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Films from the country "egypte", sorted by production date
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Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
, 2hDirected by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Hoda Soltane, Sid Ali Kouiret
Ali est attendu dans le village de Mitchaboura par les siens, les Madbouly, propriétaires d’une petite entreprise, et par les ouvriers pour qui il représente l’espoir. Pour Ibrahim, le fils de Tolba, le retour d’Ali, son oncle, doit lui permettre d’aller étudier à l’étranger ; ce à quoi s’oppose son père.
Al-Karnak (1975)
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama
Actors Nour El-Sherif, Souad Hosni, Kamal el-Shennawi, Tahia Carioca, Mohamed Sobhi, Salah Zulfikar
Le film raconte la répression en Égypte pendant le régime de Nasser, à travers l'arrestation de jeune étudiants dans un café du Caire (Karnak) en les accusant de tenir des réunions pour critiquer le régime en place.
I Want a Solution (1975)
, 1h55Origin Egypte
Genres Drama
Actors Faten Hamama, Rushdy Abaza, Amina Rizk
Dourria est une femme en conflit constant avec son mari. Quand elle demande le divorce, son mari n'accepte pas de se faire rejeter et refuse ce divorce.
The Sparrow (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Salah Mansour, Mariem Fakhr El Dine, Sid Ali Kouiret
June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich.
Adrift on the Nile (1971)
, 1h55Directed by Hussein Kamal
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Emad Hamdy, Ahmad Ramzy, Adel Adham, Mervat Amin
“ Al-hashish is forbidden while alcohol isn't? Why? Both are bad for the health? Both are intoxicating?
The Land (1970)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama
Actors Yehia Chahine
Le film raconte le conflit entre les paysans et les propriétaires terriens dans l'Egypte rurale des années 1930, et explore la relation complexe entre les intérêts individuels et les réponses collectives à l'oppression.Le film a été choisi comme le deuxième meilleur film de l'histoire du cinéma égyptien.
, 2h2Directed by Shadi Abdessalam
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Nadia Lutfi
Set in 1881, before a year of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artefacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
The Sin (1965)
, 1h45Directed by Henry Barakat
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Faten Hamama, Zaki Rostom زكي رستم
Aziza est une pauvre paysanne travaillant dans les récoltes de champs de pomme de terre. Lorsqu'elle se retrouve seule avec un des gardes, elle se fait violer. Aziza tombe enceinte et ne parle à personne du viol qu'elle a subi. Son mari, gravement malade et alité n'en saura rien. Elle essaiera de cacher sa grossesse le plus longtemps possible, jusqu'au moment où elle met au monde son petit dans une situation difficile. Elle mourra peu après, emportée par une fièvre.
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
, 1h52Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard, Raoul Lévy
Origin Egypte
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Robert Hossein, Massimo Girotti, Orson Welles, Elsa Martinelli
Au XIII siècle, le jeune Marco Polo, fils d'une famille de commerçants vénitiens, va à Pékin pour rencontrer l'empereur mongol Kubilai Khan qui a transmis un message d'entente au pape Grégoire X, représentant de l'Occident chrétien. Marco Polo assure la pérennité de l'empereur en déjouant les tentatives d'usurpation de son trône en devenant, en quelque sorte, son ambassadeur dans différents pays d'Asie.
Saladin the Victorious (1963)
, 2h55Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lutfi, Salah Zulfikar, Mahmoud el-Meliguy
The story of Saladin (Ahmed Mazhar) portrays the title character, ruler of the kingdoms surrounding Jerusalem, during the events of the Third Crusade. The film starts with Jerusalem, which is under the authority of the Christians of Europe, having its Muslim pilgrims slaughtered by the Christians in the holy lands. Saladin upon hearing this news seeks the reclamation of the holy lands in a short, almost impossible campaign. He succeeds in taking back Jerusalem, which leads the powers of Europe to organize the Third Crusade with the combined forces of the French king (Omar El-Hariri) and German emperor under the leadership of Richard the Lionheart of England. Saladin succeeds in preventing the recapture of Jerusalem, and in the end negotiations between himself and Richard (whom Saladin admires as the only honorable infidel leader) leave the Holy Land in Muslim hands.
The Mother of the Bride (1963)
, 1h42Directed by Atif Salem
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Emad Hamdy, Tahia Carioca, Hassan Youssef, Madiha Salem
Zeinab and Hussein are the hard-working parents of a family in Cairo. One day, their daughter announces that she is getting married. When Zeinab and Hussein meet the groom's parents, the latter make a series of over-the-top demands for the wedding.
The Nightingale's Prayer (1959)
, 1h49Directed by Henry Barakat
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Faten Hamama, Ahmed Mazhar, Amina Rizk
Amna is a young woman that witnesses the death of her older sister by her uncle, who had abandoned her family and left them with no support. She understands from her mother that her sister deserves to die because she dishonors the family. Amna doesn't agree. She believes that her uncle should be blamed for their conditions. She seeks revenge from the engineer who swayed her sister and lied to her thus causing her death. Amna moves to his house to work as a maid and tries to poison him several times, but all her plans fail. She discovers it's impossible to kill him. This engineer starts to approach her, but she resists him, which makes him even more attracted to her.
Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Magda al-Sabahi, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza
Le film est un portrait de Djamila Bouhired.
Cairo Station (1958)
, 1h30Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawki, Hind Rostom
A newsstand owner takes pity on Qinawi, a lame young man, and gives him a job selling newspapers in the Cairo train station. The women there all shun him because of his mild handicap, though he has little trouble walking.
Dark Waters (1956)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, Ahmad Ramzy, Ferdoos Mohammed
The film takes place in a port in Alexandria and focuses on the lives of some sailors. Hamidah (Faten Hamama) works in a ship and plans to marry her cousin, Ragab (Omar Sharif), but Ragab is forced to leave for a long period. While he was away, Hamidah falls in love with Mamdouh, a wealthy man. Ragab returns three years later to find her in a relationship with someone else. He fights for her and wins her back again and marries her.