Abdel Warith Assir
Born in Gammaleyya (popular district in Cairo) to a lawyer father, Abdul Waareth loved reading and became a connoisseur of Arabic Language. Though he joined the faculty of law, yet he left it after his father’s death to take care of their land. Meanwhile as a great fan of acting and arts he joined The George Abyad Troupe in 1912. His first small role was that of actor keen to which he was trained on by actor Mansy Fahmy. Amr Wasfy the troupe manger then gave him the role of an elderly person. The role that never parted him. In 1935, he started acting on the silver screen. Alongside with acting he had a job as a clerk in the ministry of finance. As Abdul Waareth was a talented writer he wrote a big number of radio series and film scripts including “Zeinab”, the cinema speaking version. He also wrote and adapted four plays together with Soulaymaan Nagueeb. Abdul Waareth excelled in the art of speech and taught it at The Higher Institute of Cinema since its establishment in 1959 until 1967. For TV her acted in TV series “Ahlaam al-fata al-taa’er i.e. Dreams of a flying guy”. He received the best script award for “Gonoun al-hobb i.e. Love madness”. He was also awarded the State Award and Medal of Arts by president Sadaat. Through his great talent of speech and intonation he deeply touched the heart and conscience of the audience thus creating his special way of performance and becoming a phenomenal speaker.
The Flirtation of Girls
(1949)
Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private ... (more)
Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private ... (more)
The Empty Pillow (1957)
Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his nights thinking about her and looking to her face in the “empty pillow” next to him. When she marries someone else, he is devastated and her memory haunts him no matter ... (more)
Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his nights thinking about her and looking to her face in the “empty pillow” next to him. When she marries someone else, he is devastated and her memory haunts him no matter ... (more)
Egyptian film directed by Mohammed Karim. (more)
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)
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)
Love Is Forbidden (1942)
Romeo and Juliet set in 1940's Egypt. Two families are feuding but their children love each other, thus rejecting the premise that love is forbidden between them. (more)
Romeo and Juliet set in 1940's Egypt. Two families are feuding but their children love each other, thus rejecting the premise that love is forbidden between them. (more)
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)
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)
The Sparrow (1972)
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman. (more)
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman. (more)
Alexandria… Why?
(1979)
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of one-day studying filmmaking in America, but after falling in love and discovering the lies ... (more)
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of one-day studying filmmaking in America, but after falling in love and discovering the lies ... (more)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Land of Peace (1957)
The film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free their village from the control of the Israelis. Ahmed (Omar Sharif) is an Egyptian freedom fighter who ends up in this village. There, he meets Salma, a girl from the ... (more)
The film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free their village from the control of the Israelis. Ahmed (Omar Sharif) is an Egyptian freedom fighter who ends up in this village. There, he meets Salma, a girl from the ... (more)
The Blazing Sun
(1954)
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village. (more)
A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village. (more)
Your Day Will Come (1951)
With her husband terminally ill, a wife becomes the target of her husband's friend who wants her money so bad that he kills his friend and proposes to his newly-widowed wife. (more)
With her husband terminally ill, a wife becomes the target of her husband's friend who wants her money so bad that he kills his friend and proposes to his newly-widowed wife. (more)
A Bullet in the Heart (1944)
Muhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play. (more)
Muhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play. (more)
Happy Day (1940)
Muhammad Kamal, a simple young man on the tram, meets a girl he loves and shares his feelings with her, but her father objects to this relationship because of the poverty of this singer. (more)
Muhammad Kamal, a simple young man on the tram, meets a girl he loves and shares his feelings with her, but her father objects to this relationship because of the poverty of this singer. (more)
The Mountain (1965)
A young architect struggles to convince a superstitious community, in thrall to antiquity traffickers, to build houses instead of living in precarious mountain caves. (more)
A young architect struggles to convince a superstitious community, in thrall to antiquity traffickers, to build houses instead of living in precarious mountain caves. (more)
Egyptian film directed by Mohammad Karim. (more)
Directed by Niazi Mostafa. (more)
Fatma, Marika & Rachel (1949)
A drama directed by Helmy Rafla, featuring Nelly Mazloum. (more)
A drama directed by Helmy Rafla, featuring Nelly Mazloum. (more)
فايق ورايق (1951)
The singer Raik launches his wife, Ashwaq for the third time, and after a period reviewing himself and wants to restore the taste of his passion, but there must be an analyst to come back with his life razor Ahwaq, asks the desires of Fayek to be the analyst, marry ... (more)
The singer Raik launches his wife, Ashwaq for the third time, and after a period reviewing himself and wants to restore the taste of his passion, but there must be an analyst to come back with his life razor Ahwaq, asks the desires of Fayek to be the analyst, marry ... (more)