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May 29, 2024, Posted in Socio-political struggle | No comments

Three Stories (1968)

— 118 min - Drama, Socio-Political Struggle - 12 February 1968

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The film combines 3 separate stories .. The first story (Dunia Allah) to Naguib Mahfouz and starring Salah Mansour and Nahed Sharif .. Tell the story of a courier in a government service approached the age of the pension did not enjoy his life at all decides to embezzlement of employees salaries and travel to Alexandria with one of the girls on the street to enjoy several weeks He was convinced that he did not harm anyone because all the employees did not need a salary except for one employee who was burdened with social burdens.

Director:  Ibrahim Al-Sahn (first story), Hassan Reda (second story) and Muhammad Nabih (...

May 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

Diary of a Country Prosecutor (1969)

— 110 min - Drama, Socio-Political Struggle, Political Corruption - 24 February 1969

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Based on the novel by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, 1937, Diary of A Country Prosecutor records the daily activities and tribulations of a public official appointed to act as a village justice in the countryside.

Director:  Tawfiq Saleh

Writers:  Tawfiq Saleh and Alfred Faraj

Stars:  Ahmed Abdel Halim (prosecutor), Rawya Ashour (Reem), Tawfiq Al-Daqen (the warden), Abdel Azim Abdel Haq (Sheikh Asfour), Muhammad Murshid (Assistant Prosecutor), Rashad Hamed (Center Assistant), Mahmoud Kamel (the sergeant), Hassan Mustafa (the judge)...

May 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

Watch Out for Zuzu (1972)

— 132 min - Music - 6 November 1972

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When a college professor falls for one of his students, his fiancée decides to expose the student's shameful secret to all.

Director:  Hassan el-Imam

Writers:  Salah Jahin, Hassan el-Imam

Stars:  Soad Hosny, Hussein Fahmy, Tahiya Cariocca, Samir Ghanem, Nabila El Sayed, Zouzou Chakib, Shafiq Galal, Abbas Fares, Mohey Ismail, Waheid Seif, Shahinaz Taha, Ali Jawhar, Mohamed Metwally, Mustafa Metwalli, Mazhar Abol Naga, Nadia Zaghloul, Azza Sherif, Nagwa Sultan, Fayza Abdel Gawwad, Mohamed Abu Hasheesh

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May 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

My Wife the General Manager (1966)

— 110 min - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 20 January 1966

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A married couple ends up working at the same company where the wife is a general director. This arouses the suspicion of their co-workers who do not know they are married.

Director:  Fatin Abdel Wahab

Writers:  Saad Eldin Wahba, Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar

Stars:  Shadia, Salah Zulfikar, Tawfiq Al-Deqen, Shafiq Nour ElDein, Kariman, Hala Fakher, Adel Emam, ElDeif Ahmed, Hussein Ismail, Nabila El Sayed

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May 3, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

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

Stars:  Naguib ElRihani, Leila Mourad, Anwar Wagd...

May 10, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Aby Fawq Al-Shagara (1969)

— 143 min - Drama, Music, Comedy - 2 January 1969

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A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.

Director:  Hussein Kamal

Writers:  Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Yusuf Francis

Stars:  Abdel Halim Hafez (Adel), Nadia Lutfi (Firdous), Mervat Amin (Amal), Emad Hamdy (Kamal), Samir Sabry (Ashraf), Salah Nazmy (Khamis), Nabila El Sayed (Mahasin), Amira (Ahlam), Fathi Abdel Sattar ( Khaled), Ihsan Sharif (Nabawiyyah), Hamed Morsi (Abdel-Mawgoud), Nahed Samir (Umm Adel), Hussein Ismail, Fathia Shaheen (Umm Amal), Mahmoud Rashad, Farouk Youssef (Essam), Qais Abdel Fattah (Sami), Ahmed Al-Dallah, Suhair Mustafa (Nadia), ...

April 18, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

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

Stars:  Naguib ElRihani, Leila Mour...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Bus Driver (1982)

— 107 min - Drama - 11 July 1982

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A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.

Director:  Atef El-Tayeb

Writers:  Muhammad Khan, Bashir Al-Deek

Stars:  Nour El-Sherif, Emad Hamdy, Mervat Amin, Hassan Hosny, Zahret ElOla, Nabila El Sayed, Waheid Seif, Shaaban Hussein, Abd Allah Mahmoud, Aziza Helmy, Ali ElGandour, Mohamed Shawqi, ElMontaser Bellah, Samir Waheed, Hamdy ElWazeer

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February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Land (1969)

— 129 min - Drama - 27 January 1969

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Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Muhammad Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Then Mahmoud Bey proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Hassan Fuad

Stars:  Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat ElAlaili, Yahia Shaheen, Hamdy Ahmed, Tawfiq ElDekn, Salah El-Saadany, Ali Al Sharif, Abdel Warith Assir, Abdel Rahman ElKhamesy, Ashraf ElSelehdar, Hussein Ismail, Fatma Imara‏, Abdel Mohsen Selim, M...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

An Egyptian Story (1982)

— 129 min - Drama, Fantasy - 27 September 1982

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After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

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