Malak ElGamal

Raya and Sakina (1953)

Dramatic rendition of a real life crime wave that terrorized the city of Alexandria, Egypt, between the years 1920 and 1922. Women are disappearing without a trace in what looked like the work of a serial killer. Being Egypt's first ever case of serial killings, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Negma Ibrahim  •  Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Anwar Wagdi

Dramatic rendition of a real life crime wave that terrorized the city of Alexandria, Egypt, between the years 1920 and 1922. Women are disappearing without a trace in what looked like the work of a serial killer. Being Egypt's first ever case of serial killings, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Negma Ibrahim  •  Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Anwar Wagdi

The Impossible (1966)

Helmy's father forces him to marry someone he doesn't love. When his father dies, Helmy decides to break free. He meets Nany, the gentle helpless girl, then he meets the lawyer Fatima, a liberal who claims to be cultured.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hussein Kamal
CAST:  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Sanaa Gamil  •  Nadia Lotfi  •  Salah Mansour

Helmy's father forces him to marry someone he doesn't love. When his father dies, Helmy decides to break free. He meets Nany, the gentle helpless girl, then he meets the lawyer Fatima, a liberal who claims to be cultured.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hussein Kamal
CAST:  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Sanaa Gamil  •  Nadia Lotfi  •  Salah Mansour

Shafiqa and Metwally (1978)

The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather, whereupon Shafiqa is forced to succumb to the temptations of Diab, the district chief's son. As their sinful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Badrakhan
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Ahmed Zaki  •  Ahmed Mazhar

The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather, whereupon Shafiqa is forced to succumb to the temptations of Diab, the district chief's son. As their sinful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Badrakhan
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Ahmed Zaki  •  Ahmed Mazhar

April Fool (1954)

Ismail wants to grab his wife's Turkish money, claiming that he has the children of a former wife who died, and that he can not spend on them, but Ismail does not realize that this little lie has left him in an endless series of lies, Of each lie with a greater lie ...  (more)

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CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Mary Moneib  •  Abdel Fattah ElQosari

Ismail wants to grab his wife's Turkish money, claiming that he has the children of a former wife who died, and that he can not spend on them, but Ismail does not realize that this little lie has left him in an endless series of lies, Of each lie with a greater lie ...  (more)

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CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Mary Moneib  •  Abdel Fattah ElQosari

nadia (1969)

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DIRECTION:  Ahmad Badrakhan
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Ahmed Mazhar  •  Nour El-Sherif  •  Seif Abdelrahman

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DIRECTION:  Ahmad Badrakhan
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Ahmed Mazhar  •  Nour El-Sherif  •  Seif Abdelrahman

Beware, Gentlemen (1978)

Antar, the poor garbageman, falls in love with the daughter of a prominent lawyer, who is a resident at one of the buildings he's working in. Thinking that she's a maid, he proposes to her but her father insults him and throws him out. Antar decides to take revenge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Abdelaziz
CAST:  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Nahed Sherif  •  Zizi Mostafa

Antar, the poor garbageman, falls in love with the daughter of a prominent lawyer, who is a resident at one of the buildings he's working in. Thinking that she's a maid, he proposes to her but her father insults him and throws him out. Antar decides to take revenge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Abdelaziz
CAST:  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Nahed Sherif  •  Zizi Mostafa

Al-Aqwiyaa (1980)

After her father’s death, Nadia goes to stay in the house of her relative, Rushdi Al-Bagouri, to convince her son Adel to take advantage of her father’s wealth by setting up a factory for peasants who are interested in their problems, but she is subject to many ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashraf Fahmy
CAST:  Naglaa Fathy  •  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Ezzat Al Alaily

After her father’s death, Nadia goes to stay in the house of her relative, Rushdi Al-Bagouri, to convince her son Adel to take advantage of her father’s wealth by setting up a factory for peasants who are interested in their problems, but she is subject to many ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashraf Fahmy
CAST:  Naglaa Fathy  •  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Ezzat Al Alaily

The Safe Road (1964)

The story revolves around a bus that gets lost in the desert, and the play presents the human models represented by the bus riders and the mistakes and sins of each passenger. When they are about to die of hunger and thirst, each of them declares his repentance and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saad Ardash
CAST:  Samiha Ayoub  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  Shafiq Nour ElDein  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

The story revolves around a bus that gets lost in the desert, and the play presents the human models represented by the bus riders and the mistakes and sins of each passenger. When they are about to die of hunger and thirst, each of them declares his repentance and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saad Ardash
CAST:  Samiha Ayoub  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  Shafiq Nour ElDein  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

The Message (1976)

In sixth century Mecca, Prophet Mohamed receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Mohamed is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Mohamed's followers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moustapha Akkad
CAST:  Abdallah Ghaith  •  Mona Wassef  •  Hamdy Ghaith  •  Ali Achmed Taram

In sixth century Mecca, Prophet Mohamed receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Mohamed is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Mohamed's followers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moustapha Akkad
CAST:  Abdallah Ghaith  •  Mona Wassef  •  Hamdy Ghaith  •  Ali Achmed Taram

The Divorcées (1975)

After Samia marries Mahmoud, she finds out that he's cheating on her. She gets divorced and starts a job at a company. Samia begins a new relationship with her manager, Adel. Adel finds out about her past as Mahmoud starts to blackmail her  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismail el-kady
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Salah Qabil  •  Nagwa Fouad

After Samia marries Mahmoud, she finds out that he's cheating on her. She gets divorced and starts a job at a company. Samia begins a new relationship with her manager, Adel. Adel finds out about her past as Mahmoud starts to blackmail her  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismail el-kady
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Salah Qabil  •  Nagwa Fouad

Life is Sweet (1966)

Three young men spend their summer at a camp in Alexandria until they cross paths with Mona who suggests that they stay at her grandfather's abandoned villa. Abdel Rahman proposes to turn it into a boardinghouse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmy Halim
CAST:  Nadia Lotfi  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Youssef Fakhr El Din  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

Three young men spend their summer at a camp in Alexandria until they cross paths with Mona who suggests that they stay at her grandfather's abandoned villa. Abdel Rahman proposes to turn it into a boardinghouse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmy Halim
CAST:  Nadia Lotfi  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Youssef Fakhr El Din  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar (1972)

As Marmar enrolls in the Faculty of Girls, she moves from Beni Suef to Cairo to live with her aunt's family. As her cousin Ahmed falls for her, his father finds them together in her room and insists that Marmar must return home. Marmar's family decides to wed her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Soheir El Morshedy  •  Samia Shukry  •  Salah Mansour  •  Mahmoud Yassine

As Marmar enrolls in the Faculty of Girls, she moves from Beni Suef to Cairo to live with her aunt's family. As her cousin Ahmed falls for her, his father finds them together in her room and insists that Marmar must return home. Marmar's family decides to wed her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Soheir El Morshedy  •  Samia Shukry  •  Salah Mansour  •  Mahmoud Yassine