Huda Sultan

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The Thug (1957)

Abu Zeid is a strong personality, emotions do not interfere with his life and decisions. He soon discovers Haridi is plotting his murder on the eve of his wedding night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Tahiya Cariocca  •  Zaki Rostom  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Abu Zeid is a strong personality, emotions do not interfere with his life and decisions. He soon discovers Haridi is plotting his murder on the eve of his wedding night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Tahiya Cariocca  •  Zaki Rostom  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen

The Lady from Cairo (1992)

In 1990, Moumen Smihi briefly re-located to Cairo in order to work in the shadow of one of the world’s largest commercial film industries. The film that resulted from his Cairo sojuourn is a complex, painterly critique of the Egyptian musical and cinema star system ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moumen Smihi
CAST:  Ezzat Al Alaily  •  Layla Olwy  •  Sanaa Gamil  •  Yousra

In 1990, Moumen Smihi briefly re-located to Cairo in order to work in the shadow of one of the world’s largest commercial film industries. The film that resulted from his Cairo sojuourn is a complex, painterly critique of the Egyptian musical and cinema star system ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moumen Smihi
CAST:  Ezzat Al Alaily  •  Layla Olwy  •  Sanaa Gamil  •  Yousra

Al-cirk (1968)

directed by atef salem  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Samira Ahmed  •  Khayria Ahmed  •  Nabila Obeid  •  Hassan Youssef

directed by atef salem  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Samira Ahmed  •  Khayria Ahmed  •  Nabila Obeid  •  Hassan Youssef

Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Huda Sultan  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Hesham Selim

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Huda Sultan  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Hesham Selim

Rassif Nemra 5 (1956)

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DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Zaki Rostom  •  Huda Sultan

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DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Zaki Rostom  •  Huda Sultan

Foreman Hassan (1952)

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DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Huda Sultan  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Zouzou Mady  •  Rushdy Abaza

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DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Huda Sultan  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Zouzou Mady  •  Rushdy Abaza

They Made Me a Criminal (1954)

Sultan's uncle ill-treats him in order to get his hands on Sultan's father's property. His life changes when a gang finds him after his uncle kicks him out of his house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Huda Sultan  •  Yehia Chahine  •  Serag Mounir

Sultan's uncle ill-treats him in order to get his hands on Sultan's father's property. His life changes when a gang finds him after his uncle kicks him out of his house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef Salem
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Huda Sultan  •  Yehia Chahine  •  Serag Mounir

Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Youssef Chahine  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Tahiya Cariocca  •  Yousra

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Youssef Chahine  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Tahiya Cariocca  •  Yousra

Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Patrice Chéreau  •  Christian Patey  •  Gamil Ratib

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Patrice Chéreau  •  Christian Patey  •  Gamil Ratib

Women Without Men (1953)

A brother disagrees with his sister which makes her move to live with her older sister in the countryside. She finds her sister living a harsh life and when the brother goes to visit them, he's surprised by the strict way imposed by the sister at home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Mary Queeny  •  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Huda Sultan  •  Olwiya Gamil

A brother disagrees with his sister which makes her move to live with her older sister in the countryside. She finds her sister living a harsh life and when the brother goes to visit them, he's surprised by the strict way imposed by the sister at home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Mary Queeny  •  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Huda Sultan  •  Olwiya Gamil

The Marital Dwelling (1954)

The film revolves around a couple who were joined by love but the intense quarrels between the husband and wife until they reached the judiciary to separate them, but the ruling was in favor of the husband and entered the wife in the rule of obedience to her ...  (more)

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CAST:  Youssef Wahby  •  Ismail Yasseen  •  Huda Sultan  •  Farid Shawqi

The film revolves around a couple who were joined by love but the intense quarrels between the husband and wife until they reached the judiciary to separate them, but the ruling was in favor of the husband and entered the wife in the rule of obedience to her ...  (more)

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CAST:  Youssef Wahby  •  Ismail Yasseen  •  Huda Sultan  •  Farid Shawqi

Husainiyya Thugs (1954)

Directed by Niazi Mostafa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Huda Sultan  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Wedad Hamdy

Directed by Niazi Mostafa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Huda Sultan  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Wedad Hamdy

Port Said (1957)

Directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezz Eldin Zulficar
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Huda Sultan  •  Laila Fawzy  •  Hussein Reyaad

Directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezz Eldin Zulficar
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Huda Sultan  •  Laila Fawzy  •  Hussein Reyaad

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

Three Women (1969)

Three different stories about three women. Three women, the first (Hana), who loves (Adel), but she meets (Sami) to also fall in love with him, the second widow (Tawahida), who loves (Yusef) the employee of the Muslim Council, but he is married, and the third ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif  •  Henry Barakat  •  Mahmoud Zulfiqar
CAST:  Mervat Amin  •  Salah Zulfikar  •  Huda Sultan  •  Sabah

Three different stories about three women. Three women, the first (Hana), who loves (Adel), but she meets (Sami) to also fall in love with him, the second widow (Tawahida), who loves (Yusef) the employee of the Muslim Council, but he is married, and the third ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif  •  Henry Barakat  •  Mahmoud Zulfiqar
CAST:  Mervat Amin  •  Salah Zulfikar  •  Huda Sultan  •  Sabah

The Choice (1970)

When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Ezzat Al Alaily  •  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Soad Hosny  •  Seif Abdelrahman

When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Chahine
CAST:  Ezzat Al Alaily  •  Mahmoud El Meligy  •  Soad Hosny  •  Seif Abdelrahman

Something in my Chest (1971)

Hussein Shaker is a man with dictatorial power, he tries to put one of his colleagues under control but he couldn't because of the man patriotism but then he dies and Hussein tries to destroy the man's whole family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamal El Sheikh
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Magda El Khatib  •  Salah Mansour

Hussein Shaker is a man with dictatorial power, he tries to put one of his colleagues under control but he couldn't because of the man patriotism but then he dies and Hussein tries to destroy the man's whole family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamal El Sheikh
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shoukry Sarhan  •  Magda El Khatib  •  Salah Mansour

Al Sokkareyah (1973)

The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Al-Imam
CAST:  Yehia Chahine  •  Mervat Amin  •  Nour El-Sherif  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Al-Imam
CAST:  Yehia Chahine  •  Mervat Amin  •  Nour El-Sherif  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

Sabrina (1975)

Sabrina's mother is sick, and her aunt visits them to check on the health of her sister. At the Police College, after being attracted to Sabrina and promised to marry, but the aunt is determined to marry her son Idiot Mohammed to ensure service to the whole family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Naglaa Fathy  •  Nour El-Sherif  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Adel Emam

Sabrina's mother is sick, and her aunt visits them to check on the health of her sister. At the Police College, after being attracted to Sabrina and promised to marry, but the aunt is determined to marry her son Idiot Mohammed to ensure service to the whole family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Naglaa Fathy  •  Nour El-Sherif  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Adel Emam

Katia tarik (1959)

Wahid has a friend who works in the drug trade named Abu Al-Ezz. Abu Al-Ezz undertakes a single training in gambling until he loses all of his wealth. After that, he offers him to return his wealth to participate in drug smuggling activities, the police lie in wait ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan El-Saifi
CAST:  Huda Sultan  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Hussein Reyaad  •  Stephan Rosti

Wahid has a friend who works in the drug trade named Abu Al-Ezz. Abu Al-Ezz undertakes a single training in gambling until he loses all of his wealth. After that, he offers him to return his wealth to participate in drug smuggling activities, the police lie in wait ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan El-Saifi
CAST:  Huda Sultan  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Hussein Reyaad  •  Stephan Rosti
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