Nagah El-Mogui

Egyptian Actor Nagah El Mogy, whose real name is Abdel Al Maaty Mohamed El Mogy, was born in 1945 in the governorate of Dakalia. He received his bachelor’s degree in social work and started his acting career working with Tholathy Adwa'a El Masrah (The Three Lights Theatre Troupe) when he appeared in the play “Funduq El Ishgal El Shaaqa” (The Hotel of Hard Labor). He also appeared in several other plays with Three Lights Theatre including: “El Motzawjon” (Married People), “Mawlid Sidi El Marab” and “Ya Ana Ya Enta” (Me and You). In addition to his theatre work, Nagah El Mogy has played dozens of well-known roles in cinema, starring in films such as: “Tata wa Rica wa Kazem Bey,” “El Bahr Biyidhek Ley” (Why Does the Sea Laugh?), “Eyam El Ghadab (Days of Rage), and “El Harif” (The Street Player). He died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 53.

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Tata, Rika & Kazem Bey (1995)

An egyptian remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif Shaban
CAST:  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  kamel el-sharif  •  Yasmine

An egyptian remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif Shaban
CAST:  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Kamal Al-Shenawy  •  kamel el-sharif  •  Yasmine

The President's Visit (1994)

In a small village, when rumors spread about the arrival of a train with the president and his American guest onboard, the village is completely transformed to host them properly, which brings the rampant corruption and hypocrisy to the surface.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mounir Rady
CAST:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Hayatem  •  Mohamed Henedi  •  Ahmad Rateb

In a small village, when rumors spread about the arrival of a train with the president and his American guest onboard, the village is completely transformed to host them properly, which brings the rampant corruption and hypocrisy to the surface.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mounir Rady
CAST:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Hayatem  •  Mohamed Henedi  •  Ahmad Rateb

Kit Kat (1991)

Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daoud Abdel Sayed
CAST:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Amina Rizk  •  Ali Hassanein  •  Galeela Mahmoud

Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daoud Abdel Sayed
CAST:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Amina Rizk  •  Ali Hassanein  •  Galeela Mahmoud

The Street Player (1983)

The life of a footballer named Fares who goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife, job, sexual desires and football.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Khan
CAST:  Ferdoos Abdel Hamid  •  Adel Emam  •  Zizi Mostafa  •  Hamdy El Wazeer

The life of a footballer named Fares who goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife, job, sexual desires and football.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Khan
CAST:  Ferdoos Abdel Hamid  •  Adel Emam  •  Zizi Mostafa  •  Hamdy El Wazeer

The Married Couples (1981)

The story revolves around the problems of married people in (Egypt) from the economic and social aspects, where the poor young man (Masoud) falls in love with the aristocratic girl (Lina), and marries her despite her father's refusal. The simple poor life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan Abduselam
CAST:  Sherine  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Rawia Saaeed  •  Howaida

The story revolves around the problems of married people in (Egypt) from the economic and social aspects, where the poor young man (Masoud) falls in love with the aristocratic girl (Lina), and marries her despite her father's refusal. The simple poor life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan Abduselam
CAST:  Sherine  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Rawia Saaeed  •  Howaida

4-2-4 (1981)

Lions Football club Abdul Ghaffar (Amin Al Hunaidi) decides to be a football team of his factory workers, but the disease is severe and recommends his son Mansour (Younis Shalabi), to take over the management of the factory and the team to succeed him and face ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Fouad
CAST:  Younes Shalaby  •  Samir Ghanem  •  Lebleba  •  Ahmed Adaweya

Lions Football club Abdul Ghaffar (Amin Al Hunaidi) decides to be a football team of his factory workers, but the disease is severe and recommends his son Mansour (Younis Shalabi), to take over the management of the factory and the team to succeed him and face ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Fouad
CAST:  Younes Shalaby  •  Samir Ghanem  •  Lebleba  •  Ahmed Adaweya

Lial (1982)

Naima escapes from her stepfather's house, and works in Sherazade's nightclub who gives her the artistic name 'Layal' and she becomes a famous dancer. She falls in love with journalist Galal and hopes to marry him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Al-Imam
CAST:  Sohier Ramzy  •  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Tahiya Cariocca

Naima escapes from her stepfather's house, and works in Sherazade's nightclub who gives her the artistic name 'Layal' and she becomes a famous dancer. She falls in love with journalist Galal and hopes to marry him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Al-Imam
CAST:  Sohier Ramzy  •  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Tahiya Cariocca

Streets of Fire (1984)

In the 1940s, the policeman Imam moves to Cairo to work in an area devoted to prostitution. There he falls in love with the prostitute Nusse who works with the bully Jalal without knowing that she is practicing this profession. He is defended by an imam who beats ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samir Seif
CAST:  Nour El-Sherif  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Madiha Kamel  •  Mohamed Reda

In the 1940s, the policeman Imam moves to Cairo to work in an area devoted to prostitution. There he falls in love with the prostitute Nusse who works with the bully Jalal without knowing that she is practicing this profession. He is defended by an imam who beats ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samir Seif
CAST:  Nour El-Sherif  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Madiha Kamel  •  Mohamed Reda

Save Whatever is Possible (1985)

(Nabil) returns to Egypt after an absence of 18 years to recover his father's palace after the guard has been lifted from him, gets to know the school (Amal), be surprised by his friend (Omar) who has become wealthy from the drug trade and becomes an influential ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saeed Marzouk
CAST:  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Madiha Kamel  •  Mervat Amin  •  Hussein Fahmy

(Nabil) returns to Egypt after an absence of 18 years to recover his father's palace after the guard has been lifted from him, gets to know the school (Amal), be surprised by his friend (Omar) who has become wealthy from the drug trade and becomes an influential ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saeed Marzouk
CAST:  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Madiha Kamel  •  Mervat Amin  •  Hussein Fahmy

The Boss Is the Doorman (1985)

Abu al-Ma'ati disguies himself as a janitor of a building to escape justice, he meets a dancer and work together in prostitution and drug trade, but events turn when he decides to run for election.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadia Salem
CAST:  Adel Adham  •  Nadia Al Gendy  •  Safia ElEmary  •  Hussein ElSherbiny

Abu al-Ma'ati disguies himself as a janitor of a building to escape justice, he meets a dancer and work together in prostitution and drug trade, but events turn when he decides to run for election.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadia Salem
CAST:  Adel Adham  •  Nadia Al Gendy  •  Safia ElEmary  •  Hussein ElSherbiny

Love Above Pyramid's Plateau (1986)

The film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage. Through their small incomes, and the ordeal of finding a house in crowded Cairo, so it follows a young couple's longing for their simpliest dreams - to be together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef El-Tayeb
CAST:  Athar ElHakim  •  Ahmad Rateb  •  Ahmed Zaki  •  Nahed Roshdy

The film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage. Through their small incomes, and the ordeal of finding a house in crowded Cairo, so it follows a young couple's longing for their simpliest dreams - to be together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atef El-Tayeb
CAST:  Athar ElHakim  •  Ahmad Rateb  •  Ahmed Zaki  •  Nahed Roshdy

Rape (1989)

Depicts the escape of a poor innocent girl fleeing from three savage rapists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Abdel-Khalek
CAST:  Farouq Al Fishawy  •  Ahmad Bedir  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Huda Ramzy

Depicts the escape of a poor innocent girl fleeing from three savage rapists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Abdel-Khalek
CAST:  Farouq Al Fishawy  •  Ahmad Bedir  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Huda Ramzy

Why, O Violet? (1993)

A portrayal of the lives of four friends who have different dreams and aspirations; Ahmed falls in love with a girl he saw once, Sayed gets in trouble when he sells the laboratory animals, Abbas who is married to a woman that doesn't love him, and Ali who works in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radwan El Kashef
CAST:  Farouq Al Fishawy  •  Hassan Hosny  •  Lucy  •  Shawqi Shamekh

A portrayal of the lives of four friends who have different dreams and aspirations; Ahmed falls in love with a girl he saw once, Sayed gets in trouble when he sells the laboratory animals, Abbas who is married to a woman that doesn't love him, and Ali who works in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radwan El Kashef
CAST:  Farouq Al Fishawy  •  Hassan Hosny  •  Lucy  •  Shawqi Shamekh

Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence (1995)

Talaat, the son of wealthy merchant Morsi, lives under pressure from his father to marry the poor girl Fatima. Talaat rebels on his father and divorces Fatima. He meets Eng. Younis, the son of a senior politician and decides to marry his sister to gain power and money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raafat El Mehi
CAST:  Layla Olwy  •  Hesham Selim  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Ashraf Abdel Baky

Talaat, the son of wealthy merchant Morsi, lives under pressure from his father to marry the poor girl Fatima. Talaat rebels on his father and divorces Fatima. He meets Eng. Younis, the son of a senior politician and decides to marry his sister to gain power and money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raafat El Mehi
CAST:  Layla Olwy  •  Hesham Selim  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Ashraf Abdel Baky

Why Does the Sea Laugh (1995)

Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a goal to know the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Kamel Al Qalyoubi
CAST:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Nahla Salama  •  Shawqi Shamekh  •  Mohammad Lotfi

Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a goal to know the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Kamel Al Qalyoubi
CAST:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz  •  Nahla Salama  •  Shawqi Shamekh  •  Mohammad Lotfi

The Switch (1996)

An innocent Coptic citizen who was unjustly arrested by a corrupt officer,is sent to jail, until an honorable officer is transferred to the prison as a punishment for rejecting corruption. He discovers the truth about the innocent Coptic, and tries to communicate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amali Bahansi
CAST:  Farouq Al Fishawy  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Ahmed Abdelaziz  •  Gehan Fadel

An innocent Coptic citizen who was unjustly arrested by a corrupt officer,is sent to jail, until an honorable officer is transferred to the prison as a punishment for rejecting corruption. He discovers the truth about the innocent Coptic, and tries to communicate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amali Bahansi
CAST:  Farouq Al Fishawy  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Ahmed Abdelaziz  •  Gehan Fadel

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DIRECTION:  Mahmoud El Barbari
CAST:  Eglal Zaki  •  Hassan Al Deeb  •  Nagah El-Mogui

Four on an Official Mission (1987)

Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Abdel-Khalek
CAST:  Etedal Shaheen  •  Ahmed Zaki  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Mohamed ElSaqqa

Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Abdel-Khalek
CAST:  Etedal Shaheen  •  Ahmed Zaki  •  Nagah El-Mogui  •  Mohamed ElSaqqa

Julio & Romiet (1973)

Hassan and Aziza find it very difficult to convert the story of their love for marriage ... so they decide to recite the characters of Romeo and Juliet, as their story is similar to that of Shakespeare. They change their name to Julio and Romett, dressed close to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan Abduselam
CAST:  Samir Ghanem  •  George Sedhom  •  Poussi  •  Osama Abbas

Hassan and Aziza find it very difficult to convert the story of their love for marriage ... so they decide to recite the characters of Romeo and Juliet, as their story is similar to that of Shakespeare. They change their name to Julio and Romett, dressed close to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hasan Abduselam
CAST:  Samir Ghanem  •  George Sedhom  •  Poussi  •  Osama Abbas

EL Mahzala (1983)

The play tells of three brothers: Abbas I, Abbas II and Abbas III, where Abbas I accuses Abbas III of madness in order to be able to seize his inheritance from the land he owns, but the appearance of Abbas II confuses all the plans of Abbas I.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mohamed Awad  •  Maaly Zayed  •  Nagah El-Mogui

The play tells of three brothers: Abbas I, Abbas II and Abbas III, where Abbas I accuses Abbas III of madness in order to be able to seize his inheritance from the land he owns, but the appearance of Abbas II confuses all the plans of Abbas I.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mohamed Awad  •  Maaly Zayed  •  Nagah El-Mogui
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