Mohsena Tawfiq
Biography: An Egyptian actress, born in 1939. She obtained a BA in agriculture in 1968, and was known for her artistic collaboration with the late director Youssef Chahine in a number of notable films, namely: Alexandria... Why, The Sparrow, and Adieu Bonaparte. However, during her career she focused on TV series, including Al Helmiya Nights, Back Streets, and Umm Kulthum.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 29, 1939
Deathday: May 06, 2019
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Known For
Les Miserables
1978-05-14
Les Miserables
Overview: Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a poor man is sent to prison after stealing a loaf of bread. He escapes and becomes rich, but this does not protect him from people's disdain as they know where he came from.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-05-14
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The Fish Tail
2003-01-13
The Fish Tail
Overview: Ahmed Al-Morsi Owais is a young man who has a technical diploma. A lover of poetry, he searches for a job until he eventually finds one as a conductor on electricity meters, allowing him to enter numerous houses from different classes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2003-01-13
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The Girls' Reformatory
1984-02-08
The Girls' Reformatory
Overview: Naima is detained in the juvenile's house, proves her good behavior and is sent to a hospital to learn nursing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-08
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The Sparrow
1974-08-26
The Sparrow
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1974-08-26
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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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Heart of the Night
1989-10-02
Heart of the Night
Overview: Ja'far rebels against his controlling grandfather and marries the shepherdess Marwanah. When his grandfather kicks him out, Ja'far is unable to support himself and Marwanah so he leaves her and marries the wealthy lady Huda, but he begins to struggle to prove himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-10-02
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The Piper
1985-12-24
The Piper
Overview: Al-Zamar Hassan is on the run after he was an Engineering student and presented a play with the acting team in the Faculty that the authorities didn't like. He moves from village to village in Upper Egypt, in search of safety. He settles in the village of Araba becoming a vendor in a grocery store.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-12-24
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Love Comes Before Bread Sometimes
1977-09-12
Love Comes Before Bread Sometimes
Overview: Noura is a free girl, who gets to know Dr. Mounir and connects the love between them, but he is surprised by her thoughts, as she allows herself to have sex with the one she loves without marriage, and all of her sister Laila's attempts to straighten out and discourage her from what she does, Noura asks Munir to expedite his marriage to her, but he refuses, because he is afraid From her thoughts and marry another, so that Nora later meets the well-known writer Ezzat, to change her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-09-12
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Incident of Dishonor
1971-09-06
Incident of Dishonor
Overview: One of the beauties of the estate lives with her sister and her brother-in-law. As a man proposes to her and they arrange for their wedding, an unexpected event occurs as a playboy approaches her, causing her to break off her engagement. Can someone be cursed with beauty?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1971-09-06
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Alexandria… Why?
1979-08-23
Alexandria… Why?
Overview: 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 studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1979-08-23
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