Samia Gamal
Biography: Samia Gamal was born on May 27, 1924 in Bani Swaif, Egypt as Zeinab Ali Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz. Her career began with "Badia Masabni" band where she was involved in dancing in groups, and in 1943 began working in the field of cinema where she formed a successful dual team with the artist "Farid al-Atrash" in several movies and did the most famous dances with him. Her dance was characterized by combining Eastern dancing and Western dances, as Samia Gamal focused in her dance on providing a state of fascination for the spectators through clothing, music, and lighting, She is known for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954), Little Miss Devil (1949) and Sigarah wa kas (1955). She was married to Rushdy Abaz and died on December 1, 1994 in Cairo, Egypt.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 27, 1924
Deathday: December 01, 1994
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Come and Greet
1951-09-03
Come and Greet
Overview: An Egyptian romantic comedy film produced in 1951, the story and dialogue of Abu al-Saud al-Abiari and directed by Helmi Rafla and starring Farid al-Atrash, Samia Jamal, Ismail Yassin, Abdel Salam al-Nabulsi, Abdul Fattah al-Qasri and Farid Shawqi.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1951-09-03
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Who's Done it ?
1944-01-21
Who's Done it ?
Overview: Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1944-01-21
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Set Elhosn
1950-12-25
Set Elhosn
Overview: In two imaginary states consumed by wars, the kings decide to resort to affinity to avoid wars. On the way, the king's son escapes from his guards, but he meets his awaited bride, Set Elhosn , without knowing who she is. He falls in love with her while trying to escape the marriage.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1950-12-25
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Every Beat of My Heart
1959-02-09
Every Beat of My Heart
Overview: A singer (Muhammad Fawzi) tries to win the affections of a dancer (Samiya Gamal) after their autos collide.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1959-02-09
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Casino el latafa
1945-10-18
Casino el latafa
Overview: Aziza and Sharifa are two friends. They are married to the two friends, Aziz and Refaat. Aziza suspects her husband's behavior, and her friend supports this suspicion. They concoct a plan. Sharifa sends an unsigned love letter to Aziz Pasha and sets him up on a date in the casino.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1945-10-18
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954-12-24
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Overview: A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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صاحبة العمارة
1948-04-29
صاحبة العمارة
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1948-04-29
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Valley of the Kings
1954-07-21
Valley of the Kings
Overview: Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-21
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Lady Pickpocket
1953-03-21
Lady Pickpocket
Overview: A girl who is placed by circumstances in corrupt circumstances, learns the craft of pickpocketing, joins a gang that exploits her work, and after a period of narrowing the life of corruption and hate being in this gang
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1953-03-21
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Desert Warrior
1957-10-31
Desert Warrior
Overview: Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-10-31
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khad aljamil
1951-10-07
khad aljamil
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1951-10-07
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A Glass and a Cigarette
1955-09-11
A Glass and a Cigarette
Overview: Hoda is a famous dancer who gives up the spotlight to marry and start a family with Mamdouh, a handsome young doctor who is just beginning his career. When Mamdouh's scheming Italian head nurse Yolanda sets her sights on Mamdouh, Hoda's jealousy drives her to drink, ultimately endangering everything she holds dear.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1955-09-11
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Like A Matchstick
2016-08-24
Like A Matchstick
Overview: A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2016-08-24
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Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady
1949-11-28
Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady
Overview: The fortunes of down-on-his-luck crooner Asfour (Farid Al Atrache) change overnight when he discovers a mysterious lamp housing a charming genie (Samia Gamal) in this sweet comedy. She can make anything he wishes come true, so he asks for help in luring his distracted girlfriend from the charms of a rich competitor. But Asfour soon learns he should be careful what to wish for, as he soon realizes his heart may lie elsewhere.
Genres: Music Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1949-11-28
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The Beast
1954-03-05
The Beast
Overview: Abdel Sabour was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1954-03-05
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Awal Ghram
1956-03-26
Awal Ghram
Overview: A quarrel occurs between Sania (the first dancer in the band) and the band director, who decides to cancel the contract and give singer Zainab the chance to star, but the band’s first singer refuses to appear in front of her. Zainab suggests that her beloved singer Salah appear in front of her, and he actually succeeds. Hatreds are born in Sania’s heart, so she throws With her network around Salah, she convinces him that Zainab is in a relationship with the director. The director again seeks the help of Saniya, but Zainab discovers the truth and ends with a surprise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1956-03-26
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man fat qadimah
1943-01-18
man fat qadimah
Overview: Akl Pasha intends to get married after the death of his wife. His young son tries to dissuade him from this idea, but he fails. So the father contracts the marriage with a beautiful young girl. The girl tries to persuade him to appoint her father to the position of an engineer, while her father does not know how to read and write. He tries to evade the request. Strangely enough, but the girl insists, so he has no choice but to present the request to the Board of Directors. Who mocks him and ridicules the request, which drives (Aqal) Pasha into depression and retirement in the estate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1943-01-18
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my daughter
1944-04-03
my daughter
Overview: Nahid's husband squanders his wife's money on his mistress, and after his wife's wealth is lost, he begins to embezzle from his business's money, until his matter is exposed and he is imprisoned while Nahid is pregnant with his child. When Nahid gives birth to her baby girl, Hazem Bey's wife happens to give birth to a girl, but the nurse tells Nahid that there is a baby girl. Hazem Bey has died, so Nahid asks the nurse to replace her daughter with Hazem’s daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1944-04-03
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Gharam El Millionaire
1957-02-18
Gharam El Millionaire
Overview: The events revolve around the dancer Salwa, who is considered the first star of the performance troupe she works with. A rumor spreads about Salwa’s relationship with a well-known millionaire, and the troupe director seeks to take advantage of that rumor to achieve more profit, and events escalate.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1957-02-18
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Wa Ead Al Hob
1960-11-27
Wa Ead Al Hob
Overview: Lola is a dancer in a nightclub. Many people who are looking for fun admire her, and she resists their requests to marry her or become their mistress, especially the young man who is always insisting on her. Lola meets a dignified man who proposes to her and she agrees. After the marriage, the two of them share in managing the nightclub. When the young man finds out about the matter, he is shocked and disappears.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1960-11-27
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Don't Tell Anybody
1952-02-21
Don't Tell Anybody
Overview: The film's events revolve around the singer Farid, who is in love with one of the dancers, who decides to travel on an artistic tour. He proposes to her to marry her after she returns from the travel, but he falls under psychological pressure that forces him to marry another girl who also works as a singer. After the dancer returns from the travel, she discovers something... Her lover's marriage, so she leaves him, but later she discovers that things are not as they seem, and that the singer's uncle loves the dancer and wants to marry her.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1952-02-21
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Night Train
1953-02-23
Night Train
Overview: Adel and Samia are in love, but her father is in financial trouble , when Adel decides to intervene to repay the man's debts he gets in an accident and wakes up to find his sweetheart has married someone else.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1953-02-23
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The Second Man
1959-12-24
The Second Man
Overview: Esmat Kazem runs a smuggling operation between Egypt and Lebanon, using his cabaret in Cairo as a front. Ibrahim, the smuggling ring's operative in Beirut, is murdered over a dispute with Esmat. The police relay the news of the murder to Ibrahim's sister Lamia, a former singer at Esmat's cabaret and an old flame of Esmat's. When she learns of her brother's death, she decides to avenge her brother's murder by co-operating with the police and bringing down Esmat's smuggling ring.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1959-12-24
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The Hawk
1950-12-31
The Hawk
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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The Next-Door Girl
1964-04-21
The Next-Door Girl
Overview: A drug dealer in love with university student Ikhlas resorts to taking revenge when she refuses to marry him because of her love for Omar.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1964-04-21
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Rendezvous with a Stranger
1959-01-01
Rendezvous with a Stranger
Overview: A classic Egyptian film noir starring Omar Sharif who is trying to find out the mysterious circumstances under which his brother was killed. This gem also features the belly dancer Samia Gamal and features some of her famous exotic dancing tableaux.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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The Last Lie
1950-11-12
The Last Lie
Overview: Samir is a singer living happily with his jealous wife Samira. However, His ex-girlfriend Kiki wants to relive their relationship again, but he refuses because he is afraid of Samira's violent reaction. Kiki seeks the help of an Indian Maharaja and asks him to force Samir to attend her birthday party, he then sends his men to do the job. Samir feels intimidated during the celebration and accidently breaks Kiki's pearl necklace which she borrowed from the Maharaja. He promises her to fix it and puts it in his pocket, but becomes drunk and loses consciousness.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1950-11-12
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The Love of My Life
1947-03-16
The Love of My Life
Overview: Mamdouh travels to Cairo to realize his dreams as a singer. There, he falls in love with a dancer who leaves him in search of a better future.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1947-03-16
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I Love You Only
1949-01-03
I Love You Only
Overview: Munir, a singer and telegraph employee, tries to realize his dreams as an artist and falls in love with dancer Nadia.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1949-01-03
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A Bullet in the Heart
1944-03-27
A Bullet in the Heart
Overview: Muhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play. Mohsen is a reckless young man who has many relationships. He meets the girl of his dreams by chance and falls in love with her immediately, but he discovers that she is his friend's fiancée, so he decides to stay away from her, but she has fallen in love with him.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1944-03-27
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Prince Of The Revenge
1950-10-23
Prince Of The Revenge
Overview: Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
Genres: Romance Action Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1950-10-23
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The Legends of Belly Dance 1947-1976
2004-04-01
The Legends of Belly Dance 1947-1976
Overview: A collection of 16 classic performances by the most prominent Egyptian belly dancers of the 20th century. The selections are from appearances in movies and other shows over a 30 year period.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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Sukkar Hanem
1960-05-29
Sukkar Hanem
Overview: Nabil and Farid demand that "sugar" masquerade as a woman and pretend in front of people that she is the aunt of Farid Fatafeet al-Sukkar, so that they can call their granules home. The trick turns into a problem when Fred's real aunt returns.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1960-05-29
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They're Driving Me Crazy
1960-02-29
They're Driving Me Crazy
Overview: Ismail sends his sick son and wife to Alexandria and continues his work with the movie star Sawsan as a hairdresser. As Sawsan reports her lover Abbas to the police after a dispute with him, Ismail comes to her house and discovers her body.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1960-02-29
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Alley of The Pestle
1963-09-21
Alley of The Pestle
Overview: This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1963-09-21
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Red Lipstick
1946-12-23
Red Lipstick
Overview: Directed by Wali Eddine Sameh.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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Zero hour
1972-01-24
Zero hour
Overview: (Saif) A police officer chases gangs smuggling gems out, and during one of the chases a gang member is killed, tried, and dismissed from servants. The (Murad) gang asks him to work with him and he agrees, and he goes to Lebanon to complete a deal, and the process is completed. The gang is suspicious of (Saif) and that he is still working with the police, kidnapping his son as a hostage, to carry out one of the currency exchange operations for the gang, and the events continue in an exciting atmosphere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1972-01-24
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Chakawet rejala
1966-04-20
Chakawet rejala
Overview: A rich young man named Ahmed falls in love with a poor girl called Farida, but he does not know that she is poor. To make a plan to present it to his family by hiring a group of compars to reunite the personalities of the wealthy unique family.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1966-04-20
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Al Shaytan wal Kharif
1972-08-14
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Overview: Naim, who decides to take revenge on Narges' widow, Wasfi, who caused him to be imprisoned, so he makes an agreement with Dalal in order to plan to seize Narcissus’s money. Her money to him, but he discovers it's not easy at all.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-14
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Le masque de Toutankhamon
1956-05-18
Le masque de Toutankhamon
Overview: Exotic vehicle for the singer-dancer-model-actress Dalida, winner of the Miss Egypt beauty contest of 1954, who the French painter-director Gastyne discovered.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-05-18
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البني آدم
1945-10-15
البني آدم
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1945-10-15
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The Victory of Youth
1941-01-02
The Victory of Youth
Overview: Waheed, the young composer, struggles with his sister, the singer Nadia, to make a living. They find work in one of the nightclubs, but the manager expels them because Nadia refuses to sit with the patrons. They suffer from torment and homelessness. Nadia falls in love with the wealthy Mohi, who agrees to marry her, but his mother opposes. As for Waheed, He also loves a rich girl and agrees with her brother to marry her. Mohi marries Nadia without caring about his mother, and Waheed succeeds in presenting the operetta he dreamed of directing.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1941-01-02
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Agaza Fi Gohanam
1949-09-05
Agaza Fi Gohanam
Overview: A gang of thieves joined the band of thieves, but proved their failure. The gang put them in the shovels and threw them on the road. They decided after this incident to form a gang of their own, to begin their work in the shack of the rams in Luxor. The stylist (Estefan Rusti) swims the character of Count San Stefano, a biker tourist gambler. The monologist (Ismail Yassin) becomes Hassan Shata, a merchant of false antiques. The watchmaker (Hassan Fayek) is Dr. Abdul Shaf, a specialist in diseases of rheumatism, liver and stomach. The banker (Sharafnat) becomes Khan, an Indian man who specializes in reading the horoscope, and later joined by Samia Hanem the dancer (Samia Jamal).
Genres: Comedy Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1949-09-05
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Habibi El Asmar
1958-06-26
Habibi El Asmar
Overview: A poor girl leaves her fiancé, who works as a mechanic, and be friends a famous dancer, because she loves to dance. A wealthy man admires her, and the dancer persuades the girl to accept his offer of marriage because he will give her fame and glory, but her former fiancé decides to have revenge.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1958-06-26
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Raqsat Al Wadah
1954-04-26
Raqsat Al Wadah
Overview: A poor maid loves her wealthy young master and she becomes pregnant. The head of the family seeks to make her marry a lawless man to give the newborn girl his name. Time passes and the girl becomes a dancer in nightclubs, and falls in love with a wealthy young man who knows who is her real father .
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1954-04-26
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Abu Al-layl
1960-12-26
Abu Al-layl
Overview: (Abu Al-Layl) is a mysterious person who wears a mask on his face and no one knows who he is. He moves with a dog and completely controls the people of a town, and makes them carry out what he orders them to do whatever it is, because of their intense fear of him and the only one who can communicate with (Abu Al-Layl) whenever she wants She is (Duha) because of an affair between them, and (Ahmed) tries to do everything in his power to find out who (Abu Al-Layl) is and rid the town of its evils.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1960-12-26
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The Way Of The Devil
1963-06-02
The Way Of The Devil
Overview: Two gamblers living a prosperous but lustful life where money has replaced morals. However, their lives change after an unexpected meeting with a belly dancer.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1963-06-02
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Zanuba
1956-12-11
Zanuba
Overview: (Atiya Abu Hadid) is a thug and a thief who leads a gang to commit his crimes. He loves one of the neighborhood girls (Naana’a), who is engaged to her cousin (Al-Atra), a soldier in the army, who goes to participate in the Palestine war, so the atmosphere is clear for Atiya. He devises a plan to make the master (Hassan), Naana’a’s brother, fall in love with Zenouba, a girl whom Atiya exploits for his own despicable purposes.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1956-12-11
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Les Miserables
1943-10-04
Les Miserables
Overview: Victor Hugo's classic novel of Jean Valjean, pursued through the years by an unbending foe, the cruel lawman Javert.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1943-10-04
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Love Is Forbidden
1942-02-01
Love Is Forbidden
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1942-02-01
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El Nagham El Hazeen
1960-02-22
El Nagham El Hazeen
Overview: Professor Mahmoud loves the dancer Samia, whose talent he discovered in the first place, despite the age difference between them, but she treats him as just a friend, nothing more. When the singer Adel comes to work with them, Samia is attracted to him, which arouses Mahmoud's jealousy, which prompts him to sign a contract with another casino. However, Samia's separation from Adel makes her feel very sad, especially after he meets another girl named Laila in the new casino.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1960-02-22
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