
Acting
Taheyya Carioca (Egyptian Arabic: تحية كاريوكا) also Tahiya Mohamed (born as: Badaweya Mohamed Kareem Al Nidani), (February 22, 1915 – September 20, 1999) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.

Hamido (Farid Shawqi) works as a fisherman at sea, but he also deals in drugs by sea. Hamido and Saadia (Hoda Sultan) live in a great love story, but the teacher Qarsh (Mahmoud El-Meligy) does not leave them alone.

The journalist Nadia investigates the suicide of a girl in a house of ill fame, especially since the sister of the suicide girl rejects the fact that her sister was a prostitute. Meanwhile, Officer Ahmed also tries to uncover the mystery of the incident that coincided with the disappearance of many girls, and they reveal the mastermind behind a ring that recruits girls to work in prostitution.

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet and falls in love with two young Egyptian brothers, reflecting complex themes of colonial desire, affection, and personal connection.


Two friends, Hamdi, an actor in one of the Rod El Farag theaters, and Ezzat the merchant, compete to win the heart of their neighbor Badriya. Hamdi marries her and they work together in a political play. The police chase Hamdi, so he seeks refuge with his friend Hussein. He happens to find his wife Badriya in Hussein's apartment, and Hussein tried to rape her. Hamdi thinks she is cheating on him, but he discovers the truth after it is too late.

Fayrouz Hanem is a minor girl, but at the same time she is the owner of property that she inherited from her late father and mother. She has been appointed as a guardian for her money, and some poor people live in her property, but the guardian wants to evict them for not paying the rent, so Fayrouz sympathizes with them and stands next to them, and they therefore stand up to the guardian who He wants to steal the underage girl's money and steal it from her.

(Zaatar) works with (Mulabbasa) in the acting troupe managed by (Jawhar). When (Jawhar) learns about the story of (Nagati Pasha's) son who disappeared twenty years ago and has not been found, (Jawhar) offers (Zaatar) to impersonate the son, and Zaatar in turn enjoys a life of luxury with (Nagati Pasha's) family, but he soon learns that (Hiam's) fiancé, (Nagati Pasha's) daughter, is embezzling the Pasha's money, and Zaatar feels guilty over time about what he is doing to this family.

The film revolves around a young country man who loves singing and only sings at occasions in the countryside, but his uncle hates this hobby, so the young man travels to Cairo to find an opportunity to become a singer.

Farida lives with her husband and co-worker Hamdy in his family's apartment, while their boss Abdel Aziz falls for Farida. After Hamdy divorces her, Farida marries Abdel Aziz, only to discover that he's a playboy who has a weakness for maids and she decides to use this against him.

Based on play Othello of William Shakespear. Hafez try to convice his friend that his wife has been unfaithful.


Khurshid Pasha lost his daughter Nadia in Sudan fifteen years ago. He fled to Egypt with his secretary Murad. He advised him to search for her while he was on his deathbed. Murad intends to search for Nadia so that the wealth does not go to relatives. Murad and his followers travel to the jungle and finally find her, but the rest of the family are looking for her in order to kidnap her.
