Shawqi Shamekh
Also Known As: شوقي شامخ, Шауки Шамех
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Adult: No
Birthday: July 25, 1949
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 26, 2009
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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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Why Does the Sea Laugh
Overview: Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a goal to know the master who provides a place to stay, and while roaming recognize Naima One of the teams roams the streets and falls in love with her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-05-10
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Difficult Time
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-03-04
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A date with wolves
Overview: (Adel) works with (Saeed Bey) as a secretary, and (Saeed) runs many suspicious businesses, and (Adel) cannot get rid of him because (Saeed) has papers that incriminate him, so (Adel) asks his girlfriend to seduce (Saeed) so that she can marry him, and she can steal the papers. Saeed realizes Adel's plan, so each of them seeks to eliminate the other.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Al-Hob Al-Haqiqi
Overview: The film's events take place in a romantic comedy framework. The film deals with a love story that develops between Mohamed (Mohamed El Helw) and Mona (Mona Abdel Ghani), but the financial problems they face stand in the way of this love. The girl falls into the clutches of a group of villains, and Mohamed tries to save her from all those who covet her and protect her, but in the process he faces many problems and events follow one another.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-08-13
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We Only Live Once
Overview: Dr. Amal decides to move from Cairo to Saloum in an attempt to escape the memories of her fiancé's death in a car accident. She meets the playboy teacher Hani, who was transferred to Saloum as punishment for his disrespect and misconduct. They develop feelings for each other that turn into love.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1981-08-04
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The Witness Who Didn't See Anything
Overview: Sarhan Abdel Basir, a children's performer known for playing a rabbit, becomes a witness in a murder case. Struggling to separate his on-stage persona from reality, he finds himself in a series of comedic situations.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-06-12
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Four On An Official Mission
Overview: Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-05-28
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The Glimpse
Overview: Fouad is a very ambitious young man who meets the experienced and much older businessman, Gaber. Fouad becomes certain that Gaber will help him fulfill his dreams and goes with him to a trip but he rediscovers many of the facts he didn't know before.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2012-06-19
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A Man Named Abbas
Overview: During WWII, a retired teacher decides to find a job. When he accepts a position in a private school in a small Upper Egyptian town, he moves there with his family, only to discover that the town is afflicted by an ongoing blood feud between two families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-08-25
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An Investigation
Overview: As a mentally unstable man goes to the house of a female official of ill repute, she asks him to hide, after which she gets murdered. The investigators continue to look for the murderer, and many become suspects during the course of the investigation.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-06-17
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The Path of Evil
Overview: Colonel Suleiman Al-Dahshan confronts the gang of pursuers led by Jaber. Suleiman also devises a plan to arrest Adel, Jaber's nephew, who is accused of killing Saeed, for revenge, even though Adel is innocent and fails to prove his innocence. Adel tries to convince his uncle to stop committing crimes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-01-16
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Swimming Boltia
Overview: Master Boltia is facing investors trying to control a private beach in the Max area in Alexandria, where she lives with her daughter, leading to a fierce confrontation between her and the investors.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2008-12-02
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The Lovers
Overview: When the lawyer, Salah, loses his wife to cancer, his daughter Manal becomes his world. He meets So'ad, a fellow lawyer who was forced to get engaged to a wealthy man due to economic hardships. As Salah and So'ad grow close, she decides to break off her engagement.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-03-05
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A File in Vice
Overview: Said the officer in Vice Squad is shocked by the decision of his boss to stop the investigation into the case of Alia Hanim because of her connections with officials and turns into a rigid person. When Said has information that some women visit a flat and practice fornication , he tries to prove the charge against them even by falsification.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Who shot the bullets at Hind Allam
Overview: The events of the series revolve around journalist Hend Allam, whose husband, a famous nuclear scientist, is assassinated by a terrorist group. Hend then tries to discover the truth behind her husband’s murder, which exposes her to danger from these groups.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-10-01
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Uncle Qandil's Scissors
Overview: Qandil is the owner of a barbershop who is trusted by his neighbors to solve their problems. When he is imprisoned after accidentally killing Gad, his greedy son Salah transforms the barbershop into a clothes store.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-12-30
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A Very Difficult Mission
Overview: While drunk Ahmed agrees with Wahid that he kills his stepfather, in return for Ahmed killing Wahid's wife Salwa in order to have her insurance policy. Wahid carries out the agreement, while Ahmed meets Salwa and confess to her the plan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-05-28
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Market of The Fish
Overview: A widow bullied by traders in the fish market from further commercial aims after the death of her husband,a worker stand by her side and help then married her,but does the money and power change him ?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-12
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Layl Wa Khawana
Overview: The corrupt lawyer Mohaseb Awadallah exploits the small thief Salah to steal important documents from the safe of an investment company. When the lawyer feels that Salah's power is increasing, he gets rid of him through another thief named Shaqroun who carries out the lawyer’s plan.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-01-08
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The Execution Squad
Overview: Faraj al-Aktaa conspires with the Israeli enemy to get rid of the resistance men in Suez. Hassan, the only survivor, is accused of betraying the group and is sentenced to prison,while the daughter of the resistance leader is looking for her father's killer, and Hassan comes out of prison to avenge.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-01-02
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The Search for Sayed Marzouk
Overview: Yousef is a naive employee who goes out on his day off to meet strange characters, including a wretch dressed like Charlie Chaplin and Said Marzouq, an eccentric multi-faceted billionaire, full of contradictions and ambiguity. While trying to find himself ,he becomes accused of murder.
Genres: Drama Action Fantasy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-12-16
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Fatwat EL Salakhana
Overview: Zidane marries the dancer, Aziza. Sultan gets involved in the drug trade. Zidan disagrees with the gang leader, so she agrees with Sultan to kill him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-08-14
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Roots in the Air
Overview: Journalist Ayman loves Tahyia, he gets arrested for his bold political articles. The wife of a big official, convinces Tahyia to meet Saad, as he can release Ayman. Saad assaults Tahyia and after Ayman is released, he hires him in a prestigious position in the paper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-12-15
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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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Why, O Violet?
Overview: A portrayal of the lives of four friends who have different dreams and aspirations; Ahmed falls in love with a girl he saw once, Sayed gets in trouble when he sells the laboratory animals, Abbas who is married to a woman that doesn't love him, and Ali who works in illegal operations.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1993-11-01
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Forbidden Games
Overview: Jalal (Samir Ghanem) and his wife Madiha (Issad Younes) are under severe financial hardship, and their property is mortgaged until they have almost nothing, and thus the spouses are forced to do unusual things to meet their needs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1984-05-28
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Girl's Secrets
Overview: Graphic portrayal of society's struggle to balance tradition and modernity in modern-day Egypt. "Girl's Secrets" tells the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy sparks tragic consequences. The film articulates the many questions on the minds of most Egyptians and Muslims around the world: Should women abide by Islam's stringent dress code? How can parents screen out unwanted Western influences? Should Egyptian schools teach sex education? Should teen-age boys and girls socialize?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-06-20
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El-Gabalawy
Overview: When a dispute happens between Hassan and Jeblawi , Hassan causes the factory owner, said, to fire Jeblawi. Jablawi works for drug dealer Abbas and steals money from him. He returns to town and buys Said's factory at an auction. Abbas and his men find Jeblawi and work out a deal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-08-26
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Summer Thefts
Overview: Set in the summer of 1961 during President Nasser's land reforms, this is a story of the childhood friendship between Yasser, the son of a bourgeois landowner, and Leil, the son of an Egyptian peasant. When turbulent times tear Yasser's family apart, the boys team up for a money-making scheme that results in misadventures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-10-10
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Samira’s Death
Overview: The millionaire Abdel Rahman Shaker arrives in Cairo, accompanied by Samira. As he gets acquainted with the great composer Fahmy and admires the aspiring singer Noura, he tries to get close to her, but when she rejects him, he assaults her. Fahmy pressures him to marry her and Samira breaks down.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-08-26
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The Bey Doorman
Overview: Abdel Samea goes to Egypt with his wife and children looking for a job so he works as a doorman, and by being smart he works as a broker until he makes a lot of money
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-08-31
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Al Awbash
Overview: Six human wolves cut off a husband and wife on their wedding night, killing the husband and raping the wife who suffers a nervous breakdown. After that, the security services fail to identify the perpetrators. While the incident is known by journalist Ahmed Azmi, he sympathizes with the wife he has known since she was a child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-02-24
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Below Zero
Overview: Three friends: Wagih, Saad and Mustafa, live in the same town, and they are all competing to win the heart of one woman: Nadia, who eventually marries Mustafa. Upon his return from abroad, Mustafa gets arrested and convicted with drug smuggling, and the betrayal of his friend gradually unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-07-02
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Ragol lehaza alzaman
Overview: Debes, who works in a large gang in a drug case, is arrested and threatens to reveal the secrets of the gang. The senior lawyer, Naji, defends him against Judge Kamal, who is known for his extreme firmness.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Sukkar Bulaq
Overview: Mrs. Sukar lives in Bulaq. The people of the region consider her one of the best women there. She gets divorced from a man who deals in drugs, and after that she gets married to Atwa, and she suspects that he also deals with it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Ana Elli Katalt El Hanash
Overview: Hassanein and Barhuma suffer from the abuse of (El-Hanash) a bully in the neighborhood. After some time, Hassanein travels to Greece where he meets with his mistress Aziza and marries her after knowing that she has a child as a result of their illicit relationship. On the other hand, El-Hanash gets his agents in Greece to go after Hassanein, which results of Aziza's murder by a bullet directed towards her by mistake instead of Hassanein.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-03-11
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A Woman with the Devil
Overview: Nahed marries a rich old man who she used to work for as a nurse, but she falls in love with a prisoner. She waits for him to get out of prison and agrees with him to kill her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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الثعبان
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-10-21
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