Gamil Ratib
Born Gameel Abu-Bakr Raateb (November 1928 – Cairo) is an Egyptian actor. In 1940s, Gameel first appeared in the film “Al-forsaan al-thalaatha i.e. The three musketeers”, his family refused the idea and his scenes were removed. Raateb traveled to Paris to study Law and Economy, yet he preferred studying Theatre and appeared in Shakespeare’s “Much ado without nothing (1947)”. To provide living expenses, Gameel worked in small jobs besides acting and then became a notable member of the “Comédie Française”. American filmmaker Carol Reed presented Gameel Raateb in “Trapeze (1956)” along with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Gameel also showed in many TV series like; “Rehlat al-million i.e. The journey to be a millionaire” and “Sonbol ba’d al-million i.e. Sonbol..a millionaire”. He played the villain his unique way and excelled in authoritarian and aristocrat roles especially with Faaten Hamaama in “Hekaaya waraa koll baab i.e. A story behind every door”.
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt...
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Trapeze
as StefanA pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when...
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A Summer in La Goulette
as Hadj BejiSummer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice...
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OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
as AkhomA secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a...
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Adieu Bonaparte
as BarthélémyThis big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a...
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Male Companion
as Le maharadjah (uncredited)A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on...
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The Baby Doll Night
as uncreditedHossam, an Egyptian tour guide working in the US, comes to Egypt on vacation during New Year's...
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El Keif
as uncreditedGamal sings at local weddings. His brother Salah, a chemist, tries to convince him to quit drugs...
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The Liar
as Sami KamalWhen Hamdy publishes an investigative report condemning the owner of a textile company and...
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Nawara and the Beast
as Taher BeyIn one of the villages, the big landowners are fighting over buying the largest percentages of...
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Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab
as Saeed JaberThe prisoner Hassan confesses to Lieutenant Bahaa that the leader of the drug gang who caused...
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The North Star
as Nemrod LobetoumEdouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is...
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Taimour & Shafi'aa
as uncreditedTaymour and Shafika have grown up together as next door neighbours and are deeply in love....
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Face to Face
as Philip John - archaeologistThe police officer assigns Rifaat, Helmy’s brother, who is one of the dangerous individuals...
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The Innocent
as Dr. Ali KhalefaA simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that...
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The Aquarium
as Youssef's FatherYoussef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the...
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Whom Should We Shoot?
as Rushdy Abdul BaqiThe film describes the political and economical corruption in 70s’ Egypt, through the...
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Birds of Darkness
as Minister Rushdi Al-KhayalThree lawyers, brought by friendship but separated by interests, Fathi Nofal, who turns from a...
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Stand-by
as DoctorA woman remains in an airport after her husband announces he wants a divorce, just before they...
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Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes
as IgorianA spy is instructed to investigate a case of arms and women trafficking covered behind a funeral...
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Turk's Head
as AramA 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children...
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The Serpent of Death
as OmarAn archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.
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The Asphalt Kings
as AbdullahA raucous and amazingly irreverent look at contemporary Cairo, THE ASPHALT KING centers on...
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Behind The University's Walls
as uncreditedUniversity professor Ramsey returns from London after obtaining a PhD in English literature. He...
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La Mort de Pompée
as uncreditedPolitical ambitions sometimes lead to the downfall of those who formulate them. For Ptolemy,...
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El-Arafa
as Al-KafrawiThe events of the film revolve around the university student (Samia Abu Al-Saad), who is...
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A traveler without a road
as uncreditedOsama is a visual artist. He decides to travel to Luxor to search for the secrets of the...
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Monelle
as Spectator at the concert (uncredited)A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.
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The Pasha's daughter
as Ibrahim Pasha Al-ManasterlyThe government nationalizes Ibrahim's property and places him under house arrest, and Umm...
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To Commit a Murder
as BelloumA writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
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Shafiqa and Metwally
as أفنديناThe authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his...
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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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OSS 117 Is Not Dead
as uncreditedOSS 117 is asked for help by a female acquaintance Muriel Rousset. She beseeches him to retrieve...
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Love Trip
as Ezz BecTwo orphan teachers graduate from one of the shelters in Alexandria heading to Cairo to work in...
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Rise to the Abyss
as AdmonAbla travels to France and gets recruited by the Mossad under the pretext of working as a...
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Young Wolves
as Prince LinzaniAlain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same...
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First Year of Love
as uncreditedA young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister...
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The Magician
as ElbashaBahgat Mansour is an old poor magician that lives a bad life and tries to get a better one by...
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Shaaban Below Zero
as Abdul Jawad Al-Ghatrifi(Shaaban), a simple employee loves his colleague (Zeinab). The millionaire (Ghatrifi) dies, so...
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First Time in Love
as uncreditedThe film revolves around a young man, who lives with his uncle after the death of his father. He...
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From First Sight
as uncreditedAkram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds...
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Kaydahonna Azeem
as uncreditedTeacher Abu Al-Atawf agrees with teacher Atta on the marriage of his son Ibrahim and her...
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
as uncreditedThe biography of the iconic leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, from his birth to igniting the revolution...
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The Three Fools
as AhmedThree friends roam the villa of Ahmed, but he manages to show them that they are not thieves....
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Enough, my heart
as راشدAfter a love affair that shattered her heart due to different social classes , A woman decides...
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Ali Beh Mazhar and 40 Thieves
as uncreditedSimple young man Ali Mazhar dreams of being rich fast because he thinks he has super mental...
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The Beginning
as NabehAfter a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their...
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The Dwarfs Are Coming
as uncreditedShehab the advertising director, makes a successful ad campaign for the opening of a disco,...
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Sanawat Al Khatar
as Ahmed Al-ManasterlyWael and his sister Marwa suffer from their parents being busy with them. Their father, Ahmed,...
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The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as uncreditedOn the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and...
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Halet Talaboss
as HazemGhada is a police officer. Her brother falls prey to bad friends and dies after taking a large...
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A woman in my blood
as uncreditedAhmed gets acquainted with Laila and relates to her, and she agrees to marry Omar without...
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Wanees' Family
as uncreditedThe play Wanis talks about the famous family, which is the family of Wanis, but several...
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بيت بلا حنان
as الأسطى رجبMother Fatima controls her children. Her eldest son Essam challenges her and urges his brothers...
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Love in a Jail Cell
as الشرنوبي - رجل الأعمال الفاسدA wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married...
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Still Waters Run Deep
as Monsieur LambertDespite his lifelong efforts, Jean is one of those unfortunate men who can never understand...
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Yesterday
as Virgile50-year-old Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. But...
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The Lorry
as uncreditedBeing of different social classes, Faidy objects to wedding his daughter Salwa to Samir and...
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Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat
as مصطفىHassan abandoned his fiancée Laila and married her friend Nargis, who is accused of killing...
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A Tale Behind Every Door
as Engineer Ahmed Seif El-Din(A tale behind every door) A television movie consisting of four short films, written by the...
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Genius Five
as uncreditedMahmood, an engineer, receives support from his lover, Aisha, as he attempts to make an...
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Night of Destiny
as uncreditedMr. Slimami is an Algerian retiree living in Paris who witnesses a murder while taking a walk...
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Kwaml's House
as فهميFarida (Nadia al-Jundi), the owner of the house, decides to demolish the house and build a large...
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Checkmate
as uncreditedDuring a visit to another country, a coup d'état occurs against a state ruler. Meanwhile, a girl...
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Fattah Tabhas Aaan El Hob
as uncreditedFathia runs a small restaurant for the mine workers, and her daughter helps her, who has no one...
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The Lady from Cairo
as uncreditedIn 1990, Moumen Smihi briefly re-located to Cairo in order to work in the shadow of one of the...
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La Fortune de Gaspard
as FéréorGaspard is a brilliant pupil who makes a clean sweep of all the prizes every year. He despises...
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Jusqu'au bout de la nuit
as RousseauFrançois, perpetual rebel against society and its laws, is released after a long imprisonment,...
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L'Atlantide
as Ben CheikhTwo young French officers get lost in the Sahara desert and find themselves prisoners of...
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The Third Class
as OufA group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the...
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Fearful Embraces
as uncreditedPrince is leading a drug trafficking ring. He controls the gang members through a weakness in...
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Time Conqueror
as uncreditedFekry is a journalist who discovers that there some patients disappear suspiciously from a...
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The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
as CommentaryIn this socio-political short, film director Daoud Abdel Sayed discusses, from a biased...
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Poussière de diamant
as uncreditedDirected by Fahdel Jaibi and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud.
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Un nuage dans un verre d'eau
as Monsieur NounYoung Anna is from Romania and old Noun is from Egypt. They are neighbours in a rundown building...
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Réseau secret
as Ben SalemWar criminals, escaped from Germany, joining the network in Morocco where, before going to South...
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They're Stealing Millions
as uncreditedTwo friends are thrown in jail for charges of sorcery, and they meet inside a famous businessman...
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L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées
as uncreditedAfter a Parisian haute couture house is robbed and jewels stolen, Commissaire Legrand leads the...
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The Mermaid
as uncreditedA love story grows between a young Lebanese man and an Egyptian girl, the young singer tries to...
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The Curse
as uncreditedJournalist Hamdi enters the mental hospital, claiming that he is mentally disturbed to...
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Wanees's Diaries
as Abu Al Fadl Jadallah Ewees Abdulhaq أبو الفضلWanees and Maysa are proud parents who want what's best for their four children. They teach them...
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Drug Habit
as uncreditedBased on the film with the same name, the series deals with the issue of drugs and their deadly...
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Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
as uncreditedAfter Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750...
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Jews Alley
as uncreditedThe series depicts the period between the 23rd of July's revolution and the Suez Crisis, through...
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Fear Doors
as uncreditedAdam Yassin is a journalist and a translator who has an interest in the paranormal. As he...
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Horseless Knight
as RichardHafez Naguib was raised between his mother's sophisticated family, and his father's poor and...
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Seyam Seyam
as إسماعيلFasting is not all fasting, this is what the series explains through Professor Siam, who...
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The Harbor and the Sailor
as uncreditedThe story of the struggle of El Araby who owns a fleet of fishing boats in Alexandria but he...
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Family Size
as uncreditedThis comedy series tells the story of Nader, an ex-ambassador, who decides to leave the...
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Rehlet El Melyon
as uncreditedSonbol (Muhammad Subhi) goes to (Cairo) in search of work, and there he lives with his uncle,...
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The sea said
as الدكتور تيمورSalem falls into the trap of greed when he finds a treasure in a well in the seabed, and soon...
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Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
as uncreditedHekmat, the principal of a school for girls, tries to put her educational theory into effect...
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Sonbol Baad Al Milyoun
as uncreditedAfter Sonbol (Mohamed Sobhi) manages to collect a million pounds in his journey in the first...
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Price of Fear
as uncreditedThe events revolve around (Jaber), who returns to his town after several years he spent...
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The White Flag
as uncreditedAccording to a true story, a frantic struggle does not end between two parties in Alexandria,...
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Shams
as نورThe story follows a woman called Shams who's very attached to her father. After a failed...
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The wife is first to know
as uncreditedThe story of the series revolves around four friends who decide to rent an apartment to make it...
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