Hussein al-Imam
Also Known As: حسين الإمام, Hussien El Imam, Hussein El Imam , حسين حسن الإمام, Hussien El Emam
Biography: Hussein is an actor, a musician and a producer. He is the son of director Hassan el-Emam and has sung at several events. Hussein is married to the female artist Sahar Ramy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and he has had a brilliant performance on the 2002 comedy show “Hussein ‘ala al-Hawaa” (“Hussein On the Air”) which was followed by “Hussein fee al-Studio” (“Hussein in the Studio”) in 2003.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Egypt
Birthday: February 08, 1951
Deathday: May 17, 2014
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Silence!
Overview: The married couple Hommos and Halawa perform their choreographic show in the street, to the amusement of a record label owner who records a song for them. When a famous singer called Ghandour steals their song, they embark on a journey to take revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-05-27
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The Red Rose
Overview: A love story between (Salah) and (Gamila) ends and years later they meet again after she married Azmi al-Damanhuri,one of the big smugglers. (Gamila) tries to get back with (Salah) but he refuses and Azmi finds out about them and goes through a psychological conflict with them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-12-27
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Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
Overview: Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2009-06-24
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Like That in Zamalek
Overview: Nizar is a young broke aristocrat who lives off women. He uses a man he met called Saeed in a scam to steal an old millionaire's fortune for his wife Rukaiya, while the millionaire wants to leave his wealth to his missing son in Lebanon who's wanted by the mafia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2002-04-30
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Chocolate Coated
Overview: The film revolves around a gang planning an armed robbery of a bank. During the execution of the operation, they cause the death of many of the bank's patrons, and they succeed in escaping, but problems arise between the gang members, and they begin to get rid of each other one by one because of their greed for a larger share of the spoils, while the gang leader thinks of getting rid of everyone to seize it for himself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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The Snakes
Overview: Shedid, a contractor who owns a large company in Alexandria where his brother works, discovers during digging at one of the sites a Pharaonic cemetery. He tries to keep the contents of the cemetery for himself to smuggle it abroad and everyone starts betraying one another out of greed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-07-14
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One-Zero
Overview: Many characters of different backgrounds with various problems have their lives intertwine, as they come together through the one thing that unites them; their love of Egypt as Egypt wins the African Cup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2009-03-04
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Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
Overview: This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-09-21
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Moments of Femininity
Overview: A depiction of the lives of four young girls, Mona, Amira, Layali and Salma, who have developed intimate friendships over the years. When they finish their studies, they part ways as each pursues a different path, and each encounters obstacles along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2008-03-31
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Stories of an Estranged
Overview: Between the Setback of 1967 and the glorious October War, Abdel Rahman feels despair following the defeat of his homeland as he witnesses the changes that occurred to the people and their journey from despair to determination to restore their land and dignity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Silence of Sheep
Overview: Dr. Gomaa devises a special invention for the manufacture of medicines from medicinal herbs. His son, Dr. Hossam, is preparing to marry his colleague Huda, but Hossam is surprised by his father's death and stealing his invention. He decides to take revenge on the murderers after a journey of searching and investigation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-05-10
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The Berry and the Cane
Overview: Set in old Cairo, Hassouna (Hamdy Gheith) is a mean thug who collects money from people for protection. He prosecutes Ashour El Nagy's (Ezzat El Alaily) family, who transform from wealth to poverty. Hassouna forces Ashour to divorce his wife and leave the neighborhood, and then tries to marry her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-20
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Badia Masabni
Overview: The life story of the artist Badia Masabni, from her childhood, through her rape in her hometown in Lebanon, her migration to Egypt, her work as a dancer, her marriage to Najib Al-Rihani, her work as an actress, their divorce, the withholding of taxes on her theater, her selling of the theater to the dancer Biba, her escape with her money to Lebanon, her birthplace, and her death alone.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1975-12-21
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Al Sokkareya
Overview: The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their impact on their maturity and life paths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1973-01-14
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O Lovely Life
Overview: Batta, Sakina, and Nawal .. Three friendly girls, neighbors from one lane, with similar difficult social conditions and also the dream of marriage before spinsterhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1996-05-27
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Do not wrong women
Overview: Fatima works as a maid in the villa of the wealthy Hamouda, kills him and turns herself in to the police. During the interrogation, she refuses to disclose the motive for the murder. During the investigation, lawyer Ahmed discovers that Hamouda was killed with three bullets, while Fatima admits that she shot him with one bullet.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-03-17
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Hob Fauq Al-Burkan
Overview: Ahmed and Nawal's half-brother (Hussein) steals Ahmed's money to spend on the dancer (Dusa). Nawal pawns jewelry with (Umm Jaber), the moneylender, in order to give (Hussein) the money. Ahmed goes to retrieve Nawal's jewelry, and at the same time, Hussein kills Umm Jaber. Ahmed runs away from the house in panic. Nima sees him leaving and thinks he is the killer. As she goes down to catch him, she falls and loses her sight. Ahmed feels guilty, so he marries her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-11-09
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El-Ganna Taht Qadmeha
Overview: (Zainab) works in a factory to raise her daughter (Nemat) and son (Hussein), but she refuses to marry (Ayoub). The factory owner tries to trap Zainab, but she pushes him back. So Ayoub decides to burn the factory, rob and kill its owner, the crime succeeds, he changes his personality, and becomes rich, and (Zainab) is accused of the crime and imprisoned, (Hussein) grows up, and becomes a lawyer, while (Nemat) works as a tailor, and she believes that getting rich by any means is the solution. (Zainab) escapes from prison to meet her children, and searches for evidence of her innocence, which is a letter hidden by her brother (Ahmed).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1979-12-03
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Samir Abu el Nil
Overview: Samir Abo El-Nil (Ahmed Makki) lives in a local neighborhood where he gets into problems with its residents because of his stinginess . When his cousin Hussein Abo El-Nil (Hussein Al-Imam) leaves him a fortune , he starts a satellite channel where he discusses his relations with those around him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2013-04-01
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Prayer of the oppressed
Overview: Manar marries a wealthy man while she is in a relationship with Medhat. He sends her letters in the name of Nabila, her brother Sharaf's wife, but divorces her when he gets his hands on one of them. He suspects his paternity of Mervat and hands her over to a teacher who runs a pickpocket den.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-09-12
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Son of Wealth
Overview: Farid Ezz El-Din, is a wealthy spoiled young man. After his father flees the country and smuggles all his money, he is forced to manage all his business. Farid is arrested on charges of fraud but before he was tried, he escapes with the help of his housekeeper, Kazem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-07-25
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Who is he in society?
Overview: Khamis and his brother Khalil poison their father to get rid of him, after he threatens to write his fortune to his new born son Hamada, who he had after marrying his maid Firdaws. Firdaws is accused of killing her husband because she brought him food without knowing about his sons' plot, while Khamis and Khalil get rid of their little brother by leaving him in the middle of Cairo's traffic to get lost. Hajj Younis finds the child and takes care of him, then he joins the music institute, and a love story develops between him and his colleague Souad.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1982-05-31
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Wantaha Al-Hob
Overview: Ahmed is engaged to Souad, and on the wedding night, Souad is shot dead by a stray bullet. The wedding turns into a funeral, and Ahmed suffers from severe depression. Souad's father grieves over the death of his eldest daughter, so before his death, Ahmed recommends his younger daughter Zizi to him and asks him to marry her, but he refuses. He lives on the memory of his beloved Souad, while raising her younger sister Zizi. His feelings for her, who greatly resembles his late sister, grow stronger. An internal conflict begins between longing for his beloved and her sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1975-10-07
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The Chicest Man in Roxie
Overview: Hassan and Rabea are two young men living in the Roxy area of Cairo. Rabea succeeds as a popular singer with the help of his good friend Hassan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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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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Ice Cream in Glim
Overview: Seif works in a video rental store, and lives with a group of young men aspiring for a better life. Seif tries to prove himself worthy by showcasing his singing talent, to the disappointment of the store's owner who fires him. Seif ends up in jail, where he meets a leftist student and poet, who introduces him to an infamous old composer, and they form a trio and take their art to the streets.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-08-13
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Kaborya
Overview: Hassan Hudhud is a poor boxer who dreams of championships and glory. He accidentally takes part in a match at the mansion of a wealthy man who admires him. He soon gets rich and moves into the mansion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-08-27
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Lobster
Overview: Abbas is an interior architect living in Hurghada. He gets into a quarrel with Ismat, the owner of the villa which Ahmed is working on, that ends with her causing him a permanent disability. When he decides to sue her, her mother Zohira convinces her to marry him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1996-02-20
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Pizza Pizza
Overview: The story revolves around three friends who went to their fourth boyfriend and worked on opening a pizza restaurant.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1998-06-29
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El Nems
Overview: Al Nems is a quarreling microbus driver, and he moves from one job to another, and one day he meets a businessman who is assigned to deliver money with his wife and assistant, while he plots a plot, and he (Al Nems) becomes in the middle of a great adventure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-01-08
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Bamba Kasher
Overview: The diplomat Mahmoud marries the dancer Bamba and she gives birth to a daughter, Laila. His father, Ra'fat Pasha, forces him to divorce her and takes his granddaughter to raise. Bamba becomes a famous dancer, and her home becomes a meeting place for wealthy men including Ra'fat, who falls for her.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1974-01-02
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Ballo Ballo
Overview: In the framework of a comedy revolves around theatrical play some people working within the circus and link them to some of the positions of comedian and theatrical show where they know a rich girl was connected with the circus in the university period, talking many comedy events
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Pursued
Overview: In the fourth story of the epic of Harafish, Samaha Al-Nagy grandson of Ashour al-Nagy decides to marry Mahlabia. But Al-Qalali the bully of the neighborhood wants to marry her. When Samaha and Mahlabia try to escape, the men of Al-Qalali kill Mahlabia and frame Samaha, who flees to Upper Egypt.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-08-19
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Alfarysa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-03-24
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Al-Salakhana
Overview: Teacher Abu Halqa succeeds in buying all the animals from the markets to become the only teacher in the slaughterhouse. Teacher Najm reluctantly agrees to make peace with Teacher Abu Halqa and also agrees to the marriage of his daughter Safaa to Abu Halqa's second son, the engineer Alaa. On the wedding night, Teacher Najm agrees with one of his men to kill Omar, Teacher Abu Halqa's first son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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El-Kafeer
Overview: The Egyptian intelligence service uses the Egyptian young man Akram, who is renowned for his genius in the field of aeronautical engineering. In order to study and know the secrets of the "Al Kafir" plane, the intelligence officer, General Yehya Iham Akram, is trying to go to France to repair the Concorde. Akram convince them at the airport that he arrived from Rome wrong but that the Israeli intelligence prepares him easy prey and recruit him after being brutally tortured, and his coach Margo, who is in love with him, and turns Margo on her device and decide to secede, and trial, is handed over to others, and Akram Aflat of Mossad men , And hijack the plane Alkafir and then destroy it and jump Parachute to be picked up by the Egyptian intelligence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1999-06-23
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