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The Thief and the Dogs

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The Thief and the Dogs (2024)

130 min - Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller - 2 September 2024
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This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his prison term, Mahran is thirsty for revenge. But being chased by the police and by his new enemies destines him to a tragic life in hiding.

Director:  Kamal El Sheikh
Writers:  Kamal El Sheikh, Sabry Ezzat, Naguib Mahfouz
Stars:  Shokry Sarhan (Saeed Mahran), Shadia (Nour), Kamal El-Shennawy (Raouf Alwan), Fakher Fakher (El-Sheik...
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Life or Death

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Life or Death (1954)

95 min - Drama, Thriller - 6 December 1954
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A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.

Director:  Kamal El Sheikh
Writers:  Ali El Zorkani
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Rayya and Sekina

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Rayya and Sekina (1952)

95 min - Crime, Drama, Thriller - 23 February 1952
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In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Police work to unravel its secrets. Officer Ahmed is preparing a plan to uncover who's behind it and it turns out to be the gang of Raya and Sakina, who were targeting women to steal their jewelry.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif
Writers:  Lotfi Othman, Salah Abu Seif, ElSayed Bedir
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Between Heaven and Earth

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Between Heaven and Earth (1959)

94 min - Comedy, Socio-political struggle - 9 November 1959
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An elevator breaks down, leaving a group of miserable strangers inside, each with their own story and goals. They include a movie star (Hend Rostom), a lunatic (Abdel Moneim Ibrahim), and other miserable souls. When they begin to realize they have little chance of escaping alive, they learn to see life in a better light and their hopes rise with the near-death experience. Meanwhile, an equally unhappy person outside the elevator tries to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of the building, at least until help arrives and saves those who can save him.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif
Writers:  ...
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بائعة الخبز

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The Bread Seller (1953)

130 min - Drama, Music - 17 August 1953
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A husband dies,leaving his wife Khadija and their two children, Nemat and Sami behind. Khadija is arrested for burning the factory where her husband was working. She gets mad and is hospitalized for 10 years until she regains her memory and begins a journey to find her children.

Director:  Hassan el-Imam
Writers:  ElSayed Bedir, Hassan el-Imam

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Ghazal Al Banat

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The Flirtation of Girls (1949)

106 min - Romance, Comedy, Music - 22 September 1949
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Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.

Director:  Anwar Wagdi
Writers:  Anwar Wagdi, Naguib ElRihani, Badie' Khayri
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Bayn el samaa wa el ard

Between Heaven and Earth (1959)

94 min - Comedy, Social Criticism, Thriller, Suspence - 9 November 1959
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In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif
Writers:  Salah Abu Seif, ElSayed Bedir
Stars:  Hind Rostom (Nahed Shukri), Abd al-Salam al-Nabulsi (one of the passengers in the elevator), Abd al-Moneim Ibrahim (the crazy one), Mahmoud al-Meligy (Kamil - the leader of the gang), Saeed Abu Bakr (the harasser), Naima Wasfi (Umm Samir), Qadriya Qadri (the wife The traitor), Abd al-...
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The Flirtation of Girls

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Poster for the movie "The Flirtation of Girls"

The Flirtation of Girls (1949)

106 min - Romance, Comedy, Music - 22 September 1949
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Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.

Director:  Anwar Wagdi
Writers:  Anwar Wagdi, Naguib ElRihani, Badiea Khairy
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