Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Acting

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Born 1924-05-03 · Egypt

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), “Sekkat al-salaama" (The safe way), “Al-Mahroussa" i.e. The Blessed”, “’ Afareet Masr al-gedeeda i.e. The demons of Heliopolis”, “Al-farafeer” where he excelled. , “Mash-had men al-guesr" (View from the bridge), “Hesbet Berma" (Berma calculation)”, “Al-naass elly taht" (Downstairs people), “ Kahayal al-dhell" (Shadow plays), “Solaymaan al-Halaby” and “Beer al-sellem" (Stairwell). He was very popular in playing the evil scoundrel role in a very special manner that was assisted by his features thus making him one of the best Arab actors in such roles. As Tawfik grew older his roles changed. He played the role of the helpless father in “’Ala baab al-Wazeer” and the peasant’s role in “Kharaga wa lam ya’od" (Out and never back). His on-screen phrases became idioms in Egypt and all over the Arab world; “Ahla men al-sharaf mafeesh,” “Hambaka” and “Alo ya Omam”.

Acting credits

Ebn Al-Shaitan poster
NR

Ebn Al-Shaitan (Son of the Devil) a disguised serial killer who target men who leave their wives and kids and remarry.

Ebn Al-Shaitan

1969

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

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

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

El Sab'a Afandi poster
NR

Al-Sab' is a humble employee who is having trouble with his boss and his sweetheart's relative who wants to marry her. As he has a dream that he is living a happy life after all his problems were resolved, he decides to face his problems and marry his girl.

El Sab'a Afandi

1951

Ehtaressy Min El Regal ya Mama poster
NR

Abduljawad is separated from his wife Iglal, and he left her with their children Hashim and Samira. Hussein proposes to Samira, but when Hussein's father insists on meeting Abduljawad, she turns to her brother Hashim, to persuade their father to go and see Igalal who still loves him.

Ehtaressy Min El Regal ya Mama

1975

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

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

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

Something of Love poster
8.0

The two friends, Adel and Sharif, reside in one apartment, and Sharif falls in love with Enas and his exchange of feelings is the same, to ask her to marry her cousin Darwish, who suffers from mental problems, so that Darwish requires him to marry Salwa his friend Adel first for a week as a condition to complete the marriage, and events escalate.

Something of Love

1973

The Most Honorable Sinner poster
NR

Engineer Sameh loses his sight, his wife, Salwa, goes to his manager to rush him to sign his travel documents for treatment abroad. She gives in to him to save her husband. When her husband regains his sight, the manager's mistress tries to seduce him.

The Most Honorable Sinner

1973

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

Khalid ibn el Walid poster
5.5

The story of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid (592-642) the greatest military leader in the dawn of Islam during the life of prophet Muhammad and his caliphs Abu Bakr and Omar.

Khalid ibn el Walid

1958

The Land poster
8.2

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

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

7 Days in Heaven poster
6.0

In 1960s Egypt, a humble flower seller from Alexandria is drawn into a journalist's social experiment: to impersonate a millionaire’s daughter and spend a week living among Cairo’s elite, exposing the stark divide between classes in a rapidly modernizing society.

7 Days in Heaven

1969

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

Forbidden Photos: First Story (Forbidden) poster
NR

A poor man starts working in a casino and gets bedazzled by the rich people he sees. As he takes his family to show them the casino after hours, they get arrested for breaking into the casino.

Forbidden Photos: First Story (Forbidden)

1972

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

Searching for a Scandal poster
6.3

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

Housing crisis poster
5.0

afaf and fattouh are co-workers looking for apartment for each to settle in . Each gets his apartment by kind of a trick which results in many consequences .

Housing crisis

1972

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

الحساب يا مدموازيل

1978

College Girls poster
NR

The lives of a group of girls who depart from the strict world of school to the open world of college

College Girls

1971

I'm The East poster
8.0

A group of foreign adventurers pretend to be archaeologists so they could look for gold in the Western Desert. They are hosted by a tribe whose leader, Sheikh Fadel, welcomes them, until he discovers the truth and stands up to them.

I'm The East

1956