Shoukry Sarhan

Born: 1925-03-13

Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo. His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Ibn El-Nile "Son of the Nile". Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President Gamal Abdel Nasser honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El abd Ala Fatema "The Night of Fatima's Arrest". which was directed by Henry Barakat. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema, he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sarhan's last movie was El-Gablawi in 1991. He died in 1997.


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Rayya and Sekina

as أمين
Released: 1952-02-23

In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city....

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Return Of The Prodigal Son

as Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
Released: 1976-09-24

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his...

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The Postman

as Abbas
Released: 1968-04-15

Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a...

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The Thief and the Dogs

as سعيد مهران
Released: 1962-11-12

This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a...

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The Barred Road

as Ahmed
Released: 1958-04-22

Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try...

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Son of Cleopatra

as Akro
Released: 1964-12-31

In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a...

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The Second Wife

as Abu el Ela أبو العلا
Released: 1967-10-14

A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village...

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Port Said

as Fathy
Released: 1957-07-08

The events take place during the tripartite aggression against the city of Port Said, through...

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Al safira Aziza

as أحمد
Released: 1961-01-30

Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in...

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Millione Guinee

as uncredited
Released: 1953-12-07

When Zomorod Agha dies leaving a huge fortune, the heirs are shocked to learn that Falafel the...

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The Rebels

as الدكتور عزيز
Released: 1968-01-02

A sick doctor is admitted to an isolated sanatorium located in the middle of a desolate desert....

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A woman on the Road

as حسنين فرج الصعيدي
Released: 1958-12-22

A man lives with a former belly dancer who has agreed to marry him, even if she prefers his...

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I Am Free

as عباس صفوت
Released: 1959-01-02

Part of a trilogy by Salah Abu Seif about women’s empowerment. The film takes place in late...

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Om Hashim's Lamp

as Dr. Ismail 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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Visitor at Dawn

as Shafiq Ibrahim
Released: 1975-03-03

Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The...

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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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People's secrets

as uncredited
Released: 1951-12-31

After serving his prison sentence, Mansour is released but tries to seduce the wife of the man...

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Tarek Al Amal

as uncredited
Released: 1957-11-28

Sunniyeh, the poor girl, lives with her mother sewing, and during the delivery of Suniyeh one of...

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صراع العشاق

as محسن النجعاوي
Released: 1981-05-25

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The Leech

as إمام بلتاجي
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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Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-14

Almaz goes from a simple worker to one of the brightest singing stars during the reign of...

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The Next-Door Girl

as Omar Al-Labban
Released: 1964-04-21

A drug dealer in love with university student Ikhlas resorts to taking revenge when she refuses...

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ُُThe Student and the Teacher

as وحيد فريد
Released: 1968-11-04

Salwa who enters an institution because of a crime she committed, falls in love with her music...

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Kiss Me in the Dark

as حسين كحك
Released: 1959-01-01

Lula's father Abdel Hamid loses his wallet. Hussain finds it, and returns it to Abdel Hamid ....

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Hassan, Morcos and Cohen

as احمد منصور
Released: 1954-05-31

Hassan, Morcos and Cohen are the owners of a drug store, and Abbas is the only worker in the...

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The Sun Will Never Set

as Ahmed
Released: 1961-12-25

An aristocratic family is torn down after the death of its patriarch. He leaves alone his widow...

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Beware of Pickpockets

as ضابط بوليس
Released: 1949-11-07

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علشان عيونك

as فوزى
Released: 1954-04-29

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A Forbidden Story

as uncredited
Released: 1963-03-13

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Ghadab El Waledain

as uncredited
Released: 1952-03-17

One of the office boys in a company succeeds in finding a job for his newly graduated son at his...

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Salwa fi mahab el rih

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-23

Salwa is a girl whose father died and her grandfather takes care of her. After her mother grows,...

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رجل زائد عن الحاجة

as Hafez Abdel-Maboud
Released: 1972-08-24

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Three Women

as Youssef
Released: 1969-01-27

Three different stories about three women. Three women, the first (Hana), who loves (Adel), but...

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The Name Caller

as Hamed
Released: 1975-09-29

Hamed leaves his hometown and goes to Cairo to work as a gatekeeper in a building. He marries...

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I Love you Hassan

as Hassan
Released: 1958-04-14

The story of Hassan, a wealthy young man whose father seeks to marry him to his cousin, whom he...

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Thaman Al-Hob

as Salah Alawi
Released: 1963-11-25

Alawi Bey squanders his wealth and seizes his late brother's estate and property. He did not...

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Years of love

as Adel
Released: 1963-06-13

The work revolves around the love story between Nadia and Adel. On the day they agree to meet,...

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Pity My Tears

as Adel Amin
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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A Bachelor’s Life

as عمر
Released: 1963-01-07

Omar is a single employee who loves his neighbor Hoda, but her father refuses their marriage....

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Alhaqibat alsawda

as إسماعيل
Released: 1964-04-06

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Struggle of the Heroes

as الدكتور شكري
Released: 1962-01-02

A difficult period in Egypt in the year 1947, when the villages of Egypt attacked cholera. A...

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Hekayet Gawaz

as Mohammed محمد
Released: 1964-10-18

On the night of the wedding of Mohamed (Shukry Sarhan) with Adela (Souad Hosny), a letter...

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Orphans' money

as Sami, son of Sheikh Saleh
Released: 1952-01-01

A family whose breadwinner dies, leaving his wife and university-student daughter in the care of...

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Incident of Dishonor

as uncredited
Released: 1971-09-06

One of the beauties of the estate lives with her sister and her brother-in-law. As a man...

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The Upper Egyptian Man

as أبو شنب
Released: 1987-03-16

American archaeologist Joe comes to Egypt to search for treasures of the Pharaohs, and it turns...

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Women Can’t Lie

as Kamal
Released: 1954-10-11

A man and a woman get married, but soon the husband suffers a lot of boredom and anger because...

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El Zuhur El Fatina

as Baher
Released: 1952-08-28

Aziza is a mother of two girls who lives in an alley near the citadel. One of the girls is...

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April Fool

as حسني شركس
Released: 1954-08-08

Ismail wants to grab his wife's Turkish money, claiming that he has the children of a former...

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The Night Of Fatima's Arrest

as Elsayed سيد
Released: 1984-03-26

Galal sends men from the mental hospital to Port Said to arrest his sister Fatma, using his...

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We the Students

as حسنين
Released: 1959-01-02

Directed by Atef Salem.

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طريق الأبطال

as حمدي عبد العزيز
Released: 1961-03-13

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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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Son of the Nile

as حمدان / حميد
Released: 1951-01-10

Hemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the...

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The Bread Seller

as Medhat Hammad Al-Minyawi
Released: 1953-08-17

A husband dies,leaving his wife Khadija and their two children, Nemat and Sami behind. Khadija...

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Kollohom Awlady

as Amin
Released: 1962-09-23

A father with three children: (Amin) a lawyer, (Salem) a police officer, (Medhat) who hopes to...

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El Murra El Maghoula

as Abbas
Released: 1959-12-07

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Hayati Inta

as Rushdy
Released: 1952-09-29

The film's events revolve around (Samir), a hardworking young man who is finishing his...

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Qolob El Nas

as Qassim
Released: 1954-02-01

Conditions worsen for the wealthy husband after he marries one of the dancers. He decides to...

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El naas makamat

as Gamal
Released: 1954-07-05

Riyad Pasha frequents a gambling den run by an outlaw with his family. In this den, the Pasha...

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The Divorcees

as Adel
Released: 1975-04-21

After Samia marries Mahmoud, she finds out that he's cheating on her. She gets divorced and...

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Something in my Chest

as Muhammad Efendi ElSayed
Released: 1971-08-30

Hussein Shaker is a man with dictatorial power, he tries to put one of his colleagues under...

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Legitimate Father

as كرم - ضيف شرف
Released: 1988-02-13

Sharifa is a middle-aged woman whose life is dedicated to managing the textile factory that she...

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Ana bint Nass

as uncredited
Released: 1951-08-13

A delicate girl grows up with a poor family despite her wealthy origins. She marries a guy who...

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The Headmaster Woman

as دكتور فريد
Released: 1968-09-09

Hoda, a student in a boarding school, is neglected by her father at the behest of his wife. On...

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Hikaya min Baladina

as Morsy
Released: 1969-02-24

The mayor of an Upper Egyptian village has monopoly over beans which harms the simple villagers...

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The Sky Devils

as Farghaly
Released: 1956-04-02

Farghali, Awad, and Ahmed are three soldiers who meet for the first time after a successful...

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Sweet Aziza

as أحمد رأفت
Released: 1969-09-01

Aziza is a beautiful dancer from Mansoura, after she rejects the mayor's son who loves her, he...

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شريك حياتى

as مدحت
Released: 1953-03-23

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College Girls

as murad
Released: 1971-01-11

The lives of a group of girls who depart from the strict world of school to the open world of...

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Kisma wa Nassib

as Samir
Released: 1950-10-09

Asem is a happy husband and father of two children. He works for the wealthy Fouad and Fouad's...

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Albi Ala Waldi

as Rauoof
Released: 1953-03-23

A dancer takes advantage of Taher and takes his money. Taher gives her whatever money she asks...

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The Fools Alley

as طة - صبى العجلاتى
Released: 1955-01-02

Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could...

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Shayatteen El-bahr

as ضابط المباحث
Released: 1972-01-24

Hamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood,...

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God Is on Our Side

as محسن
Released: 1955-01-02

Officer Emad says goodbye to his sweetheart Nadia as he goes to fight in the Palestine war. As...

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Dearest Beloved

as مختار
Released: 1961-04-03

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug...

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مملكة النساء

as uncredited
Released: 1955-01-01

Kawther is married to a women's rights advocate who conducts interviews, seminars and articles...

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Our Green land

as uncredited
Released: 1956-10-23

The peasant lives with his wife and child a happy life on an estate owned by a feudal lord, who...

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Why Am I Living

as صلاح درويش
Released: 1961-01-23

A good-hearted young man who's his family's sole source of financial support falls in love with...

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Stillness of the Storm

as uncredited
Released: 1965-08-16

When her mother dies, the responsibility of keeping the family together falls on Sawsan, who...

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Return My Heart

as علي
Released: 1957-12-10

In Egypt forties and before the 14th of July revolution in 1952, a poor family lives in a...

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Aziza

as uncredited
Released: 1954-11-01

Aziza is a show dancer who's supporting her young sister. She lives in trouble because of the...

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بين قلبين

as وهيب
Released: 1953-01-01

A nurse succeeds in replacing the infant (Rashad), the son of her sister with the baby girl...

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El avocato Madiha

as uncredited
Released: 1950-04-10

Muhammad Effendi is a graduate of the College of Agriculture and adheres to traditions. He works...

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El ashkiaa el talata

as حسين
Released: 1962-01-29

Ahmed attends college while his friend Ramzi inherits a great legacy after the death of his...

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Malaekat el-Shaware

as Dr. Adel Amin
Released: 1985-04-01

The film revolves around Sherifa, the Pasha's daughter, who marries Adel, the driver's son, and...

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Guard Dogs

as uncredited
Released: 1984-05-14

Effat leads a gang in the port that smuggles spoiled food and drugs, relying on higher...

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Appointment with Life

as Ahmed
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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Waraa Al-Shams

as Dr. Hossam د. حسام
Released: 1978-09-03

"Behind the Sun" clearly identifies the time identity of his film. It follows the horrific...

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Eghraa

as Hussein
Released: 1957-12-23

The events revolve around the character of the girl Nemat (Sabah), who aspires to have a...

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Goodbye, Night

as Ahmed
Released: 1966-08-24

Ahmed is a college student who dedicates his life to patriotic work in the wake of a classmate's...

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Hob Min Narr

as أحمد
Released: 1958-02-24

Two young men, Ahmed and Mohamed, who live in Port Said, develop feelings for the same girl,...

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Zanuba

as Hosny
Released: 1956-12-11

(Atiya Abu Hadid) is a thug and a thief who leads a gang to commit his crimes. He loves one of...

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The Rain Stopped

as uncredited
Released: 1967-09-04

A group of farmers move to a government appointed land after their own land is taken away from...

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The Fugitive

as Dr. Mamdouh
Released: 1958-10-20

A mayor agrees to marry his daughter Zainab to her cousin against her will, so she escapes and...

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نداء الحب

as حماده
Released: 1956-04-30

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Serr el hareba

as Ahmed أحمد
Released: 1963-08-04

After Ismail’s father Ismail is killed, and his mother marries the owner of the company that his...

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Nadia

as uncredited
Released: 1949-02-07

After their parents' death, Nadia dedicates her life to her younger siblings Mounir and Soraya,...

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Araess fil mazad

as uncredited
Released: 1955-01-22

A father sees that he marries his three daughters from wealthy men in order to guarantee them a...

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Chair of Confession

as uncredited
Released: 1949-01-01

Cardinal Giovanni (Yusuf Wehbe) falls into a difficult moral position, when (Estonzzi) confesses...

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Flame

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-26

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A Man in My Life

as uncredited
Released: 1961-06-21

As Hamdy fights with a fisherman and kills him in front of his daughter, he goes to prison as...

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Eashiqat nafsiha

as Dr. Mukhtar
Released: 1972-01-24

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Bridge of Immortals

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-28

The life of a visually-impaired girl gets increasingly burdensome as she struggles on a daily...

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Prisoner of the Night

as كمال
Released: 1963-09-16

Al-Gharib is a dangerous criminal who only strikes at night. As the police fail to catch him,...

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Habibi El Asmar

as أحمد
Released: 1958-06-26

A poor girl leaves her fiancé, who works as a mechanic, and be friends a famous dancer, because...

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Strangers

as uncredited
Released: 1973-04-09

Nadia is a young girl who's torn between the stances of three men in her life; her artist lover,...

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Bekaya azraa

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-04

The film takes place in a social drama framework, where (Nabila) works as a teacher in Cairo,...

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Life when it smiles

as uncredited
Released: 1953-01-01

The millionaire loves the sister of the observer claiming that he is a simple employee in the...

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Lover's Walk

as uncredited
Released: 1957-03-17

Lover's Walk

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Bufakkar filli nassini

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

Laila is a good girl and loves the engineer Hossam, and he wants to submit to her, but her...

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Assaad El Ayam

as Fathy
Released: 1954-07-19

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

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Ahlam Al-Banat

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-04

The events of the film center around three girls who share work and livelihood, and each one of...

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The Criminal

as مراد
Released: 1954-09-30

A criminal kidnaps a girl from her wealthy family and demands a ransom. When the family refuses...

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The Crime and The Punishment

as uncredited
Released: 1957-04-03

Ahmed Hosni kills an elderly moneylender for her money, but accidentally kills her sister as...

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سجن العذارى

as uncredited
Released: 1959-02-09

Nafusa's mother owns an old house in which a widow has a share. She gets close to the widow's...

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دلوني يا ناس

as حسنى عبدالحليم الجزايرى
Released: 1954-10-14

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Houses Secrets

as uncredited
Released: 1971-12-13

The great lawyer Mamdouh neglects his cases because of gambling, and after the insistence of his...

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Daddy as a Bridegroom

as uncredited
Released: 1950-12-31

Directed by Hussein Fawzi.

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Qayes Wi Laila

as Qayes
Released: 1960-01-18

The film tells the story of Qais bin Al-Malouh and Laila, who falls in love with her and sings...

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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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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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العمر أيام

as فتحي سالم
Released: 1964-05-17

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killer mother

as مجدى
Released: 1952-01-01

A married engineer with a son and a daughter, he drives in love with a dancer who sets her...

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El-Gabalawy

as factory owner
Released: 1991-08-26

When a dispute happens between Hassan and Jeblawi , Hassan causes the factory owner, said, to...

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رجل بلا قلب

as كمال- ضيف شرف
Released: 1960-10-17

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Children Of The Streets

as uncredited
Released: 1951-02-19

Fayez is a married officer who finds a baby and takes him home, until the father of the child...

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Afrah

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-01

Afrah is a music teacher, her father is an obscure musician, and her sister Nahid works in...

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Lovers' Call

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-20

Beautiful dancer Warda finds herself homeless. She finds a job at a cotton ginning plant. She...

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Saedat El Rigal

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-12

A singer who works in a nightclub, and seeks to retire from this world, meets a poor young man...

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Desire and Price

as uncredited
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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Afreet Am Abdo

as uncredited
Released: 1953-12-16

Afreet Am Abdo

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In Your Hands

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-27

The story deals with an upscale family that is down on its luck. As the butcher Madbouly foots...

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نهاية حب

as uncredited
Released: 1957-11-09

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Fleeing from life

as Dr. Mahmoud Jalal
Released: 1964-04-20

Dr. Kamal falls in love with Suhair, who works as a hostess in a nightclub. At the same time,...

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House of Forbidden Pleasures

as uncredited
Released: 1957-09-29

Escaping the cruelty of the streets, Na'ima turns to a lady who runs a den for vice and...

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طريق السعادة

as محمد
Released: 1953-04-16

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Lahalibo

as uncredited
Released: 1949-01-02

Elham is a young dancer whose misogynist grandfather refuses to acknowledge. Elham disguises...

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A Sinful Life

as uncredited
Released: 1957-05-14

Rawyh falls for Mamdouh, the frivolous rich boy who shows off their relationship to his friends....

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A Woman from Cairo

as uncredited
Released: 1973-01-08

The tragic life of a woman, Mona, as she divorces her opportunistic husband and gets engaged to...

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رحلة داخل امرأة

as كمال الصفتي
Released: 1978-03-06

A wife enters into a love affair after her husband neglects her.

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محمد رسول الله

as إليعازر
First aired: 1980-07-15

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The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice

as توفيق
First aired: 1981-09-09

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لا شيء يهم

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-01-15

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Al-Mashrabiya

as الأسطى عباس
First aired: 1978-08-05

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أيام العذاب

as محمود بيه
First aired: 1979-01-01

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