Ahmed Zaki

Ahmed Zaki

Ahmed Zaki (November 18, 1949 - March 27, 2005) was a leading Egyptian film actor who was characterized by his talent, skill, and ability to impersonate. Dubbed "The Emperor", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest male actors in the Arab world. Zaki has starred in six films that have been listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films. Ahmed Zaki was born to a poor family in Sharqia, Egypt. His father died a few years after his birth, his mother remarried, and he was brought up to live with his grandfather. Zaki fell in love with acting when he was still in school, his headmaster saw his creative ability and pushed him to follow his passion. He would later travel to Cairo and earn his degree from the Cairo Higher Institute for Drama Studies in 1974. While studying, he first debuted in the stage play Hello Shalaby (1969). He also starred in very successful comedy plays such as School of Mischief (1973) and No Longer Kids (1979). Early in his career, he struggled with producers and directors as they believed he did not have the appearance to appeal to audiences. When he got objected by the film distributor to star in Al Karnak (1975) after he was cast as the character Ismail, he entered a severe depression. He did not overcome it until after poet and playwright Salah Jahin supported him, as Jahin was convinced of his talent and would later write films and a TV show Zaki starred in. Many of his films had a strong political message that exposed governmental and police corruption. Two of his greatest successes were playing Egypt's presidents in two popular movies that became landmarks of Arabic cinema. He played Gamal Abdel Nasser in Nasser 56 (1996) and Anwar Sadat in Days of Sadat (2001). He also portrayed other prominent Egyptian figures such as writer Taha Hussien. Zaki was a method actor who immersed himself profoundly in his roles, absorbing every aspect of the character he was portraying whether he was fictional or real in origin. In 1983, he married actress Hala Fouad but the marriage did not last. She gave birth to his only son Haitham Zaki in 1984, who would also grow up to be an actor until his sudden and tragic death in 2019. His former wife died in 1993 after a battle with breast cancer. He was a known heavy smoker. In 2005, Ahmed Zaki died of lung cancer during the shooting of Sherif Arafa's biography Halim (2006), in which he portrayed the legendary singer Abdel Halim Hafez, a role he's always dreamed to play. His son Haitham was roped in to fill the scenes and play the lead on behalf of his father. Years after his passing, he is remembered with great reverence and fondness within the film industry and outside it, his contributions seen as monumental by his contemporaries as well as the generations that followed.

  • Title: Ahmed Zaki
  • Popularity: 4.591
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1949-11-18
  • Place of Birth: Zagazig, Egypt
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  • Also Known As: أحمد زكي
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Ahmed Zaki Movies

  • 1984
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    Jail Cell

    Jail Cell

    7 1984 HD

    A doctor finds herself criminally involved in a baseless crime after a minor accident causes unbelievable mischief and trouble. She spends her days...

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  • 1979
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    No Longer Kids

    No Longer Kids

    7.7 1979 HD

    The play tells the story of four siblings trying to stop their father from leaving his family for another woman after one of them accidentally finds...

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  • 1974
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    Bedour

    Bedour

    1 1974 HD

    Sewer worker Saber learns about the role of the woman who decides to repent. He claims to the people of the neighborhood that he is his cousin and...

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  • 1973
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    The School of Mischief

    The School of Mischief

    8.5 1973 HD

    This play takes place in a school that consists of five rebellious students grouped together in one class, who have failed, for over a decade, to...

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  • 1977
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    Star Maker

    Star Maker

    1 1977 HD

    The famous star Siham attends a theatrical performance, where she meets the actor Saeed, and they fall in love and marry. Siham pushes him to the...

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  • 1972
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    My Son

    My Son

    1 1972 HD

    Jaber is a professional hitman who decides to repent, but the gang he is affiliated with refuses to let go of him easily.

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  • 1969
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    Hello Shalaby

    Hello Shalaby

    9.5 1969 HD

    a comedy play about a struggling theater cast seeking funding to show one of its plays, they stay in a hotel waiting for the financier, but they...

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  • 1969
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    Cairo in a Thousand Years

    Cairo in a Thousand Years

    1 1969 HD

    A play about the history of Cairo.

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  • 1970
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    Victims Hotel

    Victims Hotel

    1 1970 HD

    a TV movie based on an Agatha Christie's novel

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  • 2000
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    Land of Fear

    Land of Fear

    6.6 2000 HD

    A story about a police officer who was assigned to a secret mission as an undercover drug dealer, with the license to kill, deal in drugs, and do...

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  • 1991
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    The Escape

    The Escape

    6.9 1991 HD

    Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to...

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  • 1990
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    The Egg and the Stone

    The Egg and the Stone

    7 1990 HD

    A philosophy teacher finds himself and his ethics surrounded by a corrupt society, and as he's mistaken for an exorcist and fortune-teller. He uses...

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  • 1986
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    The Beginning

    The Beginning

    7.9 1986 HD

    After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all,...

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  • 1984
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    Black Tiger

    Black Tiger

    6.9 1984 HD

    An Egyptian goes to Germany to work in a factory and become a boxing legend called black tiger.

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  • 1974
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    Sons of Silence

    Sons of Silence

    1 1974 HD

    As the war of attrition with Israel reaches its peak, and while Magdy is waging his war on the front, his journalist fiancée is waging a...

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  • 1988
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    Dreams of Hind and Camilia

    Dreams of Hind and Camilia

    6.6 1988 HD

    Hend is a young widow who works as a maid, she meets Eid the conman who goes to prison and leaves her pregnant. While Camellia is a divorced maid who...

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  • 2001
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    Days of El Sadat

    Days of El Sadat

    7.9 2001 HD

    A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his...

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  • 1995
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    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    1 1995 HD

    (Kamal Hussain) is a fighter pilot discharged from military service. After his wife leaves him, he works on a helicopter in an oil company. A big...

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  • 1993
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    Al Basha

    Al Basha

    7 1993 HD

    A police officer finds himself worthless as he soon realizes there's no way he could put an end to a businessman associated with running a...

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  • 1993
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    Mr. Karate

    Mr. Karate

    5.4 1993 HD

    Salah moves to Cairo to work as a guard in a garage and falls in love with Nadia, who works at a video store. He is obsessed with the films she has...

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  • 1992
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    Against the Government

    Against the Government

    8.2 1992 HD

    After being fired by the prosecution office, Mostafa becomes a personal injury lawyer and takes advantage of people's pain for profit. But his life...

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  • 1987
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    Four On An Official Mission

    Four On An Official Mission

    5.7 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    Love Above Pyramid's Plateau

    Love Above Pyramid's Plateau

    7.1 1986 HD

    The film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage. Through their small incomes, and the ordeal of finding a...

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  • 1981
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    A Bird on the Road

    A Bird on the Road

    8 1981 HD

    Faris works as a regional car driver, and he loves Esmat who works in a garment shop. Ismail is the personal driver to wealthy man Gad, he asks Faris...

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  • 1981
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    Sleepless Eyes

    Sleepless Eyes

    4.5 1981 HD

    Ibrahim, the owner of a large car workshop, marries a poor girl called Mahasen, which his brothers fear because of their fear of sharing their...

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  • 1991
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    The Shepherd and the Women

    The Shepherd and the Women

    5.8 1991 HD

    The widowed Wafaa lives with her teenage daughter Salma and her sister-in-law Azza in her late husband Kamel's remote house. When Kamel's former...

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  • 1988
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    The Wife of an Important Man

    The Wife of an Important Man

    8 1988 HD

    When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.

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  • 1986
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    Market of The Fish

    Market of The Fish

    5.1 1986 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    The Innocent

    The Innocent

    7.4 1986 HD

    A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that political activists are his homeland enemies, but...

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  • 1981
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    A Dinner Date

    A Dinner Date

    7.6 1981 HD

    This movie revolves around the story of an innocent girl (Nawal) who was married to a rich and possessive man who still wants her back after their...

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  • 1979
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    Alexandria… Why?

    Alexandria… Why?

    6.2 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    Shafiqa and Metwally

    Shafiqa and Metwally

    6.7 1978 HD

    The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather,...

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  • 1996
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    Nasser 56

    Nasser 56

    6.4 1996 HD

    Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez...

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  • 1987
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    The Bey Doorman

    The Bey Doorman

    6.4 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Albarnas

    Albarnas

    10 1984 HD

    A Young woman fall in love with a poor musician and because she was from the royal family she escaped with him then they get married after then they...

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  • 1984
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    The Dancer & the Drummer

    The Dancer & the Drummer

    6.5 1984 HD

    After having trouble with the dancer who worked with him for several months, the drummer Abdo discovers a young dancer Mabahig who lives with her...

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  • 1997
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    The Champion

    The Champion

    1 1997 HD

    On the eve of the 1919 revolution in Egypt, the friendship between Houda al-Najjar, who likes boxing, Petro, who likes to sing, and the good worker...

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  • 1982
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    Houseboat No. 70

    Houseboat No. 70

    7 1982 HD

    Documentary filmmaker Ahmed El Shazly is working on a new film about a cotton gin. When a worker who reveals to him what's happening in the gin is...

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  • 2006
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    Halim

    Halim

    7 2006 HD

    The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his...

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  • 1990
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    The Emperor

    The Emperor

    5.5 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    His Excellency the Minister

    His Excellency the Minister

    7.6 2002 HD

    A mix-up leads Ra'fat Rostum to a ministerial seat that he was never meant to have. As he successfully holds onto his office for a long time, he...

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  • 1980
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    Al-Batniyya

    Al-Batniyya

    6 1980 HD

    It tells stories of webs of drug dealing, rivalry, revenge and murder among the residents of al batneyya, a place so corrupt and well bonded among...

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  • 1983
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    Alley of Love

    Alley of Love

    5.7 1983 HD

    The encounters and relationships that a brothel hotel witnessed, from a well known man in power, ambitious cunning youngster, to chivalrous college...

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  • 1998
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    Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

    Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

    6.8 1998 HD

    Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. Tahani clashes...

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  • 1996
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    Hysteria

    Hysteria

    7 1996 HD

    Zain, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Music, lives with his mother, his brother Ramzi and his sister Houria, who suffers from living conditions...

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  • 1990
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    Kaborya

    Kaborya

    6 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    Abo Dahab

    Abo Dahab

    5 1996 HD

    Abo Dahab is a poor baker who goes to prison instead of his corrupted boss. When he gets out, he discovers that his employer did not fulfill his...

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  • 1996
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    Lobster

    Lobster

    5.3 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    The Lady's Driver

    The Lady's Driver

    5.3 1993 HD

    A Lady of the royal family live and breed on the ruins of the past, her husband, son and daughter suffering from her domination and control. When she...

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  • 1990
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    One Woman Is Not Enough

    One Woman Is Not Enough

    1 1990 HD

    Journalist Hossam is involved with three different women at the same time. Amira, the charming journalist who's well connected, Reem his rebel...

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  • 1996
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    An Affair

    An Affair

    6 1996 HD

    A psychopath woman seduces a married man to sleep with her so she could threaten him later and ruin his perfect marriage so she could get him for...

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  • 1997
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    Hassan Ellol

    Hassan Ellol

    1 1997 HD

    Hasan al-Lul is a poor young man. His father used to smuggle weapons to the guerrillas during the triple aggression. But 40 years later, his son...

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  • 1989
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    Welad Eleih

    Welad Eleih

    9 1989 HD

    Najib discovers that the businessman's salary is doing a lot of illegal work, and he delivers dangerous documents condemning the man to his...

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  • 1988
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    The Third Class

    The Third Class

    4 1988 HD

    A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the management headed by Captain Aouf are reaping benefits...

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  • 1973
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    Trouble rioters

    Trouble rioters

    1 1973 HD

    Rico is the director of an Egyptian theater company, a message comes from a concert in Lebanon to go to Lebanon, and upon arrival there, the band is...

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  • 1981
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    I'm Not Lying, I'm Sugar Coating

    I'm Not Lying, I'm Sugar Coating

    7.5 1981 HD

    Ibraham the industrious student fall in love with his colleague Khayriyah and she also fall in love with him, but the rich student Hani admire her....

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  • 1984
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    The promised night

    The promised night

    7 1984 HD

    Fathi trades in smuggled goods, he lives with his mother Bahia and loves his neighbor Fakiha who encourages him to finish his studies. A matchmaker...

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  • 1983
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    The Addict

    The Addict

    5.5 1983 HD

    He was a student at the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Ahmed Halim (Adel Adham), who studied with his daughter Laila (Najwa Ibrahim). He was a student at...

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  • 1983
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    Precausion is Mandatory

    Precausion is Mandatory

    5 1983 HD

    Hassan Musharraf, a reformist, came from the countryside looking for a role in the capital. Meets different models of young deviant within the...

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  • 1991
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    Al Makhtufa

    Al Makhtufa

    5 1991 HD

    A collision occurs between a taxi driven by Hussein and the car of Nevin, the daughter of millionaire Ratib Barakat, which leads to the taxi being...

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  • 1978
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    Waraa Al-Shams

    Waraa Al-Shams

    7 1978 HD

    "Behind the Sun" clearly identifies the time identity of his film. It follows the horrific military defeat of June 1967, when a senior military...

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  • 1985
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    Saad the Orphan

    Saad the Orphan

    1 1985 HD

    The story of Saad al-Yateem, whose father was killed by his uncle (Badran), and his righteous lady (Karamat) until he grows up, and even the fate...

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  • 1978
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    Life is a Moment

    Life is a Moment

    1 1978 HD

    In the wake of the June 1967 war, Naamat lives on the hot side of her life, with her husband Abdelkader, the editor of one of the newspapers in which...

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  • 1982
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    Bloody Destinies

    Bloody Destinies

    1 1982 HD

    As Major General Helmy and his son Sa'ad take part in the first Palestine War, his wife Horeya cheats on him with Kamal. When Helmy returns and finds...

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  • 2001
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    Days of El Sadat

    Days of El Sadat

    7.9 2001 HD

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  • 1987
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    Four On An Official Mission

    Four On An Official Mission

    5.7 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Bey Doorman

    The Bey Doorman

    6.4 1987 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Days

    The Days

    1 1979 HD

    The series chronicles the life of Taha Hussein, The Dean of Arabic Literature, as he leaves the countryside to get a better education, and then...

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  • 1981
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    The man who lost his memory twice

    The man who lost his memory twice

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1979
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    إصلاحية جبل الليمون

    إصلاحية جبل الليمون

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1970
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    Men Agl Walady

    Men Agl Walady

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1985
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    He and She Stories

    He and She Stories

    7 1985 HD

    A drama consisting of several separate episodes, each episode discusses a different issue of men and women and their relationship with each other.

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  • 1980
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    الصراع

    الصراع

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    الصراع

    الصراع

    7 1970 HD

    A drama consisting of several separate episodes, each episode discusses a different issue of men and women and their relationship with each other.

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