Abdel Warith Assir

Born: 1894-09-16

Born in Gammaleyya (popular district in Cairo) to a lawyer father, Abdul Waareth loved reading and became a connoisseur of Arabic Language. Though he joined the faculty of law, yet he left it after his father’s death to take care of their land. Meanwhile as a great fan of acting and arts he joined The George Abyad Troupe in 1912. His first small role was that of actor keen to which he was trained on by actor Mansy Fahmy. Amr Wasfy the troupe manger then gave him the role of an elderly person. The role that never parted him. In 1935, he started acting on the silver screen. Alongside with acting he had a job as a clerk in the ministry of finance. As Abdul Waareth was a talented writer he wrote a big number of radio series and film scripts including “Zeinab”, the cinema speaking version. He also wrote and adapted four plays together with Soulaymaan Nagueeb. Abdul Waareth excelled in the art of speech and taught it at The Higher Institute of Cinema since its establishment in 1959 until 1967. For TV her acted in TV series “Ahlaam al-fata al-taa’er i.e. Dreams of a flying guy”. He received the best script award for “Gonoun al-hobb i.e. Love madness”. He was also awarded the State Award and Medal of Arts by president Sadaat. Through his great talent of speech and intonation he deeply touched the heart and conscience of the audience thus creating his special way of performance and becoming a phenomenal speaker.


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The Blazing Sun

as Saber
Released: 1954-03-01

A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there...

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The Land

as Mayor
Released: 1970-01-26

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be...

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Alexandria… Why?

as The Sheikh
Released: 1979-08-23

Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a...

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The Sparrow

as uncredited
Released: 1974-08-26

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young...

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The Empty Pillow

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-02

Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his...

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Land of Peace

as Mazen (Salma's father)
Released: 1957-01-02

The film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free...

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The Sinners

as نجيب
Released: 1976-09-23

Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into...

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Ismail Yassine In NAVY

as المعلم حنفى / أبو نادية / وعم رجب
Released: 1957-11-11

The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects...

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Alley of The Pestle

as Hajj Kamel
Released: 1963-09-21

This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story...

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The Flirtation of Girls

as مرزوق أفندي
Released: 1949-09-22

Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not...

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Wafaa

as Ibrahim
Released: 1953-10-27

Amina lives in Al-Saqqa neighborhood. She becomes seriously ill and is forced to be transferred...

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Love never dies

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-04

Raqia loves her neighbor Fouad and they promise to get married, but unfortunately for the girl,...

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Zeinab

as uncredited
Released: 1930-04-09

Zeinab, a simple worker in a farm falls in love with her supervisor but she is forced by her...

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Shafiqa and Metwally

as الجد
Released: 1978-11-27

The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his...

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Les Miserables

as uncredited
Released: 1978-05-14

Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a poor man is sent to prison after stealing a loaf of bread. He...

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Pity My Tears

as Fahmy
Released: 1954-10-31

When Amal's father falls on hard times, he sells his land to his neighbor, Mamdouh, who falls in...

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شجرة العائلة

as شعبان عبد الباسط
Released: 1960-10-05

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Samson the mighty

as uncredited
Released: 1948-04-11

The mighty Samson decides to take revenge on the ruler who assassinated his bride on their...

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The Leech

as عم حسبو
Released: 1956-01-09

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar...

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Adham Al-Sharqawi

as Ashour Effendi
Released: 1964-06-28

The story of the Arabic Robin Hood, the legendary local hero Adham Al-Sharqawi who persisted in...

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Anbar

as Rashwan Pasha
Released: 1948-11-01

Vim Anbar is a lyrical comedy film starring Laila Murad and Anwar Wagdy with a group of stars...

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The technical secretary

as الشيخ خميس أبو العزايم
Released: 1968-03-29

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Dalila

as Mr. Hosni
Released: 1956-10-15

Poor young man Mahmoud Fathi electrician and loves music and composing, live in the same House...

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Melody of Devotion

as Dongle
Released: 1955-03-01

The famous musician, Allam, is the son of his friend Jalal, who loves to sing. Jalal recognizes...

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The Public Prosecutor

as العم
Released: 1946-05-20

A tough-on-crime public prosecutor's world is turned upside down when his son is accused of...

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Ashab El Saadah

as uncredited
Released: 1946-04-01

A wealthy man with a circle of friends falls seriously ill. The son quickly arrives with his...

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Don't cry, my love of life

as Sheikh Abdullah
Released: 1979-08-20

A successful neurosurgeon challenges death with God's help and his knowledge in operations with...

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Nahed

as Amin Bey - Nahed's uncle
Released:

A girl is married to a doctor and they are living a love story. She was the target of all the...

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Fatma, Marika & Rachel

as Youssef's father
Released: 1949-07-25

A drama directed by Helmy Rafla, featuring Nelly Mazloum.

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The Mountain

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-29

A young architect struggles to convince a superstitious community, in thrall to antiquity...

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Kesat Hoby

as uncredited
Released: 1955-11-06

A famous singer who abstains from marriage meets a girl at a charity party and they fall in love...

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طريق السعادة

as أبو عليّة وأمينة
Released: 1953-04-16

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Heart of Gold

as Abdulkarim
Released: 1959-02-02

One day, while Nadia is returning by car at night, she hits a woman with her car and she is...

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Ghosn Al-Zaytoun

as خليل أفندي
Released: 1962-04-26

The film's events revolve around Abdo (Ahmed Mazhar), who works as a teacher in a girls' school...

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Your Day Will Come

as المعلم شحاتة / مالك الحمام
Released: 1951-11-19

With her husband terminally ill, a wife becomes the target of her husband's friend who wants her...

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Tears of Love

as Sheikh Dasouki Ibrahim
Released: 1935-12-23

A young man with a talent for singing cannot find his way in it. He finds work as a driver for a...

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The Madness Of Love

as Ibrahim
Released: 1954-02-02

Nadia is suffering chronic depression and thinks of committing suicide. Mohamed tries to help...

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Leila Raheeba

as uncredited
Released: 1957-12-26

The story revolves around the successful doctor (Majdi), and his beautiful fiancée Munira,...

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Foreman Hassan

as عم بيومي
Released: 1952-06-23

Hassan, a worker in a lathe workshop, is dissatisfied with his livelihood and his harsh...

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Happy Day

as uncredited
Released: 1940-01-15

Muhammad Kamal, a simple young man on the tram, meets a girl he loves and shares his feelings...

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Lovers Village

as uncredited
Released: 1954-11-29

In one of the villages, a love story develops between Fatima and Abdul Karim, but before...

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Where Did You Get This

as uncredited
Released: 1952-06-09

The story revolves around Wahid, a medical student, who lives with a scientist who invented a...

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Desire and Price

as Mustafa
Released: 1978-09-03

A crime occurs in a pension. The police force moves from the station to find the dead man in his...

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Anklet Ring

as uncredited
Released: 1955-07-25

A homeless girl after her father dies, lives on the kindness of an old man who checks up on her....

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The Shore of Memories

as uncredited
Released: 1955-11-21

Before his death, the captain of the boats, Hussein, calls on his stepson to recommend his real...

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Land of Dreams

as Haj Ali
Released: 1956-03-11

The engineer Ahmed works in the land of Abdel Sattar Bey. He falls in love with his daughter Amina

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Life's Wishes

as Atiwa
Released: 1955-04-11

The film revolves around a lawyer who inherits a huge fortune and falls in love with his...

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Sheikh Hassan

as uncredited
Released: 1954-10-04

Sheikh Hassan loves Louisa, the sister of his friend's student, they get married against the...

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The General Inspector

as العمده
Released: 1956-10-19

The story revolves around the mayor of Morschi married to a dancer whose son was born from his...

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Abo Hadeed

as Jaber
Released: 1958-12-29

Al-Hanash wants to marry the daughter of Jaber, his assistant in drug trafficking, in exchange...

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Four Girls and an Officer

as Marzouk
Released: 1954-03-28

The correctional officer prefers good treatment with the female inmates, while the director...

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A Voice From The Past

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-24

Hamdi, a young boy meets his mother in a dream. She tells hims three things that are going to...

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Professor Fatima

as Omar Abu Adel
Released: 1952-02-21

The film's events take place in a comedic context, as Fatima (Faten Hamama) opens a law office....

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Om Hashim's Lamp

as Hajj Rajab
Released: 1968-11-04

This 1968 film adaptation of Yahya Haqqi's 1943 novel "The Lamp of Om Hashem" explores the...

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Wakeful Eyes

as Saber Efendi
Released: 1956-10-01

Fatima lives with her father who moves from one house to another. She's in love with her...

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Finally I got married

as uncredited
Released: 1942-08-01

The events of the film take place in a dramatic social context, where a playboy young man from a...

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The Estranged Brothers

as Haj Saleh الحاج صالح
Released: 1974-10-14

The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his...

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Love Is Forbidden

as Abdel Ghafar Pasha
Released: 1942-02-01

Romeo and Juliet set in 1940's Egypt. Two families are feuding but their children love each...

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Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna

as uncredited
Released: 1953-11-01

An orphan girl from a wealthy family, lives with her depressed, withdrawn father, and falls in...

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Fi Sharaa Meen

as uncredited
Released: 1953-03-12

Zakia is a reckless woman who pushes her husband to deal in drugs in order to provide the money...

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Aqwa Min Al-Ayam

as uncredited
Released: 1979-02-26

Haniyeh exchanges love with Ismail, and refuses Morsi, who wants to marry her. Morsi rapes...

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The Stranger

as uncredited
Released: 1956-02-26

Hajj Kamel picks up a little boy from the street, whose family and relatives refused to shelter...

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A Bullet in the Heart

as ابو العزايم - الشحات
Released: 1944-03-27

Muhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play. Mohsen is a reckless young man...

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The Scornful Man

as zaater
Released: 1956-05-07

When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him....

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Love In The Darkness

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-08

Neamat lives with her father and sister, while their neighbor Ahmed lives with his criminal...

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Mid-night driver

as Uncle Jad Abu Badriya
Released: 1958-02-17

A teacher loves Usta Hassan, the driver of a transport vehicle, and she tries to seduce him in...

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Salamah

as ابو الوفا
Released: 1945-04-09

The events of the film revolve in the era of the Umayyad dynasty, around the shepherd (Salama),...

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Assaad El Ayam

as Mamun
Released: 1954-07-19

Morsi is a government employee and works in one of the companies. The company decides to...

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Al-Malak Al-Zalem

as uncredited
Released: 1954-05-31

When a young child sees her father leaving the room of a murdered woman, she mistakenly believes...

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Zeinab

as سلامه
Released: 1952-05-01

adaptation of Mohamed Hussein Heikal novel.

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El Doctor

as Sheikh Abdel Fattah
Released: 1939-01-23

Dr. Hamed decides to marry Ehsan. Ehsan travels with her parents to Hamed's town. Her mother is...

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Khan El-Khalili

as uncredited
Released: 1966-01-12

Ahmed is forced to interrupt his studies in order to support his family and for his younger...

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Appointment with Happiness

as uncredited
Released: 1954-12-27

Ehsan lives with her father, the caretaker of the house of a rich man who comes sporadically to...

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Confused Hearts

as uncredited
Released: 1956-04-13

A girl inherits from her mother the estate that she owned. After getting fed up from her...

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Adam and Eve

as Sherif
Released: 1951-05-07

Two friends, Sami, a journalist, and Mukhtar, a businessman, marry two sisters, Fatima and Azza,...

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I'm No Angel

as Shaheen Effendi - Factory Manager
Released: 1946-10-28

Lawyer Raouf meets Yasriya Hanem, the daughter of Hassan Bey Abu El-Dahab, and falls in love...

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Faik we Rayek

as uncredited
Released: 1951-11-29

The singer Raik launches his wife, Ashwaq for the third time, and after a period reviewing...

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Always With You

as Madbouly
Released: 1954-08-02

A poor thief assigned her sister to deliver a stolen ring to her lover, but she did not know...

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Shamshon and Leblb

as Radwan/Loza’s father
Released: 1952-04-17

The story revolves around (Llbb), who lives quietly in a popular neighborhood, and wins from his...

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Long Live Love!

as Radwan Pasha - Mohamed Fathy's father
Released: 1938-01-24

Mohamed Fathy rents a new apartment facing the palace of Taher Pasha, Nadia's father. A...

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Appointment with Life

as uncredited
Released: 1953-12-14

Amal and her friend Fatima are happily in love with Ahmed and Dr. Mamdouh respectively. After it...

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The People Inside

as uncredited
Released: 1969-04-28

Amal, who decided to move away from Cairo in an isolated isolation of Saloum in an attempt to...

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Eayida

as uncredited
Released: 1942-02-12

Aida is an Egyptian musical produced in 1942, scripted and directed by Ahmed Badrakhan and the...

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Hokm Elqawi

as uncredited
Released: 1951-02-27

Medhat and Kassem are partners who find themselves at odds when Kassem first dissolves their...

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Bayoumi Afandi

as sheikh darweesh
Released: 1949-12-29

The film revolves around Bayoumi Mustafa Saati, a simple man whom all people love for his safety...

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Mawa'ed Ma' Almady

as Abdul Wahab
Released: 1961-02-01

Hamdi (Salah Zulfikar), the son of a factory owner, falls in love with Fatima (Mariam Fakhr...

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Bnt alshshati

as Hajj Ali
Released: 1952-08-28

Zainab's father dies, so Mohsen, the owner of the company where Zainab's father worked, marries...

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The Big House

as uncredited
Released: 1949-02-28

A courtesan sets her net around a great surgeon, chasing and seducing him until she succeeds in...

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Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-08-05

After Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750...

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My Dear Children, Thank You

as الحاج عبد الفضيل
First aired: 1979-07-25

After the father, Abdo, passes sixty, he retires from his job. He starts discovering new things...

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