Ighraa
Also Known As: اغراء, إغراء, Eghraa, نهاد علاء الدين
Biography: A Syrian actress, considered the most famous in the history of Syrian cinema, and had a great role in establishing a real film industry in Syria that lasted from the mid-sixties to the early nineties. She began acting at the age of 16 in Egypt before returning to Syria to become a symbol of cinema in her country. She participated in many films produced by the public and private sectors, with her film credit exceeding 35 films. In addition to her work as an actress, she wrote screenplays, and then tried directing in more than one film in which she also starred. Among her films as an actress: (The Leopard 1972) by Nabil El Maleh, (Dancer on Wounds 1974) by Mohamed Shaheen, . Her films as a director include: (The Karate Girls 1987). She disappeared from sight as the private sector withdrew from film production in the country, and reappeared in a popular television program, “Temptation Speaks,” in 2009, which sparked great controversy when it was shown.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: February 19, 1945
Age: 80 years old
Gender: Female
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Badawiat fi baris
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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A'rous min Demashq
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Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1973-04-01
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Dancer on the Wounds
Overview: A belly dancer and prostitute falls in love with a famous doctor who asks her for marriage, but for the sake of her lover's social standing, she decides to abandon him and return to her life of sin, and in order to forget him, she meets another man but also discovers that he has a family he loves. The dancer feels that she is not made for marriage life or to establish a normal family life, so she moves from A man to another after she lost all faith in love.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1974-03-11
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A Woman in the Abyss
Overview: After her father dies, a girl lives in her uncle's house and suffers from the oppression of her uncle's wife, who turns her into a maid and decides to marry her off to an older man, so she runs away from him and is picked up by a woman, who turns her into a prostitute.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1973-04-06
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Bewildered Girls
Overview: Some university students change their views on sex after hearing a lecture on the blind Syrian philosopher Al-Maarri. He gets his way with one of them after sneaking what I imagine is rufees into one of their drinks which has disastrous consequences. After going to some wild bellydancing parties they are ensnared by a polyester-clad drug-dealer and womanizer/rapist. The victims' friends plan to avenge her with the help of the local police. Includes numerous musical numbers and belly dancing scenes.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Belle & the Space Conqueror
Overview: In a local environment, a young man decides to return with his foreign wife, and they each have a dream linked to the ideas of change and development, and the establishment of a satellite station project in this place.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1975-01-25
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I Die Twice And Love You
Overview: When a simple worker who works for a service that manages houses and mansions meets a rich guy who is trying to rent his apartment, he takes advantage of the empty apartment to have a romantic evening with his wife. But the couple is surprised when the apartment's owner arrives to find them inside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Naked Without Sin
Overview: As Soheir marries Hamdy, she gets in an accident and her sisters Hanan and Salma leave the house, the first to find work and the second to escape Hamdy's advances. After Soheir dies, Salma takes a job as a maid as Hanan gets recruited to work as a prostitute in upscale communities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1967-03-04
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One Man Wanted
Overview: A stranger infiltrates a group of people who live in an isolated place and tries to drive a wedge between them to seize control of the land. Two
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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Earth Wedding
Overview: In a Lebanese village, a beautiful woman is bound down by traditions as she falls in love with a wealthy married man that she is unable to be with.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Fake Love
Overview: A group of married couples pretend to love each other, with sincerity, and loyalty in front of society. However, problems and conflicts secretly arise, which are a result of betrayal and lack of trust, revealing that the apparent love between them is nothing but a lie.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Cheetah
Overview: Set in Syria in the early 1900s. A peasant has his land taken from him by the authorities. He gets imprisoned and beaten by the gendarme, but manages to escape to the mountains where starts a bloody struggle for revolution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1972-01-02
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Another Face of Love
Overview: A newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1973-08-06
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Karate girls
Overview: When her father dies and leaves her alone, a young and beautiful girl finds solace in dancing and playing karate. Her loneliness, however, tempts men to approach her, including her immoral cousin whom she rejects, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Eastern Woman
Overview: Amal is a pretty girl who works for a lady in her big house and is in a relationship with Walid, but she suffers as people misjudge her because of her beauty, harassing her and believing that she would be easy prey. Although her employer insists that she entertain her guests, Amal can't quit as she desperately needs her job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-17
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Those Who Came from the Seas
Overview: Following a plane crash, a man, his wife, and his friend end up on a desert island, and once again the eternal struggle that involves one woman and two men rages over who gets the woman and who should stay.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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A Woman Who Doesn't Sell Love
Overview: Two girls work together in sewing and tailoring, and one of them meets a young man. When he asks her to visit him at his home, the other suspects his intentions and asks her friend not to meet him so as not to be in danger.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Goodbye to Yesterday
Overview: Samir is deeply in love with Hanan but he is unable to reveal his impotence to her in a merciless society that sees him as less than a man. When he kills himself after their honeymoon, Hanan falls for his friend Kamal, but this relationship has its own share of struggles.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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A Bedouin in Paris
Overview: Directed by Muhammad Selman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1964-01-02
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