Salah Nazmi
1918 - 1991
شيء من الخوف
Hussein Kamal
Shadia, Mahmoud Moursy
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.
A Taste of Fear
ثرثرة فوق النيل
Hussein Kamal
Adel Adham, Salah Nazmi
Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fueled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.
Adrift on the Nile
Sira' al-abtal
Tewfik Saleh
Shukri Sarhan, Samira Ahmed
A difficult period in Egypt in the year 1947, when the villages of Egypt attacked cholera. A doctor (Shukri), who tried to serve the villagers to save them from poverty and hunger, is appointed in a village. (Adel Bey) The feudal lord of the village exploits its people to work on his land as forced labor and whoever objects to hand him over to a mental hospital, taking advantage of his influence.
Struggle of the Heroes
الأفوكاتو
Raafat El-Mihi
Adel Emam, Yousra
After getting sentenced with one month in prison for contempt of court, the lawyer Sbankh tries to take advantage of his jail time to establish many relations, most notably with drug dealer Hassouna,and Salim Abu Zaid, one of the centers of power in the 60s.
Al Avokato
خطيئة ملاك
Yehia El Alami
Nelly, Hussein Fahmy
A being from a different plane decides to come down on earth to see how human beings are living; over there he meets a evil man who try to manipulate him to his personal benefit. The angel comes to Tomar to live with the people of the earth and lives among human beings, gets to know the magician Solomon who discovers that Tomar has a magical eye and convinces him to work with him, Solomon covets in his wife's sister Jasmine and rapes her, Solomon exploits that Tomar does not have His fingerprints persuade him to steal the treasury of the hotel where Solomon and Tomar present with them, but they fail to monitor the police for them.
Sin of an Angel
جميلة بوحريد
Youssef Chahine
Magda al Sabahi, Ahmad Mazhar
Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.
Jamila, the Algerian
غروب وشروق
Kamal El Sheikh
Soad Hosny, Rushdy Abaza
In the wake of the Cairo Fire, Essam feels guilty for betraying his friend Samir by messing around with his wife Madiha. Essam decides to take revenge on Madiha's father who pressured him to marry her to avoid a scandal.
Ghroob Wa Shrooq
الأشرار
Hossam El Din Mostafa
Rushdy Abaza, Adel Adham
An adventure of money, love and betrayal in the deserts of Egypt at the site of El Alamein battle of WWII. Great locations and photography and non stop action, one of the best Egyptian thrillers. Three smugglers in their way back from the boarders after a successful operation but greed takes over and one of the three is killed, the last two must work together but they can never trust each other again, one steals the money but he discovers it's counterfeit and now they have to find the dead partner's daughter to retrieve the real money, a new friend of the girl join the adventure after helping her dying father and learned about the money where about the four go deep in a WWII landmines area to reach the hidden stash; fighting against the desert sun, storms, outlaws, thirst and above all each other as schemes of love and betrayal continues.
The Bad Guys
لحن الخلود
Henry Barakat
Farid El-Atrash, Faten Hamamah
Waheed (Farid Al Atrache), a famous music composer, meets Wafa' (Faten Hamama), a family member and the daughter of a close friend and relative of his. Wafa' has secretly had a crush on him for years and tries unsuccessfully to show her affection and hint that to Waheed. He thinks her love is nothing more than an expected family member's fondness.
Immortal Song
بئر الحرمان
Kamal El Sheikh
Mahmoud Almeleji, Mariem Fakhr El Dine
When it gets dark each evening a virtuous young lady transforms into a notorious flirt but remembers none of it the next day. She is treated by a psychiatrist who tries his best to find the root of her problems and cure her once and for all
The Well of Deprivation
الشيطان امرأة
Niazi Mostafa
Naglaa Fathy, Mahmoud Yassine
Amin is an honest security guard in one of the factories, he falls in love with Yasmina the factory worker, and over time discovers that Yasmina is a member of a gang headed by Asim Damanhouri, who tries to kill Amin but he stabbs him in self-defense. Amin then flees with Yasmina to Ghassan's house.
The Devil is a Woman
دمي ودموعي وابتسامتي
Hussein Kamal
Naglaa Fathy, Hussein Fahmy
Regarded as one of the boldest films of the "liberal" 1970s, this award-winning classic is directed by the great Hussein Kamal and written by the controversial Ihsan Abdel Quoddous and featuring a superb cast. A color saturated melodrama and a profound analysis of seventies society and decadence.
My Blood, Tears and Smile
الرداء الأبيض
Hassan Ramzy
Ahmad Mazhar, Naglaa Fathy
Kamal marries Dalal despite the rejection of his father, Omar Bey. Kamal dies in a tragic accident and his father kicks Dalal out and takes away her daughter. The years go by and she tries to steal from Ahmed, to buy a new dress for her daughter's wedding.
The White Dress
