Fatin Abdel Wahab

Fatin Abdel Wahab (فطين عبد الوهاب‎; 1913 – 1972) was an Egyptian film director. Best known for his comedies, he directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970.

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Wife Number 13 (1962)

Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a beautiful woman in Alexandria, he wants her as wife number thirteen. He buys himself into the heart of the woman, until a well-meaning, former fiancée of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shadia  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim  •  Hassan Fayek

Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a beautiful woman in Alexandria, he wants her as wife number thirteen. He buys himself into the heart of the woman, until a well-meaning, former fiancée of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shadia  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim  •  Hassan Fayek

The Girls in Summer (1960)

Directed by Salah Abouseif et al.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif  •  Fatin Abdel Wahab  •  Ezz Eldin Zulficar
CAST:  Abdel Halim Hafez  •  Zizi El-Badrawy  •  Soad Hosny  •  Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Directed by Salah Abouseif et al.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif  •  Fatin Abdel Wahab  •  Ezz Eldin Zulficar
CAST:  Abdel Halim Hafez  •  Zizi El-Badrawy  •  Soad Hosny  •  Mariam Fakhr Eddine

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

And Love Returned (1961)

Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ahmed Mazhar  •  Samia Gamal  •  Mahmoud El Meligy

Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ahmed Mazhar  •  Samia Gamal  •  Mahmoud El Meligy

Land of Hypocrisy (1968)

A man who is struggling with life's daily problems, especially his troublesome wife, accidentally runs into a man who makes bills that change human behavior, and his life changes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Shwikar  •  Samiha Ayoub  •  Hassan Mostafa

A man who is struggling with life's daily problems, especially his troublesome wife, accidentally runs into a man who makes bills that change human behavior, and his life changes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Shwikar  •  Samiha Ayoub  •  Hassan Mostafa

Ismail Yassine Fil Geish (1955)

He comes to Ismail to summon for recruitment, and finds it difficult to implement the orders that are given to him in the army, and from here many funny situations arise, as Ismail lives in a love story, but there are those who compete with him for the love of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Abdelsalam El Nabolsi  •  Reyaad ElQasabgy  •  Gamalat Zayed

He comes to Ismail to summon for recruitment, and finds it difficult to implement the orders that are given to him in the army, and from here many funny situations arise, as Ismail lives in a love story, but there are those who compete with him for the love of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Abdelsalam El Nabolsi  •  Reyaad ElQasabgy  •  Gamalat Zayed

Professor Fatima (1952)

Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Abdel Fattah ElQosari  •  Faten Hamama

Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Abdel Fattah ElQosari  •  Faten Hamama

Beware of Eve (1962)

Her grandfather swore not to marry her younger sister until she got married, according to the doctor (Hassan) who was transferred to work in the countryside, and get an argument between them, escalating events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Lobna Abdel Aziz  •  Hussein Reyaad

Her grandfather swore not to marry her younger sister until she got married, according to the doctor (Hassan) who was transferred to work in the countryside, and get an argument between them, escalating events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Lobna Abdel Aziz  •  Hussein Reyaad

Zizi's Family (1963)

The everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in the early 1960's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Aqeila Rateb

The everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in the early 1960's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Aqeila Rateb

Arouss el Nil (1963)

When an oil engineer starts digging for oil in Luxor he disturbs the spirits of ancient Egyptians buried there. A spirit, Last Bride of the Nile, is sent to get him to stop the drilling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Lobna Abdel Aziz  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim  •  Shwikar

When an oil engineer starts digging for oil in Luxor he disturbs the spirits of ancient Egyptians buried there. A spirit, Last Bride of the Nile, is sent to get him to stop the drilling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Lobna Abdel Aziz  •  Abdel Moneim Ibrahim  •  Shwikar

His Majesty (1963)

when some plotters plan to get ride of sultan maringos, a police officer makes a deal with a look-alike - hassan a poor bagger that works in the hotel - to take on the role of the sultan in order to protect him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Samira Ahmed  •  Hassan Fayek

when some plotters plan to get ride of sultan maringos, a police officer makes a deal with a look-alike - hassan a poor bagger that works in the hotel - to take on the role of the sultan in order to protect him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Farid Shawqi  •  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Samira Ahmed  •  Hassan Fayek

I, He and She (1964)

A lawyer falls in love with a woman her meets in Faiyum, but she lies to him to test his love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Shwikar  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  Adel Emam

A lawyer falls in love with a woman her meets in Faiyum, but she lies to him to test his love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Fouad Al-Mohandes  •  Shwikar  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  Adel Emam

A Husband’s Confession (1965)

This comedy revolves around Wahid, a happily married composer who has a one-off dream about kissing Boussa, his gorgeous neighbor and his wife Latifah’s best friend. He feels guilty, and foolishly confesses this to Latifah, who naturally becomes suspicious and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Hind Rostom  •  Shwikar  •  Mary Moneib  •  Fouad Al-Mohandes

This comedy revolves around Wahid, a happily married composer who has a one-off dream about kissing Boussa, his gorgeous neighbor and his wife Latifah’s best friend. He feels guilty, and foolishly confesses this to Latifah, who naturally becomes suspicious and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Hind Rostom  •  Shwikar  •  Mary Moneib  •  Fouad Al-Mohandes

Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts (1951)

Ismail Yassin and his relatives have to spend a month living in a haunted house in order to collect their inheritance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Thuraya Helmy  •  Mimi Chakib

Ismail Yassin and his relatives have to spend a month living in a haunted house in order to collect their inheritance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Thuraya Helmy  •  Mimi Chakib

Miss Hanafi (1954)

Working class Hassan and the rich Hanafi are rivals for Nawaeim's love. Going to the hospital to be treated for a horrible wedding night stomach pain, Hanafi receives an accidental sex change operation. After months of recuperation, he tries to pick up the pieces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Magda Al Sabahi  •  Soliman Naguib  •  Zeinat Sedki

Working class Hassan and the rich Hanafi are rivals for Nawaeim's love. Going to the hospital to be treated for a horrible wedding night stomach pain, Hanafi receives an accidental sex change operation. After months of recuperation, he tries to pick up the pieces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Magda Al Sabahi  •  Soliman Naguib  •  Zeinat Sedki

Naharak saeed (1955)

The son of a wealthy man wants to be a musician but his father, the factory owner, objects and kicks him out. When his father announces a competition for the name of a new soap, his son wins the prize and has enough money to finance the theater of his dreams and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Mounir Mourad  •  Serag Mounir  •  Mimi Chakib  •  Abdelsalam El Nabolsi

The son of a wealthy man wants to be a musician but his father, the factory owner, objects and kicks him out. When his father announces a competition for the name of a new soap, his son wins the prize and has enough money to finance the theater of his dreams and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Mounir Mourad  •  Serag Mounir  •  Mimi Chakib  •  Abdelsalam El Nabolsi

Ismail Yassine Fil Police (1956)

Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Zeinat Sedki

Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Zeinat Sedki

The Stranger (1956)

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DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab  •  Kamal El Sheikh
CAST:  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Yehia Chahine  •  Magda Al Sabahi  •  Serag Mounir

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DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab  •  Kamal El Sheikh
CAST:  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  Yehia Chahine  •  Magda Al Sabahi  •  Serag Mounir

Ibn Hamidu (1957)

Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their father’s house ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Abdel Fattah ElQosari  •  Ismail Yasseen  •  Hind Rostom  •  Zeinat Sedki

Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their father’s house ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Abdel Fattah ElQosari  •  Ismail Yasseen  •  Hind Rostom  •  Zeinat Sedki

Ismail Yassine Fil Ustul (1957)

The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects this love and marriage, and tries to marry her to an older and wealthy man, to ask her cousin to volunteer in the fleet to help speed up the marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Zeinat Sedki

The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects this love and marriage, and tries to marry her to an older and wealthy man, to ask her cousin to volunteer in the fleet to help speed up the marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Ismail Yasseen  •  Zahrat El-Ola  •  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Zeinat Sedki
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