Ibrahim Lama
Scenario Ibrahim Lama
Dialogue El Sayed Hassan Gomaa
Photography Ibrahim Lama
Production Tocat Lidi – Lama Brothers (Badr and Ibrahim)
Distribution Tocat Lidi
Starring Badr Lama; Fatma Rushdi; Abdel Salam el Naboulsi; Imtithal Fawzi; Marguerite Sidky; Samir Lama
First Screening 1/10/1936 Cinema El Nahda
Synopsis Two men evade their military service and take to the mountains. One of them dies. The other falls in love and lives infatuated with his beloved. He is eventually caught and imprisoned. She declares that she will wait for him till her returns.
Wife by Proxy (Zawgah bi-l-niyâbah)
Director Ahmed Galal
Script Ahmed GalalScenario Ahmed Galal
Photography Tullio Chiarini
Montage Mary Queeny
Production Lotus Film (Assia)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Assia; Mary Queeny; Ahmed Galal; Youssef Saleh; Zeinab Sidki; Mahmoud el Arabi
First Screening 9/12/1937
Synopsis The Syrian girl Nahed escapes from her parents, who want to marry her to someone she does not want. On board a ship bound for Egypt she meets a young Egyptian called Bourhan. On board the ship there is also Mrs. Amina, wife of Mohsen Pasha. She resembles Nahed so closely that they cannot be told apart. Ahmed the jeweler brings some jewelry to Mrs. Amina, who takes them to her cabin to put them on. By chance, Nahed is hiding in the cabin, and sees Bourhan enter the cabin quietly, kills Mrs. Amina and steals the jewels. Nahed puts on Mrs. Amina’s clothes and goes to meet Bourhan as Mrs. Amina. She confronts him and demands her jewels. He gives them to her, then returns with her to Mrs. Amina’s cabin. When he sees her corpse and finds out the truth, he strikes a deal with Nahed: they dispose of the corpse in the sea, and Nahed signs a paper admitting that she committed the crime. In the port, Nahed poses as Mrs. Amina, but the husband is not taken in. Bourhan tries to implicate Nahed by using her confession, but his mistress kills him. Mohsen Pasha sympathizes and lives happily ever after with Nahed.
1937
Much Wealth is a Nuisance (El ‘Izz bahdalah)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Photography Abdel Fattah Nasr
Production Togo Mizrahi Film
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Shalom; Ahmed el Haddad; Hassan Hosny; Zouzou Labib; Abdou Youssef
First Screening 7/1/1937 Cinema El Nahda
Synopsis Two friends, Shalom the seller of lottery tickets and Abdou Sobhi the apprentice of a butcher, live in the same house. Their fiancées also live there with their families. The butcher with whom Abdou works dies, leaving Abdou the shop and a vast fortune. He shares the fortune with his friend Shalom and each marries his fiancée. Their happiness increases when Shalom buys a winning lottery ticket and becomes a millionaire. He shares this windfall with Abdou in order to repay the earlier debt. After some mishaps they lose all their money and become poor once more – but they are happy with their lot.
| Much Wealth is a Nuisance (El ‘Izz bahdalah)1937 |
Shalom the Athlete (Shalom el riyâdi)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Photography Tsissos; Abdel Halim Nasr
Music Mohamed Sabri
Production Togo Mizrahi Films
Starring Shalom; Bahiga el Mahdi; El Sayed Gouda; Hassan Saleh; Stella Dozglou; Adalat; Ali Abdel el Al; Ibrahim Heshmat
Synopsis Shalom sells sandwiches during football matches and consequently has good advice to give footballers. As he is riding the Alexandria train on his way to Damanhour, he meets Sayed the footballer who helps him join a team. When he is nominated to be a member of the national team, Abdel Qader, who had been hoping to be the one nominated, locks Shalom up to prevent him from playing in the match. They escape and join the team. Sayed scores the winning goals and Shalom is lucky in love.
1937
Congratulations (Mabrouk)
Director Fouad Gazaerli
Script Fouad el Kholi
Scenario Fouad Gazaerli
Dialogue Fouad Gazaerli
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Clapper Board Operator Emilio Kassola
Music Mohamed Hassan el Shoga’ui
Production Gazaerli Films Company (Fouad; Fawzi)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Ehsane Gazaerli; Abdel Fattah el Qossari; Zouzou Shakib; Mohamed el Dib; Sayed Soliman
First Screening 19/11/1937 Cinema Royal
Synopsis Ahmed, the son of Master Bahbah, is upset when he returns from Europe and is met in the traditional way by his family. He asks his fiancée Halawa to be civilized like himself. He convinces her to go out dancing with him. He also convinces his parents to become “civilized” too, so they end up looking ridiculous. Master Bahbah gets disgusted with this way of life and goes back, with his wife, to their old traditional and comfortable life style.
Long Live Love (Yahyâ el houbb)
Director Mohamed Karim
Script Abbas Allam
Scenario Mohamed Karim
Dialogue Abbas Allam
Photography Georges Benoît
Set Design Walie Eddine Sameh
Production Abdel Wahab Films
Distribution Abdel Wahab Films
Songs Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Music and Lyrics Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Starring Laila Mourad; Mohamed Abdel Wahab; Abdel Wareth Asar; Mohamed Fadel; Mohamed Abdel Qadous; Zouzou Madi; Amin Wahba; Beshara Wakim
First Screening 24/1/1938 Cinema Royal
Synopsis Mohamed Fathi rents a flat overlooking the mansion of Taher Pasha. From his window he can see the window of Taher Pasha’s daughter, Nadia. After a series of misunderstandings which lead to his transference to Beni Souef, Mohamed and Nadia fall in love. She begs her father, who is his boss, to transfer him from Beni Souef, and they get married.
1938
That’s my Nature (Anâ tab‘î kidah)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Script Togo Mizrahi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Dialogue Togo Mizrahi
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Montage Togo Mizrahi
Music Ahmed Sabra
Production Togo Mizrahi Films
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Fouad Shafik; Zouzou Shakib; Hassan Saleh; Stéphane Rosti; Bahiga el Mahdi; Ali Abdel Al; Philip Kamel
First Screening 3/3/1938 Cinema Cosmo
Synopsis Ahmed is having an affair with Nani, who owns a boarding house in Alexandria. He bribes Raafat, his subordinate at work who has discovered this relationship, by increasing his salary. Nani gets married to Dr Gamil, and they convert the boarding house into a sanatorium. When Ahmed goes to visit, Dr Gamil mistakes him for a patient and starts treating him. Ahmed escapes and returns to Cairo, where he finds that there is a rumour that he died in a train accident. He goes back to his wife and a normal marital life.
1938
Bahbah Pasha (Bahbah Bâshâ)
Director Fouad Gazaerli
Script Fouad Gazaerli
Scenario Fouad Gazaerli
Dialogue Fouad Gazaerli
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Production Gazaerli Films (Fouad and Fawzi)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Fawzi el Gazayerly ; Ehsane Gazaerli; Ahmed el Haddad
First Screening 29/9/1938 Cinema Pigale
Synopsis The casino that is run by Bahbah and his wife in Alexandria grows in fame, and is frequented by the notable families, among them Ghorab Pasha el Helw and his wife Canaria. One of the ladies falls in love with Bahbah and goes to him in his room. At this point Abdel Mawgoud Pasha el Tesht appears and takes Bahbah for Ghorab Pasha, due to the incredible resemblance between them. As he had wanted to kill Ghorab Pasha, he now tries to kill Bahbah. Some comic situations follow before the truth is revealed.
1941
Laila the School Girl (Layla bint el madâris)
Director Togo Mizrahi
Assistant Director Ibrahim Helmi; Mahmoud Farid
Script Youssef Wahbi
Scenario Togo Mizrahi
Dialogue Youssef Wahbi
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Montage Togo Mizrahi
Music and Lyrics Zakaria Ahmed; Riad el Sonbati
Songs Mahmoud el Sherif
Production Egyptian Films Company (Togo Mizrahi)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Laila Mourad; Youssef Wahbi; Beshara Wakim; Mohsen Sarhan; Mohamed Kamel; Zaki Ibrahim; Mimi Shakib
First Screening 16/10/1941 Cinema Cosmo
Synopsis The orphan Laila comes from Alexandria to live with her cousins Youssef and Shafik in their mansion. She brings joy into Youssef’s dreary life, and although he is in love with her, he marries a loose woman who has an affair with someone else. A letter from this lover to her falls into Laila’s hands, who tries to give the wife good advice, but in vain. Youssef finds the same letter, and seeing Laila as she is advising his wife, thinks the letter is hers. So he expels her from the house and she goes back to Alexandria. His wife then falls from the window, and as she lies dying she confesses Laila’s innocence and her own adultery. He is struck with amnesia. Laila finds out and helps him recover his memory, and they get married.
1941
A Groom from Istanbul (Arîs min Istamboul)
Director Youssef Wahbi
Script Youssef Wahbi (adapted from The Marriage of Figaro)
Scenario Youssef Wahbi
Dialogue Youssef Wahbi
Photography Sami Brill
Production Nahas Film
Distribution Nahas Film
Starring Youssef Wahbi; Raqiya Ibrahim; Beshara Wakim; Mokhtar Osman
First Screening 1/12/1941 Cinema Cûrsale
Synopsis The grandfather orders his grandson, who is living in Istanbul, to come to Egypt to marry his cousin, or else he would be disinherited. He comes unwillingly, and on the way asks the driver to impersonate him, in order to test the bride. In the meantime, the bride has also asked her maid to impersonate her, to test the groom. The fake bride and the fake groom fall in love, as do the real bride and groom. The father falls in love with his widowed sister in law. When the truth is finally revealed, there is a group wedding.
1942
The Accused (El Mouttahamah)
Director Henri Barakat
Script Fattouh Nashati
Scenario Henri Barakat
Dialogue Youssef Gohar
Photography Sami Brill
Montage Henri Barakat
Music and Lyrics Zakaria Ahmed; Hassan Mokhtar
Production Lotus Film (Assia Dagher)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Assia; Zaki Rustom; Ashraf Abaza; Yehia Chahine; Abdel Aziz Khalil; Abdel Fattah el Qossari; Amina Nureldin; Zeinab Sidki
First Screening 30/12/1942 Cinema Cosmo
Synopsis The police officer Kamel catches and manages to convict Boraie the drug dealer. In revenge, Boraie’s wife tries to ruin Kamel’s life. She convinces him that his wife Samiha has betrayed him, so he divorces her. She also tries to ruin his son’s life, who has become a lawyer. He eventually defends his mother in court, where she is being tried for the murder of Boraie, who tried to exploit her after he left jail. The son proves his mother’s innocence and the whole truth is revealed and the family is re-united.
1943
Cleopatra (Cléobatra)
Director Ibrahim Lama
Assistant Director El Sayed Ziadeh
Script Habib Gamati
Scenario El Sayed Ziadeh
Dialogue El Sayed Ziadeh
Photography Ibrahim Shebib
Montage Badr Abdallah
Production Condor Film (Lama Brothers)
Distribution Behna Film
Starring Badr Lama; Amina Rizk; Beshara Wakim; Mansi Fahmi; Mahmoud el Meligui; Anwar Wagdi; Mohamed el Dib; Hassan Helmi; Salwa Allam
First Screening 4/3/1943 Cinema Cosmo
Synopsis Cleopatra, the beautiful Ptolemaic queen of Egypt, is surrounded by intrigues. She defeats her rival Heremakes but is soon threatened by the Roman danger. Antony is sent to make her pay the tribute to Rome. They fall in love and he convinces her to pardon Heremakes. Octavius discovers the love story between Antony and Cleopatra and warns Antony that if he does not give Cleopatra up, there will be war between them. When the war breaks out, the treacherous Heremakes, disguised as a soothsayer, convinces Cleopatra to withdraw from the battle, which led Antony to believe she had betrayed him. Heremakes then tells Antony that Cleopatra had repented and committed suicide, which makes Antony grieve and commit suicide himself. He is then led dying to her. They clasp each other and she puts the fatal asp to her breast.
1944
Hassan and Hassan (Hasan wa Hasan)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Script Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Scenario Niazi Mustafa
Dialogue Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Photography Mustafa Hassan
Montage Galal Mustafa
Music Mohamed el Kahlawi
Songs Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Production Nahas Films
Distribution Naha Films
Starring Houriya Mohamed; Mohamed el Kahlawi; Beshara Wakim; Laila Helmi; Fardous Mohamed; Mahmoud Ismail; Shoukoukou; Hagar Hamdi; Mahmoud Ismail; Abdel Hamid Zaki; Latifa Amin; El Sayed Abou Bakr; Zaki Ibrahim
First Screening 17/11/1944 Cinema Cûrsale
Synopsis Hassan the driver has a cousin called Hassan Bey, who is a crook. They both go to Alexandria, where Hassan the driver falls in love with a girl, thinking she is a maid, and Hassan Bey falls in love with another one, thinking she is a lady. When Hassan Bey finds out she is a maid, he abandons her, and her family try to assault him. He convinces her father that he would come back for her, making him dissipate the fortune that had been in his care, so that he is jailed.
1949
The Madwoman (El Magnounah)
Director Helmi Rafla
Script Mohamed Kamel Hassan
Scenario Helmi Rafla
Dialogue Mohmed Kamel Hassan
Photography Bruno Salvi
Camera man Diaa el Mahdi
Set Design Hagop Aslanian
Sound Engineer Anton Polizoïs
Montage Said el Sheikh
Music and Lyrics Mohamed Fawzi
Songs Maamoun el Shinnawi; Mustafa el Said
Production Mohamed Fawzi Films
Distribution Mohamed Fawzi Films
Starring Laila Mourad; Mohamed Fawzi; Ismail Yassin; Mari Munib; El Sayed Bedeir; Mahmoud Reda; Riad el Qassabgui; Abdel Moneim Ismail
First Screening 31/1/1949 Cinema Studio Misr
Synopsis Adel the psychiatrist goes to Alexandria and meets his old colleague Laila who lives there with her uncle and his wife. She is suspicious of everything, but Adel too suspects that there is a conspiracy afoot. He starts treating her and finds out that she is extremely wealthy and that her uncle is her guardian. He also finds out that her uncle had arranged for the murder of his brother and sister in law, and that he and his two sons are plotting to put an end to Adel’s treatment of Laila. He resorts to the police who abort the conspiracy and find out the truth about Laila’s illness. Laila gets well and she and Adel fall in love and get married.
1950
Shore of Love(Châti’ el gharâm)
Director Henri Barakat
Script Henri Barakat
Scenario Henri Barakat
Dialogue Ali el Zarqani; Youssef Issa
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Set Design Anton Polizoїs; Naguib Khouri
Sound Engineer Nasri Abdel Nour
Montage Kamal el Sheikh
Music and Lyrics Ali Farrag; Ezzat el Gahli
Production Artists United
Starring Laila Mourad; Hussein Sidki; Mohsen Sarhan; Tahiya Carioca; Samiha Ayoub; Stéphane Rosti; Zaki Ibrahim; Gomaa Idriss; Mimi Shakib; Mona; Edmon Tweima; Nahed Farid; Shafik Nour
First Screening 21/2/1050 Cinema Studio Misr
Synopsis A young wealthy man meets a young school teacher in Mersa Matrouh and falls in love with her. At the beginning his father does not approve of the marriage because she is poorer, but then he gives in. The young couple get married and live in Cairo. His aunt, who had been plotting to marry him to her daughter, tricks him into believing his wife has betrayed him. He sends her back to Mersa Matrouh. But his friend does not believe that she can commit adultery and finds out that the aunt is behind all this, so she can lay her hands on his fortune. He follows her to Mersa Matrouh where he finds out the truth, and brings her back to Cairo to live happily together.
1950
The Seventh Wife (El Zawgah el sâbi‘ah)
Director Ibrahim Emara
Assistant Director Atef Salem
Script Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Scenario Ibrahim Emara
Dialogue Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Photography Mohamed Abdel Azim
Set Design Abbas Helmi
Montage Ehsane Farghal
Sound Nivio Orfanelli
Music and Lyrics Mohamed Fawzi
Production Mary Queeny
Starring Mary Queeny; Mohamed Fawzi; Soliman Naguib; Shadia; Ismail Yassin; Nour el Demerdash; Gamalat Zayed; Ibrahim Emara; Mohamed Kamel
First Screening 10/4/1950
Synopsis A young man formed the habit of getting married and divorcing his wife if she does not get a child. When a young woman he marries discovers she is the seventh wife, she does not tell him she has found the truth. She tames him by arousing his jealousy, so that he changes and becomes a different man who respects marriage.
1950
Miss Mom (El ânisah Mâmâ)
Director Helmi Rafla
Script Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Dialogue Aboul Saoud el Ebiari
Photography Bruno Salvi
Set Design Hagop Aslanian
Montage Said el Sheikh
Music and Lyrics Mohamed Fawzi
Starring Sabah; Mohamed Fawzi; Ismail Yassin; Soliman Naguib; Mohamed Kamal el Masri; Zeinat Sidki; Hussein Ibrahim; Souad Ahmed; Salah Mansour; Fahmi Amin
Synopsis A young aspiring singer is in love with a star. When he starts composing his new operetta he decides that the woman to sing with him should be a young one. She goes for the audition and does get chosen. His father finds out the girl’s passion for his son, so the two of them make him believe they are in love and want to get married. His jealousy is aroused and he confesses his love, and his father consents to their marriage.
Prince of Vengeance (Amîr el Intiqâm)
Director Barakat (adapted from The Count of Monte Christo)
Assistant Director Ibrahim Helmi; Mahmoud Farid
Scenario Barakat
Dialogue Youssef Gohar; Youssef Issa; Barakat
Photography Julio di Luca
Montage Fathi Kassem
Set Design Anton Polizoïs
Sound Engineer Nasri Abdel Nour
Music and Lyrics Zakaria Ahmed; Riad el Sonbati
Songs Mahmoud el Sherif
Production Assia
Starring Anwar Wagdi; Samia Gamal; Madiha Yousri; Kamal el Shinnawi; Serag Mounir; Farid Shawki; Abdel Aziz Ahmed; Hussein Riad; Mahmoud el Meliqui; Ali el Kassar; Riad el Qassabgui; Abdel Rehim el Zarqani
First Screening 23/10/1950 Cinema Studio Misr
Synopsis Hassan el Hilali is unjustly imprisoned for many years without a trial. In jail, he meets an old man who tells him of where to find a treasure, and when he leaves prison he gets hold of it. With the help of a young woman he wreaks his revenge on those who had conspired to imprison him. He kills them all and marries the young woman.
1951
Night of Passion (Laylat gharâm)
Director Ahmed Badrakhan
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Gamal Farès, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Farewell my Love (Wadâ‘an yâ gharâmî)
Director Mohamed Guemei
Photography Mohamed Ezz el Arab
Starring Emad Hamdi
Storm in the Spring (‘Âsifah fî-l-rabî)
Director Ibrahim Lama
Photography Rashad Salama; Abdallah Ibrahim
Starring Shadia, Samir Lama
My Mother in law is an atomic bomb (Hamâtî qounboulah dharriyyah)
Director Helmi Rafla
Photography Julio di Luca
Starring Ismaïl Yassin
1952
Âmal (Amâl)
Director Youssef Maalouf
Photography Mustafa Hassan
Starring Shadia, Mohsen Sarhan
The Tiger (El nimr) 1952
Director Hussein Fawzi
Photography Feri Farkache
Starring Zaki Rustom, Naïma Akef
Daughter of the Shore (Bint el châti’)
Director Mohamed Saleh
Photography Bruno Salvi
Starring Mohamed Fawzi, Laila Fawzi
1953
Rayya & Sakinah Rayyâ wa Sakînah
Director Salah Abou Seif
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Anwar Wagdi, Farid Shawki
The Night Train (Qitâr el layl) 1953
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Emad Hamdi, Samia Gamal
Deprivation (El hirmân)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Emad Hamdi
Hamido (Hamido)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Farid Shawki, Hoda Sultan
Rendez-vous with Life (Maw‘id ma‘ el hayâh)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Shukri Sarhan
1954
More Powerful than Love (Aqwâ min el houbb)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Ahmed Khorshid
Starring Emad Hamdi, Shadia
Daughters of Eve (Banât Hawwâ’)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Mohamed Fawzi, Madiha Yousri
Traces in the Sand (Âthâr fi-l-rimâl)
Director Gamal Madkour
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Faten Hamama, Emad Hamdi
The Farewell Dance (Raqsat el wadâ‘)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Ahmed KhorShid
Starring Emad Hamdi, Samia Gamal
The Crook (El mouhtâl)
Director Helmi Rafla
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Farid Shawki, Hoda Soltan
Have Pity on my Tears (Irham doumou‘î)
Director Barakat
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Yehia Chahine
A Night in my Life (Laylah min ‘oumrî )
Director Atef Salem
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Shadia, Emad Hamdi
Rendez-vous with Happiness (Maw‘id ma‘ el sa‘âdah)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Emad Hamdi
1955
Our Happy Days (Ayyâmounâ el houlwah)
Director Helmi Halim
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzi, Abdel Halim Hafez
Ismail Yassin meets Rayya & Sakinah (Ismâ‘îl Yâsîn youqâbil Rayyâ wa Sakînah)
Director Helmi Halim
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Ismaïl Yassin, Negma Ibrahim
Dearer than my Eyes (Aghlâ min ‘aynayya)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Omar el Hariri, Samira Ahmed
I am Leaving (Innî râhilah)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Emad Hamdi, Madiha Yousri
Memory Beach(Châti’ el dhikrayât)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Shadia, Shukri Sarhan
Birds of Paradise (‘Asâfîr el gannah)
Director Seif Eddine Shawkat
Photography Bruno Salvi
Starring Mahmoud Zulficar , Fayrouz
1956
Dark Waters (Sirâ‘ fî-l-mînâ’)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Ahmed Khorshid
Starring Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama
Platform No 5 (Rasîf nimra khamsah)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Starring Farid Shawki, Hoda Sultan
The Date (Maw‘id gharâm)
Director Barakat
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Abdel Halim Hafez
Samara (Samârah)
Director Hassan el Saïfi
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Taheya Carioca, Ismaïl Yassin
Miracle of Heaven (Mou‘guizat el samâ’)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Mohamed Fawzi, Madiha Yousri
1957
Love Trip (Rihlah gharâmiyyah)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Bruno Salvi
Starring Shukri Sarhan , Mariam Fakhr Eddine
The Fisherman's Daughter (Bint el sayyâd)
Director Abdel Ghani Kamar
Photography Ouhan
Starring Abdel Ghani Kamar, Dalila
Sleepless (Lâ anâm)1957
Director Salah Abou Seif
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Faten Hamama, Yehia Chahine
Ismaïl Yassin in the Navy (Ismâ‘îl Yâsîn fî-l-oustoul)
Director Fatine Abdel Wahab
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Ismail Yassin
The Path of Hope (Tarîq el amal)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Shukri Sarhan
I claim my Heart Back (Roudda qalbî)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Shukri Sarhan , Mariam Fakhr Eddine
1958
Until we Meet Again (Hattâ naltaqî)
Director Barakat
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Faten Hamama, Emad Hamdi
Kahramanah (kahramânah)
Director El Sayed Bedeir
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Yehia Chahine, Hoda Sultan
The Virgin Wife (El zawgah el ‘adhrâ’)
Director El Sayed Bedeir
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Faten Hamama, Ahmed Mazhar
The Fugitive (El hâribah)
Director Hassan Ramzi
Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Shadia, Shukri Sarhan
Stranded (Imra’ah fî-l-tarîq)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Hoda Sultan, Rushdi Abaza
Abou Hadid (Abou Hadîd)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Ali Hassan
Starring Farid Shawki, Layla Taher
1959
A Meeting with the Unknown (Maw‘id ma‘ el mag’houl)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Starring Omar Sharif, Samia Gamal
Have Pity on my Love (Irham houbbî)
Director Barakat
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Shadia, Kamal el Shennawi
A Story of Love (Hikâyat houbb)
Director Helmi Halim
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Abdel Halim Hafez, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Highwayman (Qâti‘ tarîq)
Director Hassan el Saïfi
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Starring Hoda Sultan, Rushdi Abaza
My Heart is on Fire (Qalbi yahtariq)
Director Kamal el Sheikh
Photography Bruno Salvi
Starring Emad Hamdi, Madiha Yousri
She lived for Love (‘Achat li-l-houbb)
Director El Sayed Bedeir
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Kamal el Shennawi
Beware of Love (Ihtaris min el houbb)
Director Hussein H. el Mouhandès
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Starring Maher el Attar
The Anonymous Woman (El mar’ah el mag’houlah)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Shadia, Kamal el Shennawi
Scandal in Zamalek (Fadîhah fî-l-Zamâlek)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Ali Hassan
Starring Omar Sharif, Berlanti Abdel Hamid
1960
Love & Adoration (Houbb hattâ el ‘ibâdah)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Taheya Carioca, Salah Zoulficar
Girls & Summer (El banât wa-l-sayf)
Director Ezz Eddine Zulficar Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Kamal el Shennawi, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Director Fatine Abdel Wahab
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Abdel Halim Hafez, Souad Hosni
Director Salah Abou Seif
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Hussein Riad, Samira Ahmed
Abou Ahmed (Abou Ahmad)
Director Hassan Reda
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Farid Shawki, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
A Meeting at Sunset (Liqâ’ fî-l-ghouroub)
Director Saad Arafa
Photography Bruno Salvi
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Goodbye my Love (Wadâ‘an yâ houbb)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Mohamed Abdel Azim
Starring Nagwa Fouad, Moharram Fouad
Stronger than Life (Aqwâ min el hayât)
Director Mohamed K. Hassan
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Kamal el Shennawi, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Girls of Bahari (Banât bahrî)
Director Hassan el Saïfi
Photography Fouad Abdel Malak
Starring Riri, Abdel Salam el Naboulsi
Giants of the Sea (‘Amâliqat el bihâr)
Director El Sayed Bedeir
Photography Mahmoud Nasr; Mohamed A. Azim
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi
My only Love (Houbbî el wahîd)
Director Kamal el Sheikh
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Omar Sharif, Nadia Lotfi
Together Forever (Ma‘an ilâ el abad)
Director Hassan Ramzi
Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Shadia, Kamal el Shennawi
1961
Why should I live (Limâdhâ a‘îch)
Director Ibrahim Emara
Photography Mahmoud Fahmi
Starring Shukri Sarhan , Souad Hosni
Life & Hope (Hayât wa amal)
Director Zouheir Baker
Photography Ali Hassan
Starring Ahmed Ramzi, Iman
A Man in our House (Fî baytinâ ragoul)
Director Barakat
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Omar Sharif, Zebida Tharwat, Rushdi Abaza
A Man in my Life (Ragoul fî hayâtî)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Alvise Orfanelli
Starring Shukri Sarhan , Samira Ahmed
Such is Love (El houbb kidah)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Salah Zulficar , Sabah
1962
Wife Number 13 (El zawgah raqam talata‘ch)
Director Fatine Abdel Wahab
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Shadia
Green with Envy (El hâqid)
Director Raymond Nasroun
Photography Massoud Issa
Starring Farid Shawki, Samira Ahmed
Accept my Shame (Khoudhnî bi-‘ârî)
Director El Sayed Ziadah
Photography Zakaria Mansour
Starring Samira Ahmed, Kamal el Shennawi
I am the Runaway (Anâ el hârib)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Massoud Issa
Starring Farid Shawki, Mahmoud Morsi
Without Prior Appointment (Min gheir mî‘âd)
Director Ahmed Diaa Eddine
Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Souad Hosni, Moharram Fouad
1963
Forever Hero (Batal li-l-nihâyah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Klelio
Starring Farid Shawki, Laila Taher
Saladin (El nâsir Salah Eddine)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Klelio
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi
The Devil's Path (Tarîq el chaytân)
Director Kamal Attia
Photography Klelio
Starring Farid Shawki, Rushdi Abaza
The Years of Love (Sanawât el houbb)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Choukri Sarhane, Nadia Lotfi
The Little Devil (El chaytân el saghîr)
Director Kamal el Sheikh
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Kamal el Shennawi, Samira Ahmed
The Last Night (El laylah el akhîrah)
Director Kamal el Sheikh
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Faten Hamama, Mahmoud Morsi
The Fox Man (El ragoul el tha‘lab)
Director Nagdi Hafez
Photography Ali Hassan
Starring Farid Shawki, Riri
1964
The Three Bachelors (El ouzzâb el thalâthah)
Director Mahmoud Farid
Photography Massoud Issa
Starring Souad Hosni, Hassan Youssef
Leave me & Tears (Da‘nî wa-l-doumou‘)
Director Ahmed Diaa Eddine
Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi
A Husband on Leave (Zawg fî agâzah)
Director Mohamed Abdel Gawwad
Photography Adel Abdel Azim
Starring Salah Zulficar , Layla Taher
Running away from Life (Hârib min el hayât)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Diaa el Mahdi
Starring Shukri Sarhan , Nadia Lotfi
The Big Venture (El moughâmarah el koubrâ)
Director Mahmoud Farid
Photography Diaa el Mahdi
Starring Farid Shawki, Nagwa Fouad
The Port's Girl (Fatât el mînâ’)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Klelio
Starring Farid Shawki, Hassan Youssef
The Spy (El gâsous)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Farid Shawki
The Road (El tarîq)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Shadia
1965
Eternal Love (El houbb el khâlid)
Director Zouheir Baker
Photography Ali Hassan
Starring Hind Rustom, Hassan Youssef
The Three Love her (El thalâthah youhibbounahâ)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Mahmoud Farid
Starring Souad Hosni, Hassan Youssef
Troublemaker (El mouchâghib)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Fares Wahba
Starring Farid Shawki
Troublemakers (El mouchâghiboun)
Director Mahmoud Farid
Photography Klelio
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Nagwa Fouad
Paradise Road(Tarîd el Fardous)
Director Fatine Abdel Wahab
Photography Massoud Issa
Starring Farid Shawki, Samira Ahmed
1966
Obligatory Vacation (Agâzah bi-l-‘âfiyah)
Director Nagdi Hafez
Photography Abdel Azim Bahnasi
Starring Fouad el Mouhandès
The Knight of Bani Hamdan (Fâris banî Hamdân) 1966
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Farid Shawki, Souad Hosni
1966
Wedding Night (Laylat el zifâf)
Director Barakat
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Souad Hosni, Ahmed Mazhar
Something in my Life (Chay’ fî hayâtî)1966
Director Barakat
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Faten Hamama, Ihab Nafei
He & the Ladies (Houwa wa-l-nisâ’)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Mustafa Hassan
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Hind Rustom
Sayed Darwish (Sayyed Darwich)
Director Ahmed Badrakhan
Photography Ali Hassan
Starring Hind Rustom, Karam Metawei
Life is Beautiful (El hayât houlwah)
Director Helmi Halim
Photography Kamal Hassan
Starring Nadia Lotfi, Hassan Youssef
1967
Autumn & the Quails (El simân wa-l-kharîf)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Klelio
Starring Nadia Lotfi, Mahmoud Morsi
The Second Encounter (El liqâ’ el thânî)
Director Hassan Al-Saïfi
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Souad Hosni
Leaving Heaven (El khouroug min el gannah)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Hind Rustom, Farid el Atrache
Girls Camp (Mou‘askar el banât)
Director Khalil Shawki
Photography Diaa el Mahdi
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Laila Taher
Romance Vacation (Agâzat gharâm)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Fouad el Mouhandès
1968
The Story of Three Girls (Hikâyat thalâth banât)
Director Mahmoud Zulficar Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Souad Hosni, Shams el Baroudi
An Undisturbed Honeymoon (Chahr ‘asal bidoun iz‘âg) 1968
Director Abdel Meneim Shukri Photography Adel Abdel Wahab
Starring Hassan Youssef, Nahed Shérif
Three Stories (Thalâth qisas)
Director Ibrahim el Sahn
Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Nahed Shérif, Salah Mansour
Days of Love (Ayyâm el houbb)
Director Helmi Halim
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi
1969
Father up the Tree (Abî fawq el chagarah)
Director Hussein Kamal
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi
Wife without a Man (Zawgah bilâ ragoul)1969
Director Abdel Rahman Sherif
Photography Mohamed Emara
Starring Nour el Sherif, Layla Taher
The Three Courageous Men (El choug‘ân el thalâthah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Chams el Baroudi
Struggle of the Professionals (Sirâ‘ el mouhtarifîn)
Director Hassan el Saïfi
Photography Mohamed Emara
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Naglaa Fathi
Seven Days in Heaven (Sab‘ ayyâm fî-l-gannah)
Director Fatine Abdel Wahab
Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Hassan Youssef, Nagat
Mr. Bolti (El sayyed el boltî)
Director Tewfik Saleh
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Ezzat el Alayli
A Little Suffering (Chay’ min el ‘adhâb)
Director Salah Abou Seif
Photography Ibrahim Shamane
Starring Souad Hosni, Yehia Chahine
Miramar(Miramar)
Director Kamal el Sheikh
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Shadia, Youssef Wahbi
Three Faces of Love (Thalâth wougouh li-l-houbb)
Director Medhat Bakir
Photography Mamdouh Shukri Starring Kawthar Sobhi, Ahmed Marei
The Demons & Her (Hiya wa-l-chayâtîn)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Shams el Baroudi, Adel Adham
Me, my Wife and my Girlfriend (Anâ wa mirâtî wa-l-gaww)
Director Abdel Moneim Shukri Photography Victor Antoine
Starring Kamal el Shennawi
1970
Such Were the Days (Kânat ayyâm)
Director Helmi Halim
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Sabah
The Wicked (El achrâr)1970
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Adel Adham
The Lost Love (El houbb el dâ’i‘)
Director Barakat
Photography Ramzi Ibrahim
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Souad Hosni
1971
The Choice (El ikhtiyâr)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Ahmed Khorshid
Starring Ezzat el Alayli, Souad Hosni
The Murderers (El qatalah)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Rifaat Ragheb
Starring Salah Zulficar , Adel Adham
Date with the Lover (Maw‘id ma‘ el habîb)
Director Helmi Rafla
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Farid Shawki, Naglaa Fathi
Miss Manal's Diary (Moudhakkarât el ânisah Manâl)
Director Abbas Kamel
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nelly
The Cute, the Gallant and the Greedy (El zarîf wa-l-chahm wa-l-tammâ‘)
Director Nour el Demerdash
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi
A Sweet Trip (Rihlah ladhîdhah)
Director Fatine Abdel Wahab
Photography Adel Abdel Moneim
Starring Hassan Youssef, Naglaa Fathi
Forbidden Love (El houbb el mouharram)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Shukri Sarhan , Mervat Amin
Dear Daughter (Ibnatî el ‘azîzah)
Director Helmi Rafla
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Nagat
Torture & Pleasure (El mout‘ah wa-l-‘dhâb)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Nour el Sherif, Shams el Baroudi
My Wife & the Dog (Zawgatî wa-l-kâlb)
Director Marzouq
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Mahmoud Morsi, Souad Hosni
1972
Sea Devils (Chayâtîn el bahr)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Hassan Youssef, Nelly
Flesh & Passion (El ‘âtifah wa-l-gasad)
Director Hassan Ramzi
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Naglaa Fathi, Mahmoud Yassin
Love & Pride (Houbb wa kibriyâ’)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Naglaa Fathi, Mahmoud Yassin
The Wrath (El ghadab)
Director Anwar el Shennawi
Photography Ramzi Ibrahim
Starring Farid Shawki, Soheir Ramzi
House of Sand (Bayt min al-rimâl)
Director Saad Arafa
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine
A Nose & Three Eyes (Anf wa thalâth ‘ouyoun)
Director Hussein Kamal
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Magda, Mahmoud Yassin
1973
A Woman from Cairo (Imra’ah min el Qâhirah)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Magda el Khatib
1973
The Girls & the Mercedes (El banât wa-l-marsîdès)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Hassan Youssef, Mervat Amin
1973
Devils on Vacation (El chayâtîn fî agâzah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Hassan Youssef, Soheir Ramzi
1973
The Purest Sin (Achraf khâti’ah)
Director Abdel Rahman Sherif
Photography Mohamed Emara
Starring Nour el Sherif, Nahed Sherif
1973
The Imposters Gang (Chillat el mouhtâlîn)
Director Helmi Rafla
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Fouad el Mouhandès
The Beggar (El chahhât)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Mahmoud Morsi
Wild Flowers (Zouhour barriyyah)
Director Youssef Francis
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Nadia Lotfi, Hussein Fahmi
The Back Staircase (El soullam el khalfî)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Hassan Youssef, Mervat Amin
Rascal's School (Madrasat el mouchâghibîn)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Nour el Sherif, Mervat Amin
1974
Where is my Sanity (Ayna ‘aqlî)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Souad Hosni
Girls & Love (El banât wa-l-houbb)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Nour el Sherif, Mervat Amin
The Champions (El abtâl)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Farid Shawki, Ahmed Ramzi
A Woman in Love (Imra’ah ‘âchiqah)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Mahmoud Morsi, Shadia
Nights gone Forever (Layâlî lan ta‘oud)
Director Taysir Abboud
Photography Mohamed Emara
Starring Nour el Sherif
Forest of Thighs(Ghâbah min el sîqân)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Mervat Amin
The Giants (El ‘amâliqah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Nahed Shérif, Ahmed Ramzi
Lets fall in Love in Summer (Fî-l-sayf lâzim nihibb)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Nour el Sherif, Magda el Khatib
Love 24 Hours (Arba‘ah wa- ‘ichrîn sâ‘ah houbb)
Director Ahmed Fouad
Photography Adel Abdel Azim
Starring Hassan Youssef, Soheir Ramzi
Trip of Lifetime (Rihlat el ‘oumr)
Director Saad Arafa
Photography Diaa Al-Mahdi
Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Shams el Baroudi
Amira my Love (Amîrat houbbî anâ)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Souad Hosni, Hussein Fahmi
A Woman's Curse (L‘nat imra’ah)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Farid Shawki, Nahed Shérif
My Very Naughty Beloved (Habîbatî chaqiyyah guiddan)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Mohamed Emara
Starring Nour el Sherif, Soheir Ramzi
1975
A Question about Love (Sou’âl fî-l-houbb)
Director Barakat
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nahed Shérif
Sabrine (Sabrîn)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Nour el Sherif, Naglaa Fathi
And Love Ended (Wa intahâ el houbb)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Mervat Amin
Shores of Violence (Châti’ el ‘ounf)
Director Taysir Abboud
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Farid Shawki, Nahed Shérif
1976
Waves without a Shore (Amwâg bilâ châti’)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Mahmoud Morsi, Shadia
I'm neither Sane nor Crazy (Anâ lâ ‘âqlah wa-lâ mag’nounah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Samir Bahzan
Starring Mahmoud Yassin
The Quiet Nest (El ‘ichch el hâdi’)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Mahmoud Yassin
Shoa' (Chawq)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Nadia el Guindi
And Life Returns (Wa ‘âdat el hayât)
Director Nader Galal
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Nour el Sherif
Away from Land (Ba‘îdan ‘an el ard)
Director Hussein Kamal
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Naglaa Fathi, Mahmoud Yassin
Tawhida (Tawhîdah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Nour el Sherif, Farid Shawki
1977
The Female Sex (Guins nâ‘im)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Abdel Halim Nasr
Starring Adel Imam, Magda
The Sins of Love (Khatâyâ el houbb)
Director Yehia el Alami
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Mervat Amin
Such are the Days (Hâkadhâ el ayyâm)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Farid Shawki, Noura
Where is the Gateaway (Ayna el mafarr)
Director Hussein Emara
Photography Mohamed Emara
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Soheir Ramzi
She Fell in a Sea of Honey (Wa saqatat fî bahr el ‘asal)
Director Salah Abou Seif
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nabila Ebeid
Barefoot on a Bridge of Gold (Hâfiyah ‘alâ Guisr min el dhahab)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Mervat Amin
With all my Love & Passion (Ma‘ houbbî wa achwâkî)
Director Barakat
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Soheir Ramzi, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Cat on Fire (Qittah ‘alâ nâr)
Director Samir Seif
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Nour el Sherif
1978
Journey inside a Woman (Rihlah dâkhil imra’ah)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nahed Shérif
Shame on you Loulou (Eib yâ Loulou… Yâ Loulou Eib)
Director Sayed Tantawi
Photography Essam Farid
Starring Adel Imam, Nelly
Hello Captain (Ahlan yâ kabtin)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Samir Sabri, Nelly
Without Marriage is Better (Bidoun zawâg afdal)
Director Medhat el Sebaeï
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Nour el Sherif
Lovers Path (Sikkat el ‘âchiqîn)
Director Hassan el Saïfi
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Mervat Amin
A Woman Killed by Love (Imra’ah qatalahâ el houbb)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Farid Shawki, Madiha Kamel
A Trip for Forgetting (Rihlatel nisyân)
Director Ahmed Yehia
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nelly
1979
Adventurers Round the World (Moughâmiroun hawl el ‘âlam)
Director Mahmoud Farid
Photography Ramzi Ibrahim
Starring Adel Imam, Lebleba
Conquerer of Darkness (Qâhir el zalâm)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Yehya el Fakharani
No my Mother (Lâ yâ oummî)
Director Nasser Hussein
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Farid Shawki, Madiha Kamel
Save this Family (Anqidhou hâdhihi el ‘â’ilah)
Director Hassan Ibrahim
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Farid Shawki, Mervat Amin
Let me take Revenge (Da‘ounî antaqim)
Director Taysir Abboud
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Adel Adham
Alexandria, Why? (Iskandariyyah lîh)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Farid Shawki, Mohsen Mohie Eddine
The Illusion (El wahm)
Director Nader Galal
Photography Gamal el Tabeï
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nelly
1980
The Instinct (El raghbah)
Director Mohamed Khan
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Nour el Sherif, Madiha Kamel
Intelligent… but Stupid (Adhkiyâ’ lâkin aghbiyâ’)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Wadid Serri
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Adel Imam
Strange Brothers (El ikhwah el ghourabâ’)
Director Hassan el Saïfi
Photography Mahmoud Nasr
Starring Farid Shawki, Emad Abdel Halim
Woman without Constraint (Imra’ah bilâ qayd)
Director Barakat
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Nelly
My love, Forever (Habîbî dâ’iman)
Director Hussein Kamal
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Nour el Sherif
The Night the Moon Wept (Laylah bakâ fîhâ el qamar)
Director Ahmed Yehia
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Sabah
Folly of Youth (Gounoun el chabâb)
Director Khalil Shawki
Photography Diaa el Mahdi
Starring Ahmed Ramzi, Mervat Amin
1981
The Beast Within (El wahch dâkhil el insân)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nahed Shérif
Bayadah (Bayyâdah)
Director Ahmed Sarwat
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Rushdi Abaza, Yousra
A Moment of Weakness (Lahzat da‘f)
Director Sayed Tantawi
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Nelly
Mothers in Exile (Oummahât fî-l-manfâ)
Director Mohamed Radi
Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmi
Starring Adel Imam, Magda el Khatib
Dinner Date (Maw‘id ‘alâ el ‘achâ’)
Director Mohamed Khan
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Souad Hosni
1981
Trip of Terror (Rihlat el rou‘b)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Gamal el Tabeï
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Madiha Kamel
1982
Collapse (Inhiyâr)
Director Ahmed el Sabaawi
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Kamal el Shennawi
Bitter Bread (El khoubz el mourr)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Farid Shawki
Fatal Jealousy (El ghîrah el qâtilah)
Director Atef el Tayeb
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Nour el Sherif, Noura
Execution of a High School Student (I‘dâm tâlib thânawî)
Director Ahmed Fouad Darwish
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Nour el Sherif, Soheir Ramzi
An Egyptian Story (Haddoutah masriyyah)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Nour el Sherif, Yousra
The Peacock (El tâwous)
Director Kamal el Sheikh
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Nour el Sherif, Layla Taher
The Disgrace (El ‘âr)
Director Ali Abdel Khalek
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Nour el Sherif, Hussein Fahmi
1983
Gharib, is a Strange Kid (Gharîb walad ‘aguîb)
Director Kamal Salah Eddine
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Samir Ghanem, Esaad Younes
Kingdom of Hallucination(Mamlakat el halwasah)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Hussein Fahmi, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Monsters of the Port (Wouhouch el minâ’)
Director Niazi Mustafa
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Farid Shawki
The Shore of Luck (Châti’ el hazz)
Director Hassan Al-Saïfi
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Said Saleh, Younes Shalabi
Marzoukah (Marzouqah)
Director Saad Arafa
Photography Mohamed Zaher
Starring Farid Shawki
Raya & Sekina (Rayyâ wa Sakînah)
Director Ahmed Fouad
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Younes Shalabi, Sherihane
The Bribed Gentlemen (El sâdah el mourtachoun)
Director Ali Abdel Khalek
Photography Essam Farid
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
The Addict (El moudmin)
Director Youssef Francis
Photography Mustafa Emam
Starring Ahmed Zaki, Nagwa Ibrahim
1984
Please God, a Boy! (Yâ rabb walad)
Director Omar Abdel Aziz
Photography Essam Farid
Starring Farid Shawki, Karima Moukhtar
Two on the Road (Itnîn ‘alâ el tarîq)
Director Hassan Youssef
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Adel Imam
Sea of Illusions(Bahr el awhâm)
Director Nadia Hamza
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Hussein Fahmi
Jail (El takhchîbah)
Director Atef el Tayeb
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Ahmed Zaki, Nabila Ebeid
The Black Tiger (El nimr el aswad)
Director Atef Salem
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Ahmed Zaki, Ahmed Mazhar
1985
Rascals (El sa‘âlîk)
Director Daoud Abdel Sayed
Photography Mahmoud Abdel Sameï
Starring Nour el Sherif, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
God's World (Douniâ Allâh)
Director Hassan el Imam Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Nour el Sherif, Maali Zayed
The Pickpocket (El nachchâlah)
Director Helmi Rafla
Photography Ibrahim Shamat
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Nelly
Ten out of Ten (Achrah ‘alâ Achrah)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Madiha Kamel, Yehya el Fakharani
Adieu, Bonaparte (El wadâ‘ yâ Bonaparte)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Michel Piccoli, Hussein Fahmi
The Palm (El kaff)
Director Mohamed Hasib
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Farid Shawki, Farouk el Fishawi
Allowed & Forbidden (El halâl wa-l-harâm)
Director Sayed Seif
Photography Bourhan Hammad
Starring Adel Adham, Soheir Ramzi
Spider Webs (Khouyout el ‘ankabout)
Director Abdel Latif Zaki
Photography Abdel Moneim Bahnasi
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Noura
Going Astray (Inhirâf)
Director Taysir Abboud
Photography Mohamed Taher
Starring Nour el Sherif, Madiha Kamel
1986
The Snakes (El tha‘âbîn)
Director Nader Galal
Photography Mahmoud Abdel Sameï
Starring Adel Adham, Fouad Ahmed
The Age of Wolves (‘Asr al-dhi’â)
Director Samir Seif
Photography Mohsen Ahmed
Starring Nour el Sherif, Laila Eloui
Desire, Envy and Revenge (Raghbah wa hiqd wa intiqâm)
Director Samir Seif
Photography Mohamed Taher
Starring Farid Shawki, Elham Chahine
Disgrace (Wasmat ‘âr)
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Nour el Sherif, Shahira
1987
Path of Regret (Sikkat el nâdamah)
Director Hussam Eddine Mustafa
Photography Maamoun Ata
Starring Yousra, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Murderer of Karmouz (Saffâh Karmouz)
Director Hussein Emara
Photography Kamal Karim
Starring Younes Shalabi, Noura
Woman of Steel (El mar’ah el hadîdiyya)
Director Abdel Latif Zaki
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Naglaa Fathi, Farouk el Fishawi
Well of Deception (Bi’r el khiyânah)
Director Ali Abdel Khalek
Photography Said Shimi
Starring Nour el Sherif, Dalal Abdel Aziz
Here come the Dwarfs (El aqzâm qâdimoun)
Director Shérif Arafa
Photography Kamal Abdel Aziz
Starring Yehya el Fakharani, Gamil Rateb
1988
Nawa'em (Nawâ‘im)
Director Medhat el Sebaeï
Photography Mohamed Taher
Starring Farid Shawki, Shahira
Bakiza & Zaghloul's Arrest (Laylat el qabd ‘alâ Bakîzah wa Zaghloul)
Director Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Photography Shérif Ehsane
Starring Soheir el Babli, Esaad Younes
The Dreams of Hind & Kamilia (Ahlâm Hind wa Kâmîliya)
Director Mohamed Khan
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki
All this Love (Koull hâdhâ el houbb)
Director Hussein Kamal
Photography Ibrahim Saleh
Starring Nour el Sherif, Laila Eloui
1989
Bab Sharq (Bâb Charq)
Director Youssef Abou Seif
Photography Ali Khairallah, Mohamed Taher
Starring Farid Shawki, Mamdouh Abdel Aleem
1990
Alexandria Again and Forever (Iskandariyyah kamân we kamân)
Director Youssef Chahine
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Yousra, Youssef Chahine
1991
Killing Warrant (Tasrîh bi-l-qatl)
Director Taymour
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Mahmoud Yassin
Silence Everyone (Sammi‘ hoss)
Director Shérif Arafa
Photography Badawi Torki
Starring Laila Eloui, Mamdouh Abdel Aleem
A Forbidden Wife (Zawgah mouharramah)
Director Ahmed el Sabaawi
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Soheir Ramzi, Farouk el Fishawi
Half a dozen Lunatics (Nouss dastat magânîn)
Director Hassan Al-Saïfi
Photography Kamal Karim
Dr. Manal is Dancing (El doktourah Manâl tarqous)
Director Marzouq
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Kamal Al-Shennawi, Nagwa Fouad
1992
Troublemakers in the Navy (El mouchâghiboun fî-l-bahriyyah)
Director Nasser Hussein
Photography Ali Khairallah
Starring Hatem Zulficar , Fifi Abdou
Samara El Amir (Samârah el Amîr)
Director Ahmed Yehia
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemeida
The Savage (El charis)
Director Nader Galal
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Mahmoud Hemeida, Yousra
Mr. Dessouki at his Summer Resort (Dessouqî afandî fî-l-masyaf)
Director Omar Abdel Aziz
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Ezzat el Alayli, Taysir Fahmi
The Scandal (El fadîhah)
Director Farouk el Rashidi
Photography Shawki Ali
Starring Mahmoud Yassin, Soheir Ramzi
Ice cream in Glym (Ice cream fî glîm)
Director Khaïri Beshara
Photography Tarek el Telmessani
Starring Amr Diab, Simon
1993
So-called Musketeers (Foursân âkhir zaman)
Director Medhat el Sebaeï
Photography Ramsis Marzouk
Starring Mahmoud Hemeida, Elham Chahine
The Wolves (El th‘âlib)
Director Ahmed el Sabaawi
Photography Wahid Farid
Starring Kamal el Shennawi, Mahmoud Hemeida
1994
The Red Flag (El râyah el hamrâ )
Director Ashraf Fahmi
Photography Mohamed Taher
Starring Mamdouh Abdel Aleem, Fifi Abdou
1995
Bayada from Bahari (Bayyâdah bînt Baharî)
Photography Mohamed Asar
Starring Dalal Abdel Aziz
Bekhit & Adila (Bekhît wa ‘Adîlah)
Director Nader Galal
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Adel Imam, Shérine
Too much Violence, so Little Love (Qâlîl mîn el houbb kâthîr mîn el ‘onf)
Director Raafat el Mihi
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hemeida
Why is the Sea Laughing? (El bahr beyedhâk lîh)
Director Mohamed Kamel el Qalioubi
Photography Samir Bahzan
Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Hanan Shawki
Angles don't Inhabit Earth (El malâ’kah lâ taskon el ard)
Director Saad Arafa
Photography Diaa el Mahdi
Starring Mamdouh Abdel Aleem
1996
Nasser 56 (Nâsir setta wa khamsîn)
Director Mohamed Fadel
Photography Abdel Latif Fahmi, Essam Farid
Starring Ahmed Zaki, Fardous Abdel Hamid
The Gentleman (El gentîl)
Director Ali Abdel Khalek
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Elham Chahine
1997
Bekhit & Adila (Bekhît wa ‘Adîlah el gardal we-l-kanakah)
Director Nader Galal
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Adel Imam, Shérine
Woman and the Axe (El mar’ah wa-l-sâtour)
Director Marzouq
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Nabila Ebeid, Abou Bakr Ezzat
1998
The Hero (El batâl)
Director Magdi Ahmed Ali
Photography Tarek el Telmessani
Starring Ahmed Zaki, Mustafa Qamar
Pleasing Souls (Gabr el khawâtîr)
Director Atef el Tayeb
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Sherihan, Tarek Lotfi
Lace (Dantellâ)
Director Inas el Deghidi
Photography Magdi Radi
Starring Yousra, Mahmoud Hemeida
2000
Zanqet el Settat (Zanqet el settât)
Director Alaa Karim
Photography Samir Farag
Starring Fifi Abdou, Magued el Masri
A Man with a Past (Ragoul lahou mâdî)
Director Ahmed Yehia
Photography Samir Bahzan
Starring Kamal el Shennawi, Laila Eloui
Madness of Life (Gounoun el hayâh)
Director Marzouq
Photography Mohsen Nasr
Starring Elham Chahine, Mahmoud Kabil
2001
The Desire (El raghbâh)
Director Ali Badrakhan
Starring Nadia el Guindi, Elham Chahine
2003
Sleepless Nights (Sahâr el layâlî)
Director Hani Khalifa
Starring Shérif Mounir, Mona Zaki
2004
Alexandria. . .New York (Iskanderiya nouy yourk)
Director Youssef Chahine
Starring Yousra, Mahmoud Hemida
Beach Bum (Saye‘ bahr)
Director Ali Ragab
Starring Ahmed Helmi, Yasmine Abdel Aziz
Girls' Love (Houbb el banât)
Director Khaled Hagar
Starring Laila Eloui, Ashraf Abdel Baki
2005
Hamada Cast your Dice (Hamâdah yel‘ab)
Director Said Hamed
Starring Ahmed Rizk, Ghada Adel
Heads and Tails (Malek we kîtâbah)
Director Kamla Abou Zikri
Starring Mahmoud Hemeida, Hind Sabri
2006
Yaqoubiyan Building(‘Emâret Ya‘koubîyyân)
Director Marwan Hamed
Starring Adel Imam, Nour el Sherif
The Children Ran Away (El ‘iyâl herbît)
Director Magdi el Hawwari
Starring Hamada Helal, Mirna el Mohandes
References
Kassem, Mahmoud. Dalil el Aflam fi el Qarn el Eshreen fi Misr wa el Alam el Arabi. Cairo: Madbouli, 2002.
Abou Chadi, Ali. A Chronology of the Egyptian Cinema in Hundred Years 1896-1994. Cairo: Supreme Council for Culture, 1998.
