Abdullah Mahmoud
Also Known As: عبدالله محمود
Biography: An Egyptian actor, born in 1959 in Cairo, worked in the field of acting as a child when he was participating in school plays. He joined the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, and began his artistic career through the series (Al-Bostaji), which qualified him to participate in a large number of television series, including: Asfour Al-Nar, Gates of the City, Innocents. As for the cinema, the late director Youssef Chahine presented him through his important movie (Alexandria, why?) and then participated in many important films, including: Bus Driver, The Ring and the Bracelet, Tal' Al Nakhl, The Egyptian Citizen. At the end of his life, Abdullah Mahmoud turned to the field of production, where he produced the movie (One Cappuccino), which is his first absolute starring, but he died in 2005 before the movie was shown in theaters due to complications from cancer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Birthday: December 06, 1959
Deathday: June 06, 2005
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Disco Disco
Overview: In a mixed high school, Sayed Abu Dahab leads a group of students who spend their nights at the disco,spreading among them addiction and customary marriage, and their school principal tries to fix things.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1994-08-15
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Return of a Citizen
Overview: Shaker returns from Doha after an absence of eight years hoping to resume his life in Cairo with his siblings Fawzia, Najwa, Ibrahim and Mahdi, after achieving them financial security. He's shocked by the social changes that happened while he was away that affected them,making them no longer need him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-10-13
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Destiny
Overview: In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1997-08-18
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Date Wine
Overview: In a small Upper-Egyptian village where people live in extreme poverty, a stranger arrives and calls on people to travel to the Gulf countries for job opportunities, so all of the village's grown-up men leave, except for the disabled grandfather and his grandson Ahmed, upon which trouble begins to spread in the village in the absence of men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1998-06-23
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An Egyptian Story
Overview: After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1982-09-27
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The Bus Driver
Overview: A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1982-07-11
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The Road to Eilat
Overview: In 1969, a group of Egyptian frogmen target and destroy two Israeli vessels in the port of Eilat during the War of Attrition.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: am
Release Date: 1994-10-10
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Tower of Tanneries
Overview: The wealthy merchant Salama moves from the tannery neighborhood to live in his new building in Mohandessin. His son, Hisham, returns from the war of 73 with a leg injury and PTSD, and his wife, Nadia, clings to him. As for his son, Issam, he owns a boutique, and his girlfriend, Nana, supplies him with goods from abroad, including medicine for his father. Salama decides to marry Nana, so Issam gets rid of her so that she will not share the inheritance with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-02-01
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Wahid kabtshinu
Overview: Saeed Abu Doma dreams of acting, and to become a well-known artist, and after arriving in Cairo he begins to search for a casting office to help him reach his dream, but after failing to achieve his goal, he resorts to work in a nightclub and get to know a prostitute.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2005-01-11
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Pyramid
Overview: Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that even with our 21st-century technology, we could not build anything like it today. Based on the most up-to-date research and the latest archaeological discoveries, here is how the Pyramid came to be.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-28
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The Story of the West Quarter
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1996-07-17
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Precausion is Mandatory
Overview: Hassan Musharraf, a reformist, came from the countryside looking for a role in the capital. Meets different models of young deviant within the reformist, and faces the harsh treatment they are subjected to by supervisors of reform by treatment Better, and get the friendship of guests who improve their behavior and create an atmosphere of friendliness among everyone
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-10-10
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The Smoke
Overview: the play’s central focus on Hamdi, who initiates the smoke and then vanishes within its murky haze
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Citizen Masrey
Overview: The story of Mayor Abdul Razek al-Sharshabi (Omar al-Sharif) when his younger son, Tawfiq (Khalid al-Nabawi) is called for army recruitment, his wife (Safiya al-Omari), rejects it, suggesting to send someone else to go instead. So the Mayor persuaded a poor father named Abdul-Muqeem (Izzat al-Alayli) to send his only son Masrey instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-12-23
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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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The Street Player
Overview: Fares, a shoe factory worker, has only one passion in life: football. He lives a humble life in a chaotic neighborhood where he plays street football to increase his income. However, neither his marriage nor his job is stable enough. He goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife and his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-08-06
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The Collar and the Bracelet
Overview: In 1933 in the village of Karnak in Luxor, sad lives with her husband Bakhit Bishari paraplegic and TB disease.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Guys in hell
Overview: Medhat becomes addicted as a result of his family's work abroad and their preoccupation with him, and Osama is determined to steal his miser father's money, while Ahmed lives a desperate love story with his colleague and does not succeed in achieving any of his wishes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-04-28
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The Emperor
Overview: The story deals with the journey of Zinham, a young man who fled Egypt from Upper Egypt in search of a living, climbs up in organized crime and drug smuggling. His friend, Ibrahim, takes part in the crime journey. When he becomes one of the biggest drug smugglers (heroin) Who is in control of her market in Egypt in alliance with an Israeli smuggler, marries a dancer after he gets rid of Slim, the drug dealer who worked for him at the beginning of his career. He turns to liquidate everyone who stands in his way. He becomes drug addict and kills his close friend. (Ibrahim), after doubting the betrayal of his wife dancing with him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-11-19
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Hanafy Al Obaha
Overview: An officer balancing his marriage and police responsibilities releases a prisoner temporarily with the aim of using him to find and capture his old gang.
Genres: Crime Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-04-26
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One Cappuccino
Overview: The amazing journey of Saeed Cappuccino dealing with life
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Youth on the palm of the imp
Overview: Due to his poverty, the father of the musician is forced to abandon two of his three sons, so he sells the daughter to a wealthy family, and the second son to a doctor, and keeps a son with him. The father dies, the sons grow up, and their paths intersect.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-26
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The Storm
Overview: Ever wonder what it was like to be in the middle east during the Gulf War of the early 90s? Sure, many films and TV shows have portrayed what it was like for the UN forces. This film takes you into the melee from the perspective of Egyptians -- who were sharply divided about the war -- and their daily lives, which, as one sees, form the basis of their foundation for understanding/approaching the war. And it really is these "every day" realities that make up the bulk of the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-03-03
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Axe in the head
Overview: In one of the rural areas of Upper Egypt, the "Najawi" works on a ferry owned by the people to transport the people between the two banks of the river with symbolic reward, to get love and respect for everyone despite his poverty and satisfaction with the little he earns, and exchange love with the beautiful village "Saadia" So Saadia's family objected to the marriage of their daughter Najawi to his poverty
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-12-28
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Shams El Zanaty
Overview: During World War II, a tribal chief travels to Cairo to buy weapons. He asks for Shams Al Zanati's help to protect his oasis from Marshal Bar'i.
Genres: Adventure Action War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-10-21
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Playing with demons
Overview: Abdul Basit, Jaber, Fathi and Radwan are colleagues at the university who share the same housing and work to provide for their livelihood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Upper Egyptian Man
Overview: American archaeologist Joe comes to Egypt to search for treasures of the Pharaohs, and it turns out that the map of this treasure is in the possession of the Upper Man Qadri. He tries to negotiate with Qadri,who agrees to show him the location of the treasure,in exchange for a big percentage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-03-16
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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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Tali' al-Nakhl
Overview: Muhammad is a simple peasant young man who lives in a village. He works as a palm tree picker. He does his work with ease and loves his beautiful neighbour. However, he suddenly falls prey to severe pain and goes alone. He discovers that he is infected with schistosomiasis. He is forced to travel to Cairo, and is detained at the Bilharz Institute as a severe case. There he meets the doctor (Amal), who tells him that if he wants to recover, he must undergo surgery that may cost him his life. The matter gets worse when a wealthy person returns from abroad and wants to marry his fiancée, so he is forced to undergo the operation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-01-12
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الأوغاد
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-06-22
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Confrontation
Overview: Mahmoud leaves his town after offering his shroud to stop the bloodbath between his family and another family. The dispute began when Mahmoud met Salim, the chief of the Hawara, who has complete control over the town. Salim wanted to buy the share of his brother's widow, Atiyat, who refuses to sell. Mahmoud sympathizes with her against Salim, who is subjected to an attempted murder by some of the locals, so Mahmoud protects him with his pampering among the locals. Salim's son assaults Mahmoud's daughter, Fatima, and then kills her. He accuses Atiyat's brother of the crime, and Salim demands revenge and justice, and seeks to achieve it himself, but a surprise occurs that changes the course of events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-03-09
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Overwintering
Overview: Based on the story of the literary writer Youssef Al-Qaid, the events of the film revolve around a group of farmers who discover oil on one of them’s land, and the mayor begins to exploit it to his advantage.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-07-08
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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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Malaekat el-Shaware
Overview: The film revolves around Sherifa, the Pasha's daughter, who marries Adel, the driver's son, and gives birth to her daughter Fatima. However, the Pasha forces her to divorce her, and Fatima ends up in the reformatory.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-04-01
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Eshtibah
Overview: Nadia and her friend graduate from university. Nadia is married to Hussain, while their colleague, Medhat, who was impressed with the club and does not care about him, disagrees with himself and destroys her life as a punishment for her refusal. He prepares a videotape showing Nadia in humiliating situations. Nadia collapses for her innocence. Madhat is arrested, and a club called by her husband, and the surprises follow the truth about it.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-08-12
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