Hussein Ismail

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Cairo Station (1958)

Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Hind Rostom  •  Youssef Chahine  •  Hassan el Baroudi

Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Hind Rostom  •  Youssef Chahine  •  Hassan el Baroudi

Eshaet Hob (1960)

Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Soad Hosny  •  Hind Rostom  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Soad Hosny  •  Hind Rostom  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

Dalila (1956)

Poor young man Mahmoud Fathi electrician and loves music and composing, live in the same House orphan girl Delilah who loves him and trading love, in its composition towards renewal and which does not correspond to respond, he discovers that his girlfriend is sick ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Karim
CAST:  Abdel Halim Hafez  •  Shadia  •  Abdel Warith Assir  •  Ferdoos Mohamed

Poor young man Mahmoud Fathi electrician and loves music and composing, live in the same House orphan girl Delilah who loves him and trading love, in its composition towards renewal and which does not correspond to respond, he discovers that his girlfriend is sick ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Karim
CAST:  Abdel Halim Hafez  •  Shadia  •  Abdel Warith Assir  •  Ferdoos Mohamed

Mottarada Gharameya (1968)

Based on Marc Camoletti's play "Boeing Boeing", the story follows the womanizing exploits of Mounir (Fouad El Mohandes), an air traffic controller juggling five different air-hostess girlfriends from all over the world. His fiancée Mona (Shouweikar), an Egyptian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagdy Hafez
CAST:  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Madiha Kamel  •  Shwikar  •  Abdel Moneim Madbouly

Based on Marc Camoletti's play "Boeing Boeing", the story follows the womanizing exploits of Mounir (Fouad El Mohandes), an air traffic controller juggling five different air-hostess girlfriends from all over the world. His fiancée Mona (Shouweikar), an Egyptian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagdy Hafez
CAST:  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Madiha Kamel  •  Shwikar  •  Abdel Moneim Madbouly

The Tale of Three Girls (1968)

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahmoud Zulfiqar
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Youssef Fakhr El Din

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahmoud Zulfiqar
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Youssef Fakhr El Din

Ebn Al-Shaitan (1969)

Ebn Al-Shaitan (Son of the Devil) a disguised serial killer who target men who leave their wives and kids and remarry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Nemat Mokhtar  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Naglaa Fathy  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Ebn Al-Shaitan (Son of the Devil) a disguised serial killer who target men who leave their wives and kids and remarry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Nemat Mokhtar  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Naglaa Fathy  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen

The Sin (1965)

Aziza, a poor migrant worker, struggles after her husband stops working due to an illness. Her life changes when she gets pregnant after being raped by a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Faten Hamama  •  Abdallah Ghaith  •  Zaki Rostom  •  Hassan el Baroudi

Aziza, a poor migrant worker, struggles after her husband stops working due to an illness. Her life changes when she gets pregnant after being raped by a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Faten Hamama  •  Abdallah Ghaith  •  Zaki Rostom  •  Hassan el Baroudi

Khan El-Khalili (1966)

Ahmed is forced to interrupt his studies in order to support his family and for his younger brother (Rushdi) to continue his studies. He moves his family to the Khan Al-Khalili neighborhood, meets the residents of the Khan, and gets to know more about the teacher, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Samira Ahmed  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Abdel Warith Assir

Ahmed is forced to interrupt his studies in order to support his family and for his younger brother (Rushdi) to continue his studies. He moves his family to the Khan Al-Khalili neighborhood, meets the residents of the Khan, and gets to know more about the teacher, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Samira Ahmed  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Abdel Warith Assir

A Man in Our House (1961)

A Man in Our House is a 1961 Egyptian film about the resistance to British rule in Egypt which ended in the exile of King Farouk in 1954 and the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Hussein Reyaad  •  Omar Sharif

A Man in Our House is a 1961 Egyptian film about the resistance to British rule in Egypt which ended in the exile of King Farouk in 1954 and the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Hussein Reyaad  •  Omar Sharif

Struggle on the Nile (1959)

Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Hind Rostom  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Ahmed Elhaddad

Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Hind Rostom  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Ahmed Elhaddad

The Land (1969)

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Hamdy Ahmed  •  Yehia Chahine  •  Ezzat Al Alaily  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Hamdy Ahmed  •  Yehia Chahine  •  Ezzat Al Alaily  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen

A Beginning And An Ending (1960)

A film that portrays the lives of the members of an Egyptian family: three brothers, their sister Nefeesa and their mother after the father’s death. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Amina Rizk  •  Sanaa Gamil

A film that portrays the lives of the members of an Egyptian family: three brothers, their sister Nefeesa and their mother after the father’s death. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Amina Rizk  •  Sanaa Gamil

Appointment with Love (1956)

Faten Hamama plays Nawal, a journalist who meets Samir, a young man whom she encourages to pursue a singing career. His career takes off while Nawal's health deteriorates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Faten Hamama  •  Abdel Halim Hafez  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Rushdy Abaza

Faten Hamama plays Nawal, a journalist who meets Samir, a young man whom she encourages to pursue a singing career. His career takes off while Nawal's health deteriorates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Faten Hamama  •  Abdel Halim Hafez  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Rushdy Abaza

A Woman and a Man (1971)

Romance movie about powerful man love his Cousin's wife  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Nahed Sherif  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  Zizi Mostafa

Romance movie about powerful man love his Cousin's wife  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Nahed Sherif  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  Zizi Mostafa

El safira Aziza (1961)

Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein district in Cairo who lives with his pregnant wife and beautiful sister, soon Ahmed falls in love with Aziza, so he asked Aziza's brother For Her Hand In Marriage but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tolba Radwan
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim  •  Adly Kasseb

Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein district in Cairo who lives with his pregnant wife and beautiful sister, soon Ahmed falls in love with Aziza, so he asked Aziza's brother For Her Hand In Marriage but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tolba Radwan
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim  •  Adly Kasseb

El majanin fi naim (1963)

A madman exposes humanity’s insanity. Andeel leaves a mental hospital after 10 years of treatment are over to face the world again. Whenever he reveals that he used to be a mental patient, he is faced with aggressive suspicion, cruelty and rejection. When a shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan El-Saifi
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Shwikar

A madman exposes humanity’s insanity. Andeel leaves a mental hospital after 10 years of treatment are over to face the world again. Whenever he reveals that he used to be a mental patient, he is faced with aggressive suspicion, cruelty and rejection. When a shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan El-Saifi
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Shwikar

Amirat el Arab (1963)

Directed by Niazi Mostafa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Warda Al-Jazairia  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Wedad Hamdy  •  Mohamed Awad

Directed by Niazi Mostafa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Warda Al-Jazairia  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Wedad Hamdy  •  Mohamed Awad

Wafaa Ilal abad (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Ahmed Diaa Aldin
CAST:  Madiha Yousri  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Omar El-Hariri  •  Ahmed Khamis

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DIRECTION:  Ahmed Diaa Aldin
CAST:  Madiha Yousri  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Omar El-Hariri  •  Ahmed Khamis

Like A Matchstick (2016)

A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hussein al-Imam
CAST:  Hussein al-Imam  •  Sahar Ramy  •  Khaled Mahrous  •  Zakarya Amer

A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hussein al-Imam
CAST:  Hussein al-Imam  •  Sahar Ramy  •  Khaled Mahrous  •  Zakarya Amer

A woman on the Road (1958)

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

DIRECTION:  Ezz Eldin Zulficar
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Huda Sultan  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Zaki Rostom

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

DIRECTION:  Ezz Eldin Zulficar
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Huda Sultan  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Zaki Rostom
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