Mahmoud Qabil
Also Known As: محمود قابيل, محمود إبراهيم قابيل
Biography: Mahmoud Kabeel is an Egyptian actor born in Alexandria in 1946. Kabeel joined the military in 1964 and served as an officer until 1973. He fought in both the Six Day Way in 1967 and the War of Attrition in 1970. After leaving the military, he made his first acting appearance in Youssef Chahine's 1972 film "El Asfour" (The Sparrow) and continued to act in films in the next few years. In 1980, he moved to the United States where he started a citrus farming business with his brother. He returned to Egypt after fourteen years in the U.S., after which he began working as a counselor for young people. He returned to acting with "Darb Gaza" and "Lahm Rakhis" (Cheap Meat) about young girls traded off to rich Gulf suitors. His performance in the latter was well received. In 2003, Kabeel launched a TV series on girls' education and inheritance in Upper Egypt. That same year he was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and has continued with UNICEF on various fundraising and awareness campaigns. Kabeel is well known for his television roles on "Ayna Qalbi" (Where is My Heart) and "Hawanem Garden City" (Ladies of Garden City). Like many Alexandrians, Kabeel speaks a number of languages, including English, Arabic, French, Hebrew and Italian fluently.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Egypt
Birthday: December 08, 1946
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Gender: Male
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Cheap Flesh
Overview: The story of three girls, Iikhlas, Tawhida, and Nagfa, who live in the same village, going through the same tough circumstances. As they ask Master Mabrouk to help them find a job or get married, each of them faces a difficult life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Sparrow
Overview: Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1974-08-26
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Night Chat
Overview: A police detective investigates an apartment in which suspicious businesses are taking place, so he disguises himself to work there and succeeds in identifying both those who frequent the apartment and those who run it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1999-09-29
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Dantela
Overview: Samar, a singer, and Mariam, a lawyer, are childhood friends. One day as she was driving, Samar hits a man and calls Mariam to come to the police station where she is being questioned by Hossam. The three of them are involved in a love triangle as both women try to win Hossam over.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1998-04-07
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Star of the East
Overview: The film presents a part of the biography of legendary artist Umm Kulthum since 1944, shedding light on her unfinished romance like her relationship with King Sharif Sabri's uncle, and Ahmed Rami. And her role in the revolution of 1952 and after the defeat of 1967 and the sacrifices she made.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1999-06-07
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Away from Land
Overview: Nawal devotes her life to her scientific research and marries the engineer Adel. She meets his friends including Dr. Othman and his wife Souad. When she discovers that Adel and Souad are having an affair, she travels to her brother in Tunisia. On the ship, she meets Mahmoud and falls for him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The girls of my life
Overview: The mother separates from her husband and a divorce occurs between them. The mother takes one of the twin sisters, and the father takes the other. The two sisters grow up far from each other, and each of them has a different personality from the other as a result of the separation of the father and mother. One of them is dominated by feelings of selfishness and greed, while the other sister works hard to teach her. She is trying to achieve her ambitions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-08-15
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Hubb Taht al-Matar
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1975-01-02
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Flatfoot in Egypt
Overview: Inspector Rizzo and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-03-01
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The Mushroom
Overview: Mustafa worked in the guard team of President Sadat at the time of his assassination, he becomes depressed and an alcoholic. His wife leaves him with their daughter and marries a businessman engaged in suspicious operations leading to the abduction of the daughter. So she turns to Mustafa to save her.
Genres: Crime Thriller Adventure Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1997-06-09
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Hadath Fe 2 Talaat Harb
Overview: Four stories take place in a furnished apartment that we follow through the doorman and his family who live on top of the building in a miserable room. In the first story, a doctor tries to treat a figure with a political position. In the second story, Hassan meets in the 1970s with his old friend Nadim, who comes from Lebanon during its Civil War. The third story takes place at the beginning of the new millennium and the takeover of businessmen. As for the fourth story, it takes place before January 2011 when Sami returns under pressure from his family to sell the apartment and the whole building.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-03-07
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Dignity Day
Overview: The Egyptian navy prepares for a crucial military operation to sink the Israeli destroyer Eilat. The mission is carried out by a group of officers and soldiers, each with their own story.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2004-09-01
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Valley of Memories
Overview: Ra'fat marries Souad against his family's wishes and they go to live in Syria. When Ra'fat dies, Souad works to support her daughter Sahar who wants to marry her neighbor Walid. Souad falls ill but hides it from her daughter whom she sends to live with her rich aunt, Dalwat, in Cairo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-08-24
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Enough, my heart
Overview: After a love affair that shattered her heart due to different social classes , A woman decides to become independant and works in journalism which leads her to many different pathways that make her rich but at what cost ?.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-04-25
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The Judge and the Executioner
Overview: (Sherif) is a businessman who shares the company with his partner (Kamal). Kamal's father arrives from abroad and takes (Mahmoud), (Nahid's) fiancé, with him. They go to (Sherif) to offer a deal. Kamal is shocked when he sees his wife (Laila) with his friend and partner. He collapses and rushes to the car in a bad psychological state and is killed in an accident. (Mahmoud) confesses to (Nahid) the truth about the relationship between (Sherif) and (Laila). (Nahid) decides to take revenge on (Sherif), and the events of the film continue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-03-27
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They're All in Hell
Overview: Master Khadr controls the cement market. His only daughter Zakia loves Adel. When Ragheb, one of her father's men, starts his own business and Khadr becomes paraplegic, Zakia decides to run the business instead of her father, and goes head-to-head with Ragheb.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1978-12-04
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The Cursed
Overview: Egyptian Adaption Of the great play "King lear" by William Shakespeare.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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أبو البنات
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-04-25
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The Octopus
Overview: A woman whose husband travels to work abroad and leaves her facing loneliness and dreaming inside that she will kill him and take revenge on him for those years that he stole from her and then she thinks that the dream has become a reality and that she has already killed him and advances to the detective, admitting that she is a killer, but the doctor appointed by the court and his lawyer friend feel that the lady is innocent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-03-08
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Qadr aimra'a
Overview: A drama that tells the story of a successful university professor who lives an unhappy married life because her husband fell in love with another woman. Then she discovers that she has leukemia and is about to die.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-04-13
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Gonoun El Hayah
Overview: Sana discovers that her husband betrayed her, and travels to Sharm el-Sheikh and there she sees her husband with his mistress Safi, who later discovers that he is married to her customary, to decide to betray him with her new driver Magdy, and events develop
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-04-26
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حبيبتي من تكون
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-10-22
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Until Things Get Better
Overview: A film highlighting the issue of street children and the marginalized social class living under the pressure of economic conditions in a shanty district. Nahid escapes from her stepfather’s harassment only to become a victim of a horrible rape incident. She then becomes a dancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-12-17
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The Academy
Overview: The film revolves around a private academy in which young people are divided into "Cheltenham" and there are conflicts between them that the president of the Academy is trying to solve
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2009-09-20
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El Fagommi
Overview: A biography about Ahmed Fouad Negm, the famous poet of the Egyptian colloquial, depicting the important historical and revolutionary stages, from his struggle fighting the English occupation and political oppression, to his imprisonment and his relationship with his companion the composer Sheikh Imam Issa.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2011-06-01
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Downtown Shaking
Overview: The film is set in the span of eight hours in the region of downtown Cairo, exploring the variety of characters present in the busy town, and several problems they face in their daily lives, in addition to the economical crisis the whole country is facing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2015-01-25
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