Adel Adham

Acting

Adel Adham

Born 1928-03-08 · Alexandria, Egypt

An Egyptian actor, born in Alexandria in 1928, and tried to go to acting at the beginning of his life, but he changed his mind for years due to Anwar Wagdy’s opinion about him, who thought that he was not suitable for that, so he went to dancing, and he did not appear on the cinema screen after A few times during that period, and after that he worked for years in the cotton trade until the issuance of nationalization decisions in the fifties, and instead of implementing his decision to emigrate abroad, he decided to return to the experience of acting again after he got acquainted with the director Ahmed Diaa in 1964, which he presented through (Am I Crazy?), And since that time, Adel Adham has starred in many films, the most important of which are: (Gossip over the Nile, the most dangerous man in the world, Quail and Autumn, the sad night bird, the devil preaches, the unknown, a supermarket). He died in 1996 after contracting severe pneumonia at the age of 67.

Acting credits

Flatfoot in Egypt poster
6.2

Inspector Rizzo and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing.

Flatfoot in Egypt

1980

Ana almajnun poster
7.0

Hassan enters a mental hospital, claiming madness after stealing a jewelry shop. Naima pretends to be his sister, and meets Adam the head of the nurses and agrees to marry him. Hassan escapes with the help of Adam while Naima takes the jewelry bag and and everyone starts chasing her.

Ana almajnun

1981

The Lady of the Black Moons poster
3.8

In the depths of loneliness and despair, beautiful Aida visits her "tailor," Victoria, a woman who runs a sensual house where erotic fantasies are fulfilled. After satisfying her desires in the arms of one of Victoria's young men, Aida has a haunting nightmare where she envisions herself as a witch who, during a full moon, has the power to destroy her lovers' sensitivity.

The Lady of the Black Moons

1971

Sin of an Angel poster
5.0

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

1979

Asyad Wa Abeed poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Asyad Wa Abeed

1978

Adrift on the Nile poster
6.4

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

1971

Help Us poster
6.0

Ra'fat is a businessman whose kidney is failing. As he requires constant blood transfusions, he hires Korashy, his blood donor, as his driver. But when Korashy undergoes surgery, he discovered that his kidney was removed without his consent.

Help Us

1989

The Addict poster
5.5

He was a student at the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Ahmed Halim (Adel Adham), who studied with his daughter Laila (Najwa Ibrahim). He was a student at the Faculty of Medicine. , And echoed on his workshop Iman (Moushira Ismail), the daughter of one of the wealthy, and impressed and loved him,

The Addict

1983

The Slaughterhouse poster
NR

Teacher Abu Halqa succeeds in buying all the animals from the markets to become the only teacher in the slaughterhouse. Teacher Najm reluctantly agrees to make peace with Teacher Abu Halqa and also agrees to the marriage of his daughter Safaa to Abu Halqa's second son, the engineer Alaa. On the wedding night, Teacher Najm agrees with one of his men to kill Omar, Teacher Abu Halqa's first son.

The Slaughterhouse

1982

Two on the Road poster
6.4

Mamdouh meets with Hanan on a ship heading to Greece, and a romance starts between them, so Mamdouh proposes to Hanan. To his surprise, Hanan returns suddenly to Egypt and asks him not to try to find her again. Mamdouh returns to Egypt to find that she is married to Ezzat Beik, a very powerful man, and a war ensues between Mamdouh and Ezzat.

Two on the Road

1984

Tower of Tanneries poster
NR

The wealthy merchant Salama moves from the tannery neighborhood to live in his new building in Mohandessin. His son, Hisham, returns from the war of 73 with a leg injury and PTSD, and his wife, Nadia, clings to him. As for his son, Issam, he owns a boutique, and his girlfriend, Nana, supplies him with goods from abroad, including medicine for his father. Salama decides to marry Nana, so Issam gets rid of her so that she will not share the inheritance with them.

Tower of Tanneries

1983

Al-modeer Al-Fanni poster
8.0

After he gets fired from his job as a teacher, Hamouda works in a company, and soon discovers that the manager is doing illegal work. He's offered to take part in the fraud and scheme, he quickly learns the ropes and becomes wealthy.

Al-modeer Al-Fanni

1965

The Devil Preaches poster
5.0

A rivalry between the region's bosses shows the misuse of power and rank and its consequences even against a young couple who dared to rebel against planned but unwanted marriage to one of them, a story of injustice and abuse .

The Devil Preaches

1981

The price of alienation poster
NR

Lutfi works abroad and leaves his son Hossam in the care of his mother and her husband Emad and be a great fortune, Hossam commits with bad friends the crime of theft and injury of a woman in his car, they escape but fall down the license plate of his car, while chasing police officers him seriously injured by gunshot, arrives Lutfi and plans to smuggle His son is out.

The price of alienation

1989

The Snakes poster
NR

Shedid, a contractor who owns a large company in Alexandria where his brother works, discovers during digging at one of the sites a Pharaonic cemetery. He tries to keep the contents of the cemetery for himself to smuggle it abroad and everyone starts betraying one another out of greed.

The Snakes

1986

Where Do You Hide the Sun? poster
NR

A mixed cast of Egyptians, Libyans and Moroccans address the issue of corruption among young people, many of whom seem to be suffering greatly from the lingering effects of war.

Where Do You Hide the Sun?

1980

The Honored Family poster
10.0

Sett Abuha is a young lady who lives in a local neighborhood and marries Salah. Growing dissatisfied with her lot in life, she leaves for Istanbul where she meets a wealthy man who turns her into a fine lady. Can she run away from her husband?

The Honored Family

1964

The Bad Guys poster
7.0

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

1970

The Woman Who Defeated the Devil poster
NR

Shafiqa is a maid and everyone treats her very harshly, she falls in love with the Mahmoud who loves an actress. She agrees with Adham to give him her soul; to be his king after ten years in exchange for giving her wealth and beauty,

The Woman Who Defeated the Devil

1973

How We Stole the Atomic Bomb poster
5.6

Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.

How We Stole the Atomic Bomb

1968

El mughammerun el talata poster
NR

Three teenage friends spend their time on adventures and neglect their studies, they are asked to the army to perform military service, they succeed in training and study during service. After the end of the military service, they decide to benefit from what they studied in the army by participating in the resistance of the Englishmen in the channel, and he spoke to them more serious and exciting adventures.

El mughammerun el talata

1965

You Can Do a Lot with 7 Women poster
9.0

Richard Harrison is Mike Spencer, a cop whose girlfriend is killed by drug dealers after she stumbles onto their operation during a fashion show. He goes undercover as a photographer to catch the people responsible.

You Can Do a Lot with 7 Women

1972

Les Misérables poster
3.0

Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a poor man is sent to prison after stealing a loaf of bread. He escapes and becomes rich, but this does not protect him from people's disdain as they know where he came from.

Les Misérables

1978

A Meeting with the Past poster
NR

Mahmoud is arrested while disturbing counterfeit money with the help of Hussein, who fled. Years later, Hussein wants to forget the past and works for Sahar's father, but Mahmoud reappears in his life after his release from prison.

A Meeting with the Past

1975