Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Acting

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Born — Died

1924-05-03 — 1988-11-26

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

71 titles

Tawfiq Ameen Muhammad Ahmad al-Sheikh Al Deqen was born in the village of Horeen in Berket al-Sab’ Monoufeyya (delta of Egypt). He graduated from the High Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1950. His career started when he was still studying when he played the role of a peasant and then participated in “Dhohoor al-Islaam" (The appearance of Islam) in 1951. Seven years after his graduation, Tawfik joined the Free Theatre Troupe. He also worked with Esma’eel Yasseen in his troupe then joined the National Theatre where he remained member of its troupe until the end of his life. In the National Theatre, he presented “’ Aaelat al-Doghry" (The Dodgers), “Bedaaya wa nehaaya" (Dead among the living), “Se…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 15 titles

An Egyptian Story poster
6.5

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.

An Egyptian Story

1982

Adieu Bonaparte poster
5.9

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.

Adieu Bonaparte

1985

A File in Vice poster
6.2

Said the officer in Vice Squad is shocked by the decision of his boss to stop the investigation into the case of Alia Hanim because of her connections with officials and turns into a rigid person. When Said has information that some women visit a flat and practice fornication , he tries to prove the charge against them even by falsification.

A File in Vice

1986

Saad the Orphan poster
6.0

The story of Saad al-Yateem, whose father was killed by his uncle (Badran), and his righteous lady (Karamat) until he grows up, and even the fate wants to love his cousin without knowing her. The film deals with the age of young men in the twenties, and the bully is to be a murderer or a murderer

Saad the Orphan

1985

The Piper poster
6.6

Al-Zamar Hassan is on the run after he was an Engineering student and presented a play with the acting team in the Faculty that the authorities didn't like. He moves from village to village in Upper Egypt, in search of safety. He settles in the village of Araba becoming a vendor in a grocery store.

The Piper

1985

Missing Person poster
7.8

Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment. He travels to his hometown to sell his inheritance. There he falls in love with Kharyia (Leila Alawi) daughter of Kamal Bey (Farid Shawki) who bought his land.

Missing Person

1984

At the Minister's Door poster
6.5

Kamal is a university student who is in love with Nora the daughter of a ruthless businessman who rejects him because he is poor and thus plots to keep him away from her. With the help of his friends they try to solve his problem especially after Kamal's father has been unjustly arrested for a crime he did not commit.

At the Minister's Door

1982

Wesh El Saad poster
NR

Directed by: Saeed Madbouly (Director) Muhammad Al Sharif (Director) Written by: Naguib Najm (Author) Ahmed Helmy (Author)

Wesh El Saad

1987

The Killer Of Karmoz poster
NR

Morsi resorts to a colleague who studies his business, Medhat, to work for him. Medhat offers to participate in drug trafficking. Mahrous, head of the gang, tells Mursi that he is charged with murder and possessing drugs and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Morsi escapes from prison and learns about six Hassan. Mahrous kills Medhat and happens to reach Morsi before he utters his breath, confesses to him the crime of Mahrous, which he arranged for him to resist revenge. The police officers arrest Mahrous after six of them inform him. Morsi speeds up to escape and reaches the sea and does not respond to those who call him to tell him his innocence.

The Killer Of Karmoz

1987

Hassan Beh El Ghalban poster
5.5

Hassan is aa simple employee whose friend gets him a job with the merchant Salem. Al-Nabrawy, a black market trader, tries to convince Salem to work with him in his illegal business, but he refuses. When documents incriminating Al-Nabrawy falls into Salem's hands, the former tries to get them back.

Hassan Beh El Ghalban

1982

Al-khobz Al-mor poster
7.5

Aziza lives with her late stepmother Fahima and her husband Atris. Salem is working to save the amount of money to buy a dear land where his hometown Awad aspires. Fahima manages the price of the land and gives it to Salem to accelerate his marriage to Aziz, who is rivaled by students in her love. Students try to kill him and in his attempt to defend himself, Salem kills him. Awwad kills Radwan for revenge between the two families. As his brother Chases students to Salem, Atrees dies and Salem is injured in his arm.

Al-khobz Al-mor

1982

Lack of Evidence poster
NR

Ibrahim (Salah al-Saadani) abandons his wife Fawzia (Najla Fathi) and leaves the town and settles in Cairo, where he married Hassania (Aida Riad), Fawzia and Ibrahim deny his knowledge of her and claims that the detective is crazy and exploits that she has no proof of her identity. She also comes with a pair of false papers calling for her child. Fawzia collapses and becomes depressed. They enter the mental hospital. Farida (Yusra) sympathizes with her and tries to help her in every way.

Lack of Evidence

1987

Save Whatever is Possible poster
NR

(Nabil) returns to Egypt after an absence of 18 years to recover his father's palace after the guard has been lifted from him, gets to know the school (Amal), be surprised by his friend (Omar) who has become wealthy from the drug trade and becomes an influential businessman, (Omar) succeeds in attracting ( Nabil) to his world. And he turns his evening to the palace, which turns into a den of delinquency

Save Whatever is Possible

1985

Wedad, The Belly Dancer poster
NR

(Wedad) is a dancer in her aunt's cafe in Naja Hammadi, and once the prince (Yusuf), known for his corruption and injustice, arrives at his palace in Naja Hammadi, and sees Widad and asks her to dance for him at a private party, and tries to rape her but she succeeds in running away from him, and she tries to take revenge with the help of officer (Hassan).

Wedad, The Belly Dancer

1983

prison without bars poster
NR

(Irfan) was in a relationship with his colleague (Laila) at university and they agreed to get married, but he left to work in order to complete their marriage. After his return, he discovers that (Laila) married a greedy lawyer to please her family.

prison without bars

1983

1970s · 21 titles

Men who are not afraid of death poster
NR

A gang manages to steal jewelry from a bank and flees to the desert. There, a clash occurs between the gang members Shawky, Sameer, and Joe and the bandits in the desert. Rais Hamed lives with his colleague Khamis and the young man Yasser. While Yasser is training with Ustaz Hamed, Yasser is injured and is taken with Ustaz Hamed to the hospital. Nadia, the nurse, goes with them on the way. They meet a gang of bandits. Hamed asks Nadia to call the police.

Men who are not afraid of death

1973

The Land poster
8.3

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 Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

The Land

1970

Viva Zalata poster
4.8

A comedy western coming from Egypt. The title, "Viva Zalata", clearly reminds to "Viva Zapata!" (1952, directed by Elia Kazan). A bandit of Egyptian origins leads a gang of Mexican outlaws terrorizing a small city at the border between Mexico and the U.S..

Viva Zalata

1976

Bela Rahma poster
NR

Sergeant Radwan works in a reformatory for the youth and treats them harshly, until the social worker Karima arrives and treats everyone gently, which angers Radwan, especially as three prisoners, Samir, Abdel Fadil, and Nabil, plan to escape.

Bela Rahma

1971

El hesab ya mademosile poster
NR

Three young women working at a cafe struggle with difficult relationships, betrayal, and loss as they navigate their lives after graduation.

El hesab ya mademosile

1978

Serial Killer of Women poster
NR

Desperate for a fresh story, a journalist decides to look into a mysterious wave of murders in which the victims are all women.

Serial Killer of Women

1970

Forbidden at the Wedding Night poster
6.9

Zarifa objects the marriage of her daughter Mona from Tahsin, as she wants her married to a wealthy man, while Ashour, Mona's father, supports the marriage. Zarifa dies, and Ashour, Mona and Tahsin settle on a wedding date, only to see Zarifa's spirit appearing to them trying to spoil their plans.

Forbidden at the Wedding Night

1975

Behold How Bold Is Sokkar poster
NR

The orphan little girl Sokar lives with the gang headed by Atris and Zakia who train children to beg and pickpocket. Atris tells Zakia that Sokar is the daughter of a wealthy man and that her uncle incited Atris to get rid of her to inherit his brother. What will become of the poor girl?

Behold How Bold Is Sokkar

1977

The Three Madmen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Three Madmen

1970

Life is a Carnival poster
9.0

A group of talented youth exploited by the head of a gang in his suspicious work while a dance coach tries to make a band of them.

Life is a Carnival

1975

Looking for Troubles poster
6.2

Shaaban, a magazine photographer, is hired to secretly photograph a heist between two rival gangs. When he tries to keep part of the money, he becomes a target for both sides.

Looking for Troubles

1975

Struggle with death poster
NR

Three people ( a police officer, a dancer, and a soccer player) have an accident across the desert road. They're taken to the hospital in critical condition. The doctors are able to rescue them by transplanting them new hearts. The police officer has the heart of a pickpocket and the dancer has the heart of a wrestler.

Struggle with death

1970

Searching for a Scandal poster
6.2

As Magdy leaves Upper Egypt for a job, he befriends the playboy Sami who impresses him with his many relationships. After a chance meeting with Hanan, Magdy asks for Sami's help to get close to her, something that Sami is happy to provide and support with previous experiences.

Searching for a Scandal

1973

Lesson Is Over, Idiot poster
8.0

Professor Farid wants to perform scruff surgery to increase human intelligence. After his experiments on mice have succeeded, he picked a man to conduct his experiments on. At first it works, but then the man relapses, and becomes stupidier than he originally was. The failed experiment made Professor Farid understands that intelligence can only be cultivated with love, not with surgical intervention.

Lesson Is Over, Idiot

1975

A World of Children poster
5.0

In a comedic form, a love story is shared between the widowed engineer Hilmi Abdelkader (Rushdi Abaza), who works in the field of oil and has eight children from his late wife, the young widow Samia Ahmed and the mother of six children. After a long time they hide, get married and begin to put in place a system of life at home to make things go smoothly.

A World of Children

1976

A House Without Tenderness poster
NR

Mother Fatima controls her children. Her eldest son Essam challenges her and urges his brothers to stand up to her. Essam falls for his neighbor, Suhair, who is already married to Usta Rajab. She shares the same feelings, and they agree to marry after she gets divorced.

A House Without Tenderness

1976

My Son poster
NR

Jaber is a professional hitman who decides to repent, but the gang he is affiliated with refuses to let go of him easily.

My Son

1972

A Woman and a Man poster
5.0

Gasser, who works in one of the quarries, goes to the prostitute Hamida who falls in love with him. Metwally, who works with Gasser in the quarry, loves her, which leads the two men onto a dangerous path.

A Woman and a Man

1971

I Have the Wallet poster
5.5

After failing in his studies, Atoua turns to pickpocket. He meets his classmate Shukri, who is now the manager of a food company, he promises to find him a job but Atoua feels that he's lying. He steals his wallet and finds documents implicating Shukri and other people in embezzlement cases.

I Have the Wallet

1978

I Have the Wallet poster
5.5

After failing in his studies, Atoua turns to pickpocket. He meets his classmate Shukri, who is now the manager of a food company, he promises to find him a job but Atoua feels that he's lying. He steals his wallet and finds documents implicating Shukri and other people in embezzlement cases.

I Have the Wallet

1978

The Quiet Nest poster
NR

Samia (school teacher) and Murad (movie writer) met in alexendria by accident . After they date for sometime ,they get married. their new life together came with consequences they have to deal with.

The Quiet Nest

1976

1960s · 12 titles

Saladin poster
7.1

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Saladin

1963

المحروسة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المحروسة

1961

Flame poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Flame

1964

Prince of Cunningness poster
6.3

This lavish period action-adventure is an Egyptian version of The Count Of Monte Cristo.

Prince of Cunningness

1964

A Man in Our House poster
6.8

Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy assassinates a pro-colonial Prime Minister but is arrested and hides with a fellow university student, who initially refuses but eventually accepts him. Abdul Hamid Khatib meets Samia and her cousin, and Ibrahim uses the situation to hasten Samia’s marriage, which she rejects. Nawal, the youngest daughter, becomes the liaison between Ibrahim and his colleagues, helping him escape. Abdul Hamid tries to inform the political police of Ibrahim’s location, but Samia stops him. The head of the political police suspects them and punishes them to find Ibrahim. Ibrahim refuses to leave the country, returning to fight colonialism and participating in an operation.

A Man in Our House

1961

His Majesty poster
6.5

when some plotters plan to get ride of sultan maringos, a police officer makes a deal with a look-alike - hassan a poor bagger that works in the hotel - to take on the role of the sultan in order to protect him.

His Majesty

1963

Cairo 30 poster
7.6

Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.

Cairo 30

1966

My Wife the General Manager poster
6.8

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.

My Wife the General Manager

1966

El Maganeen Fi Naeem poster
8.3

A madman exposes humanity’s insanity. Andeel leaves a mental hospital after 10 years of treatment are over to face the world again. Whenever he reveals that he used to be a mental patient, he is faced with aggressive suspicion, cruelty and rejection. When a shop owner refuses to hire him, he yells that he is the only one with an official certificate that proves he is actually sane. We follow his miserable search for a job and watch situations in which, over and over again, he gets very close to a decent life just before his unrestrained tongue reveals a side of his madness that freaks people out. Andeel is an honest, kind person who’s good at what he does, but people’s uncontrollable fear of madness makes them want to get rid of him and the uncomfortable state he puts them in, probably because of how normal he seems, just like them, yet how crazy he is, like they fear they might be.

El Maganeen Fi Naeem

1963

Mama's Secretary poster
NR

Amal is a little child who lost her father goes to a circus and finds a man called shalaby who looks exactly like her father. she starts to call him dad and things escalated quickly.

Mama's Secretary

1969

Diary of a Country Prosecutor poster
7.2

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.

Diary of a Country Prosecutor

1969

Ebn El-Hetta poster
10.0

Exploiting the great resemblance between Ashour El-Aaghati and actor Farid Shawky, director Mahmoud Al-Badrawi decides to use him in many scenes. At the same time, Ashour relates to his neighbor Najat and decides to marry despite all the attempts of the master, the owner of the cafe, to stand in the way of their love. At the same time, a painful accident occurs to the artist Farid, leading to his death, and director Mahmoud decides to use Ashour as an alternative, declaring that the actor will not die.

Ebn El-Hetta

1968

1950s · 12 titles

Shall I Kill My Husband? poster
10.0

As the husband goes out for work, a man sneaks into the house and informs the wife that her husband is a murderer and a fugitive from justice. He makes her choose between signing a contract selling him one of her buildings, or having him report her husband.

Shall I Kill My Husband?

1958

Orphans' money poster
7.0

A family whose breadwinner dies, leaving his wife and university-student daughter in the care of his son from his first wife. He treats them harshly and wastes their money - especially his sister's money, as he is her guardian - on his own pleasures. The mother and daughter are led by a kind family that takes her by the hand and curbs the son's ambitions.

Orphans' money

1952

The Barred Road poster
8.5

Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try to drag her in with them but she refuses. She studies to become a school teacher and decides to move to the countryside away from them, but she finds other temptations that try to lure her in.

The Barred Road

1958

Struggle in the Harbor poster
6.5

Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah. But there's trouble on the harbor, and with an old friend.

Struggle in the Harbor

1956

Women Can’t Lie poster
7.5

A man and a woman get married, but soon the husband suffers a lot of boredom and anger because of the constant lying in everything, which drives him to travel to work in Paris

Women Can’t Lie

1954

Son of Hamido poster
7.1

Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their father’s house and fall in love with the two girls. Their love could have led to marriage had it not been for al-Baaz Effendi who wanted to marry Azeeza and tried to get rid of Hassan. Al-Baaz is also involved in the narcotics business. so they track him down in order to catch the rest of the gang.

Son of Hamido

1957

The Devil of the Desert poster
6.2

Essam, a young bedouin who discovers the cruel tyranny of his ruler after people from his tribe are unjustly murdered, decides to overthrow him.

The Devil of the Desert

1954

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الناس اللي تحت

1957

Katia tarik poster
7.0

Wahid has a friend who works in the drug trade named Abu Al-Ezz. Abu Al-Ezz undertakes a single training in gambling until he loses all of his wealth. After that, he offers him to return his wealth to participate in drug smuggling activities, the police lie in wait for them, except that Wahid causes the killing of his cousin the officer Celal.

Katia tarik

1959

Soultan poster
8.0

The story revolves around Sultan, the poor child who grows up and becomes a military correspondent at an elite brigade. He enjoys the sympathy of the police officer, the son of the general, unlike the rest of the house.

Soultan

1958

My Wife's Suitor poster
6.5

The jobless Somaa is happily married to Lola. He finds a job as a secretary at a fashion house owned by the spinster Howayda, who lives with her brother Fawzy. But as the job requires that the secretary be single, Somaa claims he is. When Lola finds out, she asks Somaa to quit, but he refuses, so she starts working as a model for Howayda, whereupon Fawzy falls for Lola and proposes to her.

My Wife's Suitor

1959

The Shore of Memories poster
9.0

Before his death, the captain of the boats, Hussein, calls on his stepson to recommend his real son to him, while his true son is playing around and wreaking havoc, robbing his fiancée of her honor, then letting her flee, and refusing to consummate the marriage.

The Shore of Memories

1955

Series credits

محمد رسول الله poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

محمد رسول الله

1980

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy poster
8.0

After Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750 thousand pounds, and hides with the money in a mental hospital in agreement with the hospital's director alone. But when the director dies, Ibrahim escapes with another to hide from the police and gang that wants the money.

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

1978

رحلة هادئة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

رحلة هادئة

1978

ألف ليلة وليلة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ألف ليلة وليلة

1984

All Sizzle, No Steak poster
NR

The series unfolds in a comedic setting, following a young man named Tawfiq who assumes the persona of a heroic-looking figure despite being far from heroic in reality, leading him to make mistakes that ultimately expose him in front of everyone.

All Sizzle, No Steak

1978

جمال الدين الأفغاني poster
NR

It is an Islamic historical series starring Mahmoud Yassin that deals with the life of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, his conquests, his Islam and the way he dealt with the data of the da'wah until his death, passing through what he presented to Islam and Muslims.

جمال الدين الأفغاني

1984

The Black Cat poster
7.0

One of the Black Cat's accomplices murders a person and Mamdouh becomes the prime suspect.

The Black Cat

1964

The End of the World is not Tomorrow poster
NR

Riad Abd Rabbo is a philosophy teacher who collides with the materialistic, utilitarian reality that is completely different from the values he has learnt and teaches his students, such as truth, goodness and beauty, and when he fails to fix what is wrong around him, the philosophy of Al-Dardiri, an old thinker who those around him believe has lost his mind, is confirmed. Riad resorts to the same logic as El Dardiri, who died waiting for aliens to help him come up with solutions to save the world from possible and very near doom.

The End of the World is not Tomorrow

1983

الحقيقة.. ذلك المجهول poster
NR

The events take place in a teaser drama about the murder of Ezzat Abdul Salam in mysterious circumstances, where his family members are accused of killing him, and then the events escalate until the real perpetrator is revealed.

الحقيقة.. ذلك المجهول

1977

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

رحلة إلى كوكب السعادة

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

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