Gamil Ratib
Biography: Born Gameel Abu-Bakr Raateb (November 1928 – Cairo) is an Egyptian actor. In 1940s, Gameel first appeared in the film “Al-forsaan al-thalaatha i.e. The three musketeers”, his family refused the idea and his scenes were removed. Raateb traveled to Paris to study Law and Economy, yet he preferred studying Theatre and appeared in Shakespeare’s “Much ado without nothing (1947)”. To provide living expenses, Gameel worked in small jobs besides acting and then became a notable member of the “Comédie Française”. American filmmaker Carol Reed presented Gameel Raateb in “Trapeze (1956)” along with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Gameel also showed in many TV series like; “Rehlat al-million i.e. The journey to be a millionaire” and “Sonbol ba’d al-million i.e. Sonbol..a millionaire”. He played the villain his unique way and excelled in authoritarian and aristocrat roles especially with Faaten Hamaama in “Hekaaya waraa koll baab i.e. A story behind every door”.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 18, 1926
Deathday: September 19, 2018
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Known For
Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11
Lawrence of Arabia
Overview: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Genres: Adventure History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-11
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Ali Beh Mazhar and 40 Thieves
1985-06-17
Ali Beh Mazhar and 40 Thieves
Overview: Simple young man Ali Mazhar dreams of being rich fast because he thinks he has super mental powers. He begins to realize his dream when he meets businessman Mumtaz and works with him. At the same time, he falls in love with Hossnia, who he thinks is rich but he's shocked by a series of surprises.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-06-17
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The Dwarfs Are Coming
1986-01-14
The Dwarfs Are Coming
Overview: Shehab the advertising director, makes a successful ad campaign for the opening of a disco, making many young people come to the disco, causing a huge fire. Shocked by the accident,he travels to Alexandria where he meets Chico the dwarf and helps him face a businessman who wants to take their land.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-14
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Trapeze
1956-05-30
Trapeze
Overview: A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-30
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First Year of Love
1976-10-18
First Year of Love
Overview: A young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister of Interior. As Mohamed starts working as a journalist and joins the Wafd Party, he learns that Awny has documents that condemn its leader. Mohamed tries to get the incrimating evidence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-10-18
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The Liar
1975-10-06
The Liar
Overview: When Hamdy publishes an investigative report condemning the owner of a textile company and accusing him of embezzlement and bribery, the owner tries to clear his name by getting the factory workers and Hamdy to change their testimony.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1975-10-06
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From First Sight
2004-04-04
From First Sight
Overview: Akram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds her in the unlikeliest of places: her wedding ceremony.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2004-04-04
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Genius Five
1985-03-02
Genius Five
Overview: Mahmood, an engineer, receives support from his lover, Aisha, as he attempts to make an invention. But things take an unexpected turn when a group kidnaps her to get hold of his creation. Directo
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-03-02
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Turk's Head
2010-03-31
Turk's Head
Overview: A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-03-31
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The Pasha's daughter
1991-06-22
The Pasha's daughter
Overview: The government nationalizes Ibrahim's property and places him under house arrest, and Umm Al-Saad takes care of him. Ibrahim feels affection for Umm Al-Saad, so he gets involved with her and she becomes pregnant and he marries her. She gives birth to their daughter, Jalila, and Ibrahim dies. Years pass and Jalila graduates from the music institute. She seeks refuge with her uncle, but he expels her and denies her lineage. She resorts to the judiciary, and the uncle offers her to marry his son, Amr, who is sick with a malignant disease.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-06-22
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Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab
1986-10-15
Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab
Overview: The prisoner Hassan confesses to Lieutenant Bahaa that the leader of the drug gang who caused his imprisonment is Saeed, a businessman who is his colleague in the pharmaceutical company he owns, and that Saeed manufactures drugs from chemicals intended for the production of medicines. Bahaa devises a plan to trap Saeed by getting Hassan out of prison. Hassan and Saeed meet and he asks him for a sum of money in exchange for not confessing to the police. Due to the difficulty of procuring the sum, he asks him to hand over a quantity of drugs.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-10-15
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Bahr Al Awham
1984-06-30
Bahr Al Awham
Overview: Samia falls into the hands of Nawaem, who runs a brothel and drug trade. Love grows between her and the pimp Maher, and they decide to escape, but circumstances prevent Maher from catching up with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1984-06-30
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Kaydahonna Azeem
1983-04-30
Kaydahonna Azeem
Overview: Teacher Abu Al-Atawf agrees with teacher Atta on the marriage of his son Ibrahim and her daughter Samsim. Abdul Basir, Ibrahim's uncle, goes to bless the bride, and get to knows Attata, who resorted to the lawyer with whom she worked as a writer for twenty years to prove the lineage of her daughter from Lotfy, a wealthy who married her customally and refused to recognize his father to Samsim, so she had to register her in the name of her deceased husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-04-30
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Fattah Tabhas Aaan El Hob
1977-03-07
Fattah Tabhas Aaan El Hob
Overview: Fathia runs a small restaurant for the mine workers, and her daughter helps her, who has no one to support her but her mother and her lover, the teacher Saadoun. Magdy, a young man from the capital, comes to the town to work as a mine supervisor. He discovers the town and the injustice done to it and its people, and begins his work in the mine. He learns that Saadoun is involved in many works in the mine, and even benefits directly from him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-03-07
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Face to Face
1976-09-24
Face to Face
Overview: The police officer assigns Rifaat, Helmy’s brother, who is one of the dangerous individuals wanted to be arrested, to arrest a member of a gang of the most skilled and best smugglers. He does not know that the person being arrested is his brother, and the moment he discovers his truth, he must leave the gang in order to begin an honorable life again. The gang stands waiting for him, and even succeeds in getting him to promise that this operation will be the last.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-09-24
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
1998-07-13
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Overview: The biography of the iconic leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, from his birth to igniting the revolution to the defeat of 67 and his disagreement with Abdel Hakim Amer, then his planning for the War of Attrition and his sudden death that stunned the world in 1970.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1998-07-13
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Harbour Beasts
1983-01-02
Harbour Beasts
Overview: Directed by Niazi Mostafa.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947-12-23
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Overview: On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and incidentally a poacher - lives out of wedlock with Victorine Rousset nicknamed Maryse, a colorful tramp. When Garrone's son, Pilou, a worker, falls in love with Augusta, the mayor's daughter, the unconventional old couple tries to protect the unconventional young pair from the disapproval of self righteous villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-12-23
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Monelle
1948-09-15
Monelle
Overview: A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-15
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The North Star
1982-03-31
The North Star
Overview: Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and Nemrod become friends. Their friendship escalates to love, which makes Edouard jealous. Days later, Edouard arrives at a rooming house owned by Mme. Louise Baron, Sylvie's mother, wearing blood-stained clothes. It appears that Nemrod was killed on a train after he arrived in France, but Edouard denies any knowledge of what happened. Sylvie suspects that Edouard is responsible for Nemrod's death, but by now her mother has become Edouard's ally.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-03-31
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Still Waters Run Deep
1996-11-13
Still Waters Run Deep
Overview: Despite his lifelong efforts, Jean is one of those unfortunate men who can never understand women. This arty, metaphorical French film presents three examples of Jean's difficulties over the course of his long life. Each of the three episodes takes place beside the same river. He is first seen as a small boy playing on the river banks with the teenage girl he secretly loves. She mischievously promises to tell him her darkest secret if only he will perform a certain task for her. The story then takes a more surreal turn as a now-grown Jean, once again beside the river, toys with a beautiful woman at a picnic. She wants a commitment from him, but wily Jean is unwilling to satisfy her. In the final segment, Jean has become an old man and is once again deeply in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-11-13
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Un nuage dans un verre d'eau
2012-01-26
Un nuage dans un verre d'eau
Overview: Young Anna is from Romania and old Noun is from Egypt. They are neighbours in a rundown building in Paris. They share the same interest in idle news but they hate to talk about themselves. Yet, old secrets are unveiled, little by little. The film ricochets in different directions. Fiction, biography, animation, mystery, detective story - the life of Monsieur Noun has too many stories in it to be captured in one form.
Genres: Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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La Mort de Pompée
1961-02-07
La Mort de Pompée
Overview: Political ambitions sometimes lead to the downfall of those who formulate them. For Ptolemy, assassinating Pompey was an opportunity to get into Caesar's good graces. Once the crime is committed, Ptolemy impatiently awaits recognition from Caesar. But a completely different fate awaits Cleopatra's brother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-02-07
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Shafiqa and Metwally
1978-11-27
Shafiqa and Metwally
Overview: 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 relationship is revealed, she is forced to leave for Asyut, where she becomes the mistress of Al Tarabishi, the supplier of slaves.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-11-27
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Taimour & Shafi'aa
2007-06-22
Taimour & Shafi'aa
Overview: Taymour and Shafika have grown up together as next door neighbours and are deeply in love. However, their love is put to the test when he is assigned to protect her as her personal body guard when she is promoted to the level of Minister.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-06-22
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Enough, my heart
1977-04-25
Enough, my heart
Overview: After a love affair that shattered her heart due to different social classes , A woman decides to become independant and works in journalism which leads her to many different pathways that make her rich but at what cost ?.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-04-25
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Whom Should We Shoot?
1975-12-08
Whom Should We Shoot?
Overview: The film describes the political and economical corruption in 70s’ Egypt, through the relationship between a powerful man and his wife’s ex-fiance.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1975-12-08
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Mararet El Ayam
1986-01-01
Mararet El Ayam
Overview: Poor Jaber tries to enroll in law school and support his sick mother who depends on him to provide for her. When he wants to admit her to the hospital, his wealthy uncle refuses to help him, so he decides to kill him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Adieu Bonaparte
1985-05-17
Adieu Bonaparte
Overview: 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 Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-05-17
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The Aquarium
2008-02-08
The Aquarium
Overview: Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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The Magician
2001-12-30
The Magician
Overview: Bahgat Mansour is an old poor magician that lives a bad life and tries to get a better one by reaching to the rich people. what happens to him and his daughter-that he keeps indoor- then?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-12-30
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Night of Destiny
1999-05-05
Night of Destiny
Overview: Mr. Slimami is an Algerian retiree living in Paris who witnesses a murder while taking a walk one evening. He's spotted by the assailant, but Slimami manages to slip away before being caught. The victim turned out to be a prominent businessman, and police are soon searching for the witness as well as the killers. Slimami does not want to step forward, both as a matter of personal safety and because he prefers to let the French police handle their own affairs. His son Alilou, a budding journalist, openly decries the failure of the witness to come forward as a black mark on the Muslim community in Paris, unaware that the man in question is his father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-05-05
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A matter of principle
2003-10-26
A matter of principle
Overview: The events revolve around a representative in Parliament who represents one of the constituencies in Upper Egypt. He was able to achieve great successes, but he dies. The family nominates his daughter, a law school graduate, to take his place, but she encounters many problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2003-10-26
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Struggle of days
1985-11-11
Struggle of days
Overview: Kamal works with his friend Adel in the gambling club owned by Talat and his stepfather Farid. He meets Suhair, who is fed up with working in the club, and they exchange love. Farid pushes him to catch Bahaa at the gambling table, who loses his fortune. Kamal reveals to Adel that he is a police officer, and the events continue.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-11-11
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The Three Fools
1990-04-26
The Three Fools
Overview: Three friends roam the villa of Ahmed, but he manages to show them that they are not thieves. Ahmed doubts the behavior of his wife Suad agrees with friends to monitor them for the required amount
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-04-26
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A house without love
1976-01-01
A house without love
Overview: Mother Fatima controls her children. Her eldest son Essam challenges her and urges his brothers to stand up to her. Essam falls for his neighbor, Suhair, who is already married to Usta Rajab. She shares the same feelings, and they agree to marry after she gets divorced.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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A traveler without a road
1978-01-01
A traveler without a road
Overview: Osama is a visual artist. He decides to travel to Luxor to search for the secrets of the drawings and paintings left by the Pharaohs. Here he is exposed to Antoine's gang, which specializes in stealing antiquities. Osama loses his memory and meets one of the Bedouin tribes. He lives with them, and one of the tribe's girls takes care of him and feels love for him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Innocent
1986-01-02
The Innocent
Overview: A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that political activists are his homeland enemies, but not for so long.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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Poussière de diamant
1991-01-02
Poussière de diamant
Overview: Directed by Fahdel Jaibi and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-02
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Time Conqueror
1987-01-02
Time Conqueror
Overview: Fekry is a journalist who discovers that there some patients disappear suspiciously from a hospital, and doubts that Dr. Halim is behind this. Fekry is able to get into Dr. Halim's remote house in Helwan , to discover that he is conducting experiments to freeze humans to preserve them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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OSS 117 Is Not Dead
1957-08-14
OSS 117 Is Not Dead
Overview: OSS 117 is asked for help by a female acquaintance Muriel Rousset. She beseeches him to retrieve secret documents which have been stolen from Sir Anthony Lead, the father of Anita and Marion. He complies with her wish and no obstacle or danger can hinder him from meeting her expectations.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-08-14
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L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées
1957-07-24
L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées
Overview: After a Parisian haute couture house is robbed and jewels stolen, Commissaire Legrand leads the investigation. His suspicions fall on Linda, the great couturier. He decides to follow her to Nice to present her next collection.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-07-24
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Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat
1978-01-01
Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat
Overview: Hassan abandoned his fiancée Laila and married her friend Nargis, who is accused of killing Mustafa after being involved in a sinful relationship with him and gets arrested, prompting Hassan to try to return to his former fiancée Laila after his regret for leaving her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Behind The University's Walls
1981-09-07
Behind The University's Walls
Overview: University professor Ramsey returns from London after obtaining a PhD in English literature. He collides with students and cannot reason with them, including the three friends who discover the murder of their old beggar neighbor and are arrested for being in the same place.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1981-09-07
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OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
1964-06-12
OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
Overview: A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-12
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To Commit a Murder
1967-04-07
To Commit a Murder
Overview: A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-07
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Rise to the Abyss
1978-10-02
Rise to the Abyss
Overview: Abla travels to France and gets recruited by the Mossad under the pretext of working as a journalist. By the time she discovers the truth, she's already in too deep. As Abla recruits her fiancé, an engineer in the Egyptian army, the General Intelligence Directorate assigns Khaled to arrest her.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-10-02
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Birds of Darkness
1995-08-14
Birds of Darkness
Overview: Three lawyers, brought by friendship but separated by interests, Fathi Nofal, who turns from a committed lawyer to an opportunist, while Ali al-Zanati joins religious extremist groups to make financial gains , and the third Mohsen only works as a simple employee away from conflict.
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-08-14
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The Baby Doll Night
2008-05-28
The Baby Doll Night
Overview: Hossam, an Egyptian tour guide working in the US, comes to Egypt on vacation during New Year's Eve and hopes to spend a romantic night with his wife in their hotel. Unbeknownst to him, Awadain the terrorist who has other plans for the hotel that night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2008-05-28
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A Summer in La Goulette
1996-12-25
A Summer in La Goulette
Overview: Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, sicilian and catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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Stand-by
2000-05-29
Stand-by
Overview: A woman remains in an airport after her husband announces he wants a divorce, just before they are to board a plane for Argentina. Unwilling to turn to her sister and emotionally traumatized she makes the airport her home, making money by working as a prostitute. She strikes up a friendship with a café worker Marco.....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-29
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The Curse
1984-09-03
The Curse
Overview: Journalist Hamdi enters the mental hospital, claiming that he is mentally disturbed to investigate a journalistic precedent by discovering the secret of the killing of a patient, who shows some changes as a result of his integration, but he reaches the killer.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1984-09-03
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Yesterday
2018-09-06
Yesterday
Overview: 50-year-old Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. But when some very costly problems on a site force him to go to Morocco, he is confronted with memories from his youth, that he had so far managed to bury. Between his meetings in ministries, the reappearance of a lost love who had mysteriously disappeared and an investigation into the local underground, Victor Ganz plunges into a labyrinthine world where present and past intertwine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-09-06
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The Beginning
1986-08-15
The Beginning
Overview: After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all, an overpaid lawyer, declares himself a dictator of the nearby oasis and names it after him.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-08-15
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Love Trip
2001-12-15
Love Trip
Overview: Two orphan teachers graduate from one of the shelters in Alexandria heading to Cairo to work in one of the primary schools.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-12-15
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Wanees' Family
1997-06-25
Wanees' Family
Overview: The play Wanis talks about the famous family, which is the family of Wanis, but several paradoxes occur, the first is Wanis sitting at home and Misa is the one who works now and exposes them to a mute girl who everyone offers help and is loved by the eldest children of Wanis and a TV show comes to them competitions to ask them questions and they answer them and many paradoxes
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1997-06-25
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El Keif
1985-09-16
El Keif
Overview: Gamal sings at local weddings. His brother Salah, a chemist, tries to convince him to quit drugs and gives him some weed that is made out of harmless substances. When a drug dealer grows impressed by Salah's formula, Salah succumbs to the temptation of money.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-09-16
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Young Wolves
1968-04-01
Young Wolves
Overview: Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-04-01
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The Lady from Cairo
1992-01-02
The Lady from Cairo
Overview: 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. At the same time, the film shows the divergent states of possibility or despair faced by men and women within a changing Egyptian society. Smihi’s film plays out over thirty years and the events of the Nasserite years and the Palestine / Israel conflict become integral to the narrative. By blending newsreel footage with his own lush cinematography, Smihi creates a complex portrait of contemporary Egyptian society in the post-war years.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-02
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The Third Class
1988-07-24
The Third Class
Overview: A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the management headed by Captain Aouf are reaping benefits effortlessly. To calm their rage Sorour is appointed as their representative in the council only to unravel their scam further, so they continue their revolt.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-07-24
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Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes
1961-05-31
Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes
Overview: A spy is instructed to investigate a case of arms and women trafficking covered behind a funeral services company.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-05-31
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Male Companion
1964-11-04
Male Companion
Overview: A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Shaaban Below Zero
1980-09-19
Shaaban Below Zero
Overview: (Shaaban), a simple employee loves his colleague (Zeinab). The millionaire (Ghatrifi) dies, so his family search for one from his town or any relatives so that they can seize his inheritance. They reach where Shaaban lives, who is from the town of the millionaire. Ghatrifi family make a deal with Shaaban to assume the identity of Ghatrifi relative who lives abroad. Shaaban agrees to the deal for half of the millionaire's wealth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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Kwaml's House
1986-01-01
Kwaml's House
Overview: Farida (Nadia al-Jundi), the owner of the house, decides to demolish the house and build a large residential tower. She does not pay any attention to the house's inhabitants, but her luck falls in love with one of the house's inhabitants. He takes responsibility for managing her new project and gives him the right to agency. From unique and revenge to home dwellers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Love in a Jail Cell
1983-02-14
Love in a Jail Cell
Overview: A wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married after their release and seek revenge on a corrupt businessman.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-02-14
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A woman in my blood
1978-08-01
A woman in my blood
Overview: Ahmed gets acquainted with Laila and relates to her, and she agrees to marry Omar without knowing that he is Ahmad's brother. Ahmed informs Laila of a wedding without knowing that he is Omar. Layla thinks he has given up on her and decides to marry Ahmed and Omar lives with them.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-08-01
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L'Atlantide
1972-02-24
L'Atlantide
Overview: Two young French officers get lost in the Sahara desert and find themselves prisoners of Antinéa, who rules over the lost city of Atlantis. Under her evil influence, one of them, blinded by his love for her, loses his mind and goes so far as to murder his comrade... Jean Kerchbron adapts Pierre Benoît's book for this film, which is more concerned with social reflection than fantasy.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-02-24
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Until The End Of The Night
1995-09-13
Until The End Of The Night
Overview: François, perpetual rebel against society and its laws, is released after a long imprisonment, and meets up with his family and friends in Lyon. His new love for Maria, a young woman adrift, prompts him to get quick money. François will commit acts of violence that will definitely lose him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-09-13
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Réseau secret
1967-11-15
Réseau secret
Overview: War criminals, escaped from Germany, joining the network in Morocco where, before going to South America they change their facial structure. Marchelier pretends to be one of them. Marchelier can therefore collect within the network the most valuable information, especially as he became the lover of Eva. But Herbert, deputy chief Nazi, gradually feeds suspicions. Betrayed by a double agent, Marchelier is unmasked. Thanks to the intervention of his leaders and the Moroccan police, Marchelier is rescued. Herbert was shot, as Philippe. The man with The Bandaged face is none other than Hitler himself.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
1976-01-02
The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
Overview: In this socio-political short, film director Daoud Abdel Sayed discusses, from a biased perspective, the effects of Free Education on the Egyptian countryside.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-01-02
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A Tale Behind Every Door
1979-01-01
A Tale Behind Every Door
Overview: (A tale behind every door) A television movie consisting of four short films, written by the great writer Tawfiq Al-Hakim and writer Katia Thabet, in each film a different problem is presented, and the four films starring Faten Hamama and different heroes, and they are, respectively: (Crazy position) starring Ahmed Ramzi, (I want to kill) starring Abu Bakr Ezzat and Safia Al-Omari, (the respected deputy) starring Ahmed Mazhar, and (guest at dinner) starring Jamil Ratib and Nadia Zulfiqar and Muhammad Al-Sabe, and each film talks about a specific social issue that occurs to a woman, and deals with each What happens to her.
Genres: Family Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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El-Arafa
1981-03-28
El-Arafa
Overview: The events of the film revolve around the university student (Samia Abu Al-Saad), who is arrested because of her political activities. During her imprisonment, (Samia) gets to know a police officer named (Magdy), who hides her in his house, and when the head of intelligence finds out what (Magdy) is doing with this girl He calls his father and warns him not to interfere in what does not concern him. She is transferred to the prison hospital, but she succeeds in escaping again.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1981-03-28
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Afraid of Something
1979-11-26
Afraid of Something
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1979-11-26
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The Mermaid
1980-01-01
The Mermaid
Overview: A love story grows between a young Lebanese man and an Egyptian girl, the young singer tries to rise on the road to stardom ,while the girl is very jealous of him, and tries to keep him away from singing. He meets another girl from Lebanon, who believes in him and pushes him to the path of fame.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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La Danse Éternelle
2004-01-31
La Danse Éternelle
Overview: Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the infinite love he carries for his beloved.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-31
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They're Stealing Millions
1983-04-25
They're Stealing Millions
Overview: Two friends are thrown in jail for charges of sorcery, and they meet inside a famous businessman named Ali. The two friends get closer to Ali and discover that he has a map with a detailed plan to rob a bank. They rob the bank, and prepare to carry out their next job once their sentence is over.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-04-25
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The Serpent of Death
1990-12-06
The Serpent of Death
Overview: An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.
Genres: Horror Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-06
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The Asphalt Kings
1996-03-27
The Asphalt Kings
Overview: A raucous and amazingly irreverent look at contemporary Cairo, THE ASPHALT KING centers on Sayed, a swaggering cabdriver and (to his mind) born womanizer. Embroiled in a torrid affair with a buxom neighbor, Sayed pays his best friend Ringo to keep the neighbor's barber husband busy -- but the husband, as well as Ringo, Sayed's mother, father, sister and grandfather, have their own amorous intrigues brewing. Director Oussama Fawzi has been hailed as the brightest young director to have recently emerged in Egyptian cinema.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1996-03-27
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First Time in Love
2007-01-01
First Time in Love
Overview: The film revolves around a young man, who lives with his uncle after the death of his father. He is a reckless young man who relies on the money of his billionaire uncle, until his uncle decides to leave him to rely on himself, causing him problems in many comedy situations
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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No Consolation For Women
1979-08-23
No Consolation For Women
Overview: Rawya and her husband Hamdi get separated and she goes with her daughter to live in her father's home while Hamdi marries the young Mervat. Rawya gets a job as a secretary in a newspaper and meets Tarek, the editor-in-chief, and they feel attracted to each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1979-08-23
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Fearful Embraces
1986-06-21
Fearful Embraces
Overview: Prince is leading a drug trafficking ring. He controls the gang members through a weakness in each of them. He plans to beat Fifa, who is an airline hostess and loves one of his assistants to smuggle a shipment of drugs. Rushdie really loves her and tries to rescue her. , And marry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-21
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La Fortune de Gaspard
1993-04-08
La Fortune de Gaspard
Overview: Gaspard is a brilliant pupil who makes a clean sweep of all the prizes every year. He despises his family, and do not want to remain a crude peasant like them. Two businessmen, Mister Fereor and Mister Frolichein, want him to work in their factories. The former wins the contest. Gaspard is a young Turk who wants to make his way of life at any cost. He steals ideas from other young men and becomes an occasional informer. He wins his boss over and, as this tycoon has no son, he is adopted by him even though his biological parents are still alive. But unfair competition threatens Fereor's business and Gaspard is forced to marry Frolichein's daughter, Mina.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-04-08
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The Lorry
1985-01-07
The Lorry
Overview: Being of different social classes, Faidy objects to wedding his daughter Salwa to Samir and agrees to wed her to the well-off Adel. As luck would have it, Samir soon wins the lottery, as it is revealed that Adel is conducting mummification experiments that he plans to use Salwa and her father for.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-01-07
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Love Is Crazy in the Summer
1995-10-23
Love Is Crazy in the Summer
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-10-23
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A Man with Seven Lives
1988-01-11
A Man with Seven Lives
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-01-11
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Nawara and the Beast
1987-01-26
Nawara and the Beast
Overview: In one of the villages, the big landowners are fighting over buying the largest percentages of land, as Taher Bey covets acquiring the land belonging to Kamla Hanem, which she inherited from her late husband, and she is supported in this conflict by her daughter's husband, who works as a police officer. The forces of the conflict change when the dancer Nawara and her band come to the village, and he throws her into the conflict between the bigwigs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-01-26
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Halet Talaboss
1988-06-20
Halet Talaboss
Overview: Ghada is a police officer. Her brother falls prey to bad friends and dies after taking a large dose of heroin. Ghada discovers the complex of one of her friends and arrests him red-handed, with heroin in his possession. It turns out that he is part of a drug gang led by smuggler Hazem, and his wife Buthaina and her brother Marouf are partners with him. Buthaina and Marouf kidnap Ghada's mother to pressure her to change her testimony.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-06-20
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Sanawat Al Khatar
1985-12-16
Sanawat Al Khatar
Overview: Wael and his sister Marwa suffer from their parents being busy with them. Their father, Ahmed, is a senior lawyer and their mother, Nawal, is the deputy editor-in-chief of a magazine. Wael and his friends come up with the idea of taking revenge on the rich, like their family, by stealing their cars and giving them to the poor, claiming that they are representatives of the Night of Power. Their crimes are repeated and the press is busy with the issue.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-12-16
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Checkmate
1994-01-01
Checkmate
Overview: During a visit to another country, a coup d'état occurs against a state ruler. Meanwhile, a girl gets to know him in order to avenge her father's death. He decides to return to his homeland to face the coup makers and the people. As he heads to the airport, his car explodes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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