Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama (May 27, 1931 - January 17, 2015) was an Egyptian actress and producer. Dubbed "The Lady of the Arabic Screen", she was born in El Mansoura, Egypt. Her legendary journey started as a secret statement between a six-year-old girl and her father after they watched a film in their neighborhood theater, at which leading actress and producer Asya Dagher was present. Faten told her father that she felt the audience was applauding her as the leading actress, and her father hugged her with a vision of helping his daughter become a movie star. She won a contest for the most beautiful child in Egypt, and her dad sent her picture to director Muhammad Karim (a pioneer of Egyptian cinema). Karim was looking for a child for his new film with Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Faten auditioned for and got a role in this movie, Yom said (1940) ("A Happy Day"). She impressed the filmmakers so much during shooting that she was actually given more lines and scenes in the picture than were scripted initially for her. Karim put her under contract, and four years later he gave her a role in a film with Mohamed Abdel Wahab again, Russassa fil Kalb (1944) ("A Bullet in the Heart"). With her third movie with Karim, Dunia (1946), Faten showed filmmakers and audiences alike that she was an actress ready for bigger roles. Her father, along with her family, moved to Cairo to help her in her career. She also began studying her craft at the High Institute of Acting in 1946. Faten left Egypt from 1966-1971 because she resisted the political pressure that was applied to her. She divided her time between Lebanon and London, England. During this period Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asked some prominent critics and writers to try to persuade her to return to Egypt, saying that "Faten Hamama is a national treasure". Her return to Egypt in 1971 breathed life back into Egyptian cinema. She insisted that her films reflect the values of society through family relationships. Her first film upon return was Witch (a short film) with Salah Zulfikar. Her role in Emberatoriet Meem (1972) ("Empire M") as a widow with six children and the struggles she endured to raise them made the film a success both critically and financially, and she earned a special award from an organization in the Soviet Union when the film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival. Her film Orid Hallan (1975) ("I Need a Solution") which was produced by Salah Zulfikar was not only a big hit but resulted in changes to Egyptian marriage and divorce laws. Faten Hamama is the fourth Pyramid in Egyptian cinema, a legend in her platinum anniversary, the diamond that remained shining and kept glowing over the decades on the silver screen.
The Blazing Sun
as AmalA wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there...
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Dark Waters
as HamedahRagab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he...
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The Nightingale's Prayer
as AmnaThis compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the...
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Cairo
as AminaAn assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a...
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Sayedat el kasr
as SawsanA chance meeting at an auction brings together Sawsan, a working-class girl and Adel, heir to a...
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Son of the Nile
as ZebaidaHemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the...
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Land of Dreams
as NargesNarges prepares for immigration to America to join her kids, but she loses her passport before...
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Empire M
as MonaWell off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from...
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Sleepless
as Nadia LutfySpoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries...
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The Sin
as AzizaAziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is...
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Mouths and Rabbits
as NematA story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family...
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Bitter Day, Sweet Day
as Aisha (Mother)Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married...
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The Open Door
as Laila SlimanBased on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of...
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Bayoumi Afandi
as zenatThe film revolves around Bayoumi Mustafa Saati, a simple man whom all people love for his safety...
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The River of Love
as NawalNahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".
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Ways of the Heart
as KarimaA poor medical student, falls in love with her wealthy colleague who does not feel her at the...
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God Is on Our Side
as ناديةOfficer Emad says goodbye to his sweetheart Nadia as he goes to fight in the Palestine war. As...
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Appointment with Love
as NawalFaten Hamama plays Nawal, a journalist who meets Samir, a young man whom she encourages to...
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The Last Night
as Fawzia/NadiaA girl goes to sleep on her wedding night, wakes up 15 years later to find herself living a...
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Punishment
as uncreditedThe trio of a Wife and her lover plotting a murder for her husband. Their maid gets into Jail...
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Like A Matchstick
as uncreditedA comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the...
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Pity My Tears
as Amal AminWhen Amal's father falls on hard times, he sells his land to his neighbor, Mamdouh, who falls in...
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Baba Amin
as Huda1950 Cairo, Amin is a simple employee who lives with his family of three, his wife Zahira, son...
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House No. 13
as NadiaSherif visits a psychiatrist for his illness who exploits him to commit a murder by hypnotism.
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Qolob El Nas
as NeamaConditions worsen for the wealthy husband after he marries one of the dancers. He decides to...
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Appointment with Happiness
as Ehsan / AmalEhsan lives with her father, the caretaker of the house of a rich man who comes sporadically to...
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Witch
as uncreditedDelusions dominate Souad's mind and she believes that she can be with the person she loves...
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Chair of Confession
as uncreditedCardinal Giovanni (Yusuf Wehbe) falls into a difficult moral position, when (Estonzzi) confesses...
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Our Best Days
as HudaA poor girl lives on the rooftop of a building. Three young neighbors fall in love with her....
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Shadow of Treason
as NadiaSteve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages...
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The Thin Thread
as MonaA poor girl (Mona) who works as a simple employee at a bank and provides her family. Under the...
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Habibati
as Samia MahmoudA lonely Egyptian immigrant young man lives in a room in a building in Lebanon, barely keeps up...
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The Night of Fatima's Arrest
as FatmaGalal sends men from the mental hospital to Port Said to arrest his sister Fatma, using his...
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The Barred Road
as Fayza (teacher)Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try...
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Happy Day
as AneesaMuhammad Kamal, a simple young man on the tram, meets a girl he loves and shares his feelings...
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Among the Ruins
as MonaMona falls in love with her college professor Mahmoud despite the fact that he's a married man...
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A Tale Behind Every Door
as Sherin / Siham(A tale behind every door) A television movie consisting of four short films, written by the...
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I'll Never Cry
as HudaThe family of Abu Taqiyya holds the hostility to the pasha who obtained their land from a public...
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Land of Peace
as SalmaThe film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free...
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I Want This Man
as uncreditedA woman who believes that there’s nothing wrong with the idea of a woman proposing to a man,...
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Farewell My Love
as uncreditedThis love story is about two young lovers who dream of getting married, but they get separated...
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The Sun Will Never Set
as LaylaAn aristocratic family is torn down after the death of its patriarch. He leaves alone his widow...
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No Consolation For Women
as uncreditedRawya and her husband Hamdi get separated and she goes with her daughter to live in her father's...
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أسرار الناس
as uncreditedAfter serving his prison sentence, Mansour is released but tries to seduce the wife of the man...
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Tarek Al Amal
as uncreditedSunniyeh, the poor girl, lives with her mother sewing, and during the delivery of Suniyeh one of...
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A Bullet in the Heart
as NagwaMuhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play.
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Professor Fatima
as Fatima (Lawyer)The film's events take place in a comedic context, as Fatima (Faten Hamama) opens a law office....
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The Confession
as NawalAhmed and Nawal are childhood sweethearts. When Ahmed suddenly moves to Cairo and loses touch...
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The Great Clown
as uncreditedShehata Effendi is a clerk for a wealthy woman who is in dispute with her husband. Her husband...
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Love In The Darkness
as uncreditedNeamat lives with her father and sister, while their neighbor Ahmed lives with his criminal...
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Immortal Song
as Wafa Riyad HamdiWaheed (Farid Al Atrache), a famous music composer, meets Wafa' (Faten Hamama), a family member...
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أنا بنت ناس
as uncreditedA delicate girl grows up with a poor family despite her wealthy origins. She marries a guy who...
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I Won't Confess
as Amal (wife)Four months after Ahmed was the chief witness in a murder case, his wife receives a blackmail...
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Always With You
as TafidaA poor thief assigned her sister to deliver a stolen ring to her lover, but she did not know...
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I Want a Solution
as Doria AzmiIt is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a...
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Angels in Hell
as uncreditedAs a father doubts his paternity to his daughter, he leaves her as she falls prey to a...
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Love and Tears
as FatmaA dramatic love story about the daughter of a retired drunk fisherman and a marine officer.
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El Zuhur El Fatina
as uncreditedAziza is a mother of two girls who lives in an alley near the citadel. One of the girls is...
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The Lady of the House
as ElhamElham marries Nabil and moves to live with him in his mother's house. Her mother-in-law starts...
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Something in My Life
as AidaAida lives a quiet life with her much older husband. When she meets the young doctor Ahmed at...
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The Miracle
as LeilaA relationship of friendship and affection between the journalist Laila and Nuseela, and tries...
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Aisha
as AishaMadbouly forces his daughter to sell lottery tickets in cafes, while her two brothers work in...
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Big Love
as HananA poor girl develops a crush on a famous singer, so waits for the perfect opportunity to prove...
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Traces in the Sand
as RagiaA man suffering from delirium because of the secrets he hides.
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The Two Orphans
as uncreditedOn his way home one day, Morsi finds a child at the side of a road. He feels sorry for her, and...
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Story of a Lifetime
as NadiaMusician Farid lives a careless life, actress Laila loves him but he does not feel it, while...
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Till We Meet
as AmalAs a young actress falls in love with a famous writer, she finds herself facing a dilemma when...
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Ethics for Sale
as uncreditedA fantastical story about a husband who is troubled by mother-in-law, until he meets a man who...
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No Time for Love
as FawzyHamza "a member of the volunteer National Guard" meets up with the teacher Fawzya "Faten", after...
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The Song of Death
as uncreditedThe son refuses to take revenge for his father, so the mother orders one of her relatives to...
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Your Day Will Come
as EnsafWith her husband terminally ill, a wife becomes the target of her husband's friend who wants her...
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Sands of Gold
as ZebydaTarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym....
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The Virgin Wife
as MonaMona meets Magdy and Fouad in Alexandria and falls in love with Fouad who loves her back, but...
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The Time of Miracles
as uncreditedA woman aspires to get rich and surrenders to a wealthy old man who will marry her. The wife has...
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I Am the Past
as Samia FaridA man enters prison because of his brother-in-law and his mistress. After leaving prison, he...
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Appointment with Life
as AmalAmal and her friend Fatima are happily in love with Ahmed and Dr. Mamdouh respectively. After it...
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Money slaves
as فتحيةWahid and Mansour are friends, working in a drug trafficking gang, but Mansour is charged with...
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الملاك الظالم
as uncreditedWhen a young child sees her father leaving the room of a murdered woman, she mistakenly believes...
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Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
as Hekmat HashimHekmat, the principal of a school for girls, tries to put her educational theory into effect...
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