Shams El-Barudy

Egyptian actress of Syrian origins, born in 1945, she studied at the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts for only two and a half years, then began her artistic career in the early sixties, and at that time she was still using her real name (Shams al-Muluk), but soon she changed her nickname To be (Shams Al-Baroudi) after her family name. After that, she had many roles in the cinema, which made her an icon of temptation in the history of Egyptian cinema, and among the films in which she participated: (The Malatilian Bath, Pleasure and Agony, El Amusement Street) Shams Al-Baroudi has also been a mainstay in the films directed by her husband, actor Hassan Youssef, including (Cowardly and Love, Fat Cats, Two On the Road). Shams Al-Baroudi decided in the mid-eighties to retire and wear the hijab after the trip that she made with her father to perform the Umrah rituals, and she disavowed all the works that she participated in.

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The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973)

The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Mohamed El Arabi  •  Nemat Mokhtar

The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Mohamed El Arabi  •  Nemat Mokhtar

The Tale of Three Girls (1968)

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahmoud Zulfiqar
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Youssef Fakhr El Din

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahmoud Zulfiqar
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Youssef Fakhr El Din

The Devils Play Football (1973)

The events revolve around the athletic young man Kamal who loves Sanaa and wants to marry her, but her father refuses because he roots for Kamal's rival team. He tries to marry her to Rafik, who secretly works in smuggling. Kamal tries to reveal his truth to marry ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahmoud Farid
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Adel Emam  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Ibrahim Khan

The events revolve around the athletic young man Kamal who loves Sanaa and wants to marry her, but her father refuses because he roots for Kamal's rival team. He tries to marry her to Rafik, who secretly works in smuggling. Kamal tries to reveal his truth to marry ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahmoud Farid
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Adel Emam  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Ibrahim Khan

And There Was Love (1974)

A very conservative man meets a young passionate woman during his holiday in Alexandria . A journey that changed the course of his life  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saad Arafa
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Mariam Fakhr Eddine  •  Salama Elias  •  Ahmed Loxer

A very conservative man meets a young passionate woman during his holiday in Alexandria . A journey that changed the course of his life  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saad Arafa
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Mariam Fakhr Eddine  •  Salama Elias  •  Ahmed Loxer

A Woman With a Bad Reputation (1973)

A young man asks his wife to dance with his boss at a party. The woman gets into an affair with the boss and commits infidelity. Her marriage dissolves and her life worsens. Her son has an illness, so the wife is forced to accept gifts from the boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Emad Hamdy

A young man asks his wife to dance with his boss at a party. The woman gets into an affair with the boss and commits infidelity. Her marriage dissolves and her life worsens. Her son has an illness, so the wife is forced to accept gifts from the boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Mahmoud Yassine  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Emad Hamdy

Tears Without Sins (1980)

The story of a woman married to a poor doctor who don't have children. He secretly marries and has a son while she goes to Greece and meets a painter and thinks he raped her while drunk. She returns back pregnant, but it turns out that she's pregnant with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Youssef
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Amina Rizk

The story of a woman married to a poor doctor who don't have children. He secretly marries and has a son while she goes to Greece and meets a painter and thinks he raped her while drunk. She returns back pregnant, but it turns out that she's pregnant with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Youssef
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Hussein Fahmy  •  Amina Rizk

Two on the Road (1984)

Mamdouh meets with Hanan on a ship heading to Greece, and a romance starts between them, so Mamdouh proposes to Hanan. To his surprise, Hanan returns suddenly to Egypt and asks him not to try to find her again. Mamdouh returns to Egypt to find that she is married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Youssef
CAST:  Adel Emam  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Adel Adham  •  Waheid Seif

Mamdouh meets with Hanan on a ship heading to Greece, and a romance starts between them, so Mamdouh proposes to Hanan. To his surprise, Hanan returns suddenly to Egypt and asks him not to try to find her again. Mamdouh returns to Egypt to find that she is married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Youssef
CAST:  Adel Emam  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Adel Adham  •  Waheid Seif

Fun Band (1970)

fun band released in 1970  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Samir Ghanem  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  George Sedhom

fun band released in 1970  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fatin Abdel Wahab
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Samir Ghanem  •  Tawfiq Al-Deqen  •  George Sedhom

Coward in Love (1975)

Magdy, the struggling student at the Faculty of Medicine, meets Souad, the wife of his professor Dr. Fikry, and she admires him and asks her husband to let him work in his clinic. They get involved in a relationship, but events take a tragic turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Youssef
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hind Rostom  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Shwikar

Magdy, the struggling student at the Faculty of Medicine, meets Souad, the wife of his professor Dr. Fikry, and she admires him and asks her husband to let him work in his clinic. They get involved in a relationship, but events take a tragic turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Youssef
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hind Rostom  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Shwikar

The Fat Cats (1978)

The contractor Al-Helbawy opposes his son Nabil's relationship with his classmate Ahlam due to the difference in social status. As he sets Ahlam up and gets her imprisoned, he weds Nabil to Sawsan, the daughter of the Director of the General Intelligence who helps ...  (more)

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CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Salah Mansour  •  Salah Nazmi

The contractor Al-Helbawy opposes his son Nabil's relationship with his classmate Ahlam due to the difference in social status. As he sets Ahlam up and gets her imprisoned, he weds Nabil to Sawsan, the daughter of the Director of the General Intelligence who helps ...  (more)

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CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Salah Mansour  •  Salah Nazmi

The Criminal (1978)

Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Mohamed Awad  •  Sohair El Barooni

Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salah Abu Seif
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Mohamed Awad  •  Sohair El Barooni

The Nun (1965)

Hoda and her sister live in Mount Lebanon, where they have a rest on the road, and through the tourist delegations that come to the place, they get to know the tour guide Adel, she loves Hoda the guide without feeling her emotions, but he loves her sister who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Al-Imam
CAST:  Hind Rostom  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Yousuf Shaaban

Hoda and her sister live in Mount Lebanon, where they have a rest on the road, and through the tourist delegations that come to the place, they get to know the tour guide Adel, she loves Hoda the guide without feeling her emotions, but he loves her sister who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Al-Imam
CAST:  Hind Rostom  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Yousuf Shaaban

pleasure and guilty (1971)

Four girlfriends each one suffers from a problem: one is a Kleptomaniac, another is obsessed with fame and the other two are so emotionally deprived that they have started to hate men. The four of them fall in the hands of three young men who are crippled by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Nour El-Sherif  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Samir Sabri  •  Safaa Abo El Saoud

Four girlfriends each one suffers from a problem: one is a Kleptomaniac, another is obsessed with fame and the other two are so emotionally deprived that they have started to hate men. The four of them fall in the hands of three young men who are crippled by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Nour El-Sherif  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Samir Sabri  •  Safaa Abo El Saoud

A Teenager from the Countryside (1976)

Khadija is a young village girl who gets fascinated by the world of parties she observes every night at the lord's mansion. When her mother gets sick, she takes her to Dr. Hassan who asks his friend Mon'em to bring about Khadija's transformation into a modern ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Sayed Ziada
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Saeed Saleh  •  Laila Hamada

Khadija is a young village girl who gets fascinated by the world of parties she observes every night at the lord's mansion. When her mother gets sick, she takes her to Dr. Hassan who asks his friend Mon'em to bring about Khadija's transformation into a modern ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Sayed Ziada
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Saeed Saleh  •  Laila Hamada

Fares Bani Hemdan (1966)

Abu Firas al-Hamdani is a famous Arab poet from the princes of the Hamdani state, as he is known for his equestrian and courage, he lives between the court of Prince Seif al-Dawla, and people love him everywhere. Who competes with Firas for the love of Naglaa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Mahmoud Moursy  •  Adel Adham

Abu Firas al-Hamdani is a famous Arab poet from the princes of the Hamdani state, as he is known for his equestrian and courage, he lives between the court of Prince Seif al-Dawla, and people love him everywhere. Who competes with Firas for the love of Naglaa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niazi Mostafa
CAST:  Soad Hosny  •  Farid Shawqi  •  Mahmoud Moursy  •  Adel Adham

The Wedding Night (1966)

Salwa falls in love with Adel, the carefree young man, but her mother rejects this relationship, preferring him to the serious doctor Magdy, who treats her, and they actually marry to please the mother, but her heart is still attached to Adel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Ahmed Mazhar  •  Soad Hosny  •  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Hussein Reyaad

Salwa falls in love with Adel, the carefree young man, but her mother rejects this relationship, preferring him to the serious doctor Magdy, who treats her, and they actually marry to please the mother, but her heart is still attached to Adel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Barakat
CAST:  Ahmed Mazhar  •  Soad Hosny  •  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Hussein Reyaad

Love on the shores of Miami (1976)

Basile travels to America to take part in the World Wrestling Championship. He gets to know Sahar and her brother, Maged. A crime boss places a bet on the defeat of Basile, but Basile's victories make him kidnap Maged and threaten to kill him to force Basile to give up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmy Rafla
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Emad Hamdy  •  George Sedhom

Basile travels to America to take part in the World Wrestling Championship. He gets to know Sahar and her brother, Maged. A crime boss places a bet on the defeat of Basile, but Basile's victories make him kidnap Maged and threaten to kill him to force Basile to give up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmy Rafla
CAST:  Shams El-Barudy  •  Hassan Youssef  •  Emad Hamdy  •  George Sedhom

El Massaguin El Thalatha (1968)

Three prisoners break out of prison in order to carry out their individual whimsical plans. As the first plots to rob a smuggling gang, the second tries to win back his sweetheart who was the reason he was imprisoned in the first place, and the third goes to claim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Mohamed Awad  •  Yousuf Shaaban

Three prisoners break out of prison in order to carry out their individual whimsical plans. As the first plots to rob a smuggling gang, the second tries to win back his sweetheart who was the reason he was imprisoned in the first place, and the third goes to claim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa
CAST:  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shams El-Barudy  •  Mohamed Awad  •  Yousuf Shaaban

دنيا البنات (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Saad Arafa
CAST:  Magda Al Sabahi  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shwikar  •  Zeinat Sedki

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DIRECTION:  Saad Arafa
CAST:  Magda Al Sabahi  •  Rushdy Abaza  •  Shwikar  •  Zeinat Sedki

Terrible Hours (1970)

When Hamdy's father is arrested for dealing drugs, Hamdy loses everything including his fiancée Amany who gets engaged to his old classmate Ramzy. Amany pressures Ramzy to accept a bribe from a contractor to hide his construction violations.  (more)

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CAST:  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Nabila Obeid  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Nawal Abu ElFottoh

When Hamdy's father is arrested for dealing drugs, Hamdy loses everything including his fiancée Amany who gets engaged to his old classmate Ramzy. Amany pressures Ramzy to accept a bribe from a contractor to hide his construction violations.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ahmed Ramzy  •  Nabila Obeid  •  Yousuf Shaaban  •  Nawal Abu ElFottoh
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