Adly Kasseb

Acting

Adly Kasseb

Born 1918-04-21 · Cairo, Egypt

Acting credits

First Year of Love poster
7.0

A young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister of Interior. As Mohamed starts working as a journalist and joins the Wafd Party, he learns that Awny has documents that condemn its leader. Mohamed tries to get the incrimating evidence.

First Year of Love

1976

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

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

The Two Friends poster
NR

A strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.

The Two Friends

1970

Bent El-Badeya poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bent El-Badeya

1958

Love and suffering poster
10.0

Wahid Safwat is a playwright known for his many female relationships. Wahid meets the rising singer Laila and flirts with her, but she rejects him, so he decides to ensnare her and hides his true identity from her, that he is a famous novelist. The events unfold in a framework of comedic situations.

Love and suffering

1961

Jamila, the Algerian poster
7.2

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Jamila, the Algerian

1958

A Question in Love poster
NR

Mamdouh carries on with his womanizing ways after his marriage. His brother Fathy suffers from the constant preoccupation of his wife Nawal with her work. Mamdouh takes Fathy to a brothel, to take his mind off his problems, but Nawal discovers her husband's infidelity.

A Question in Love

1975

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

Return My Heart poster
5.4

In Egypt forties and before the 14th of July revolution in 1952, a poor family lives in a prince's palace where the father works as a gardener. The family has two children Ali and Hassan. Ali grows up liking the prince's daughter who loves him too. Now grown ups, they realize how impossible this love story is. Joining the army, Ali fights in Palestine while the brother joins the police and is part of the King's guards. Ali gets back from Palestine and joins the secret military movement that will soon rule Egypt, The Free Officers. The revolution starts and the Free Officers are now in charge, putting Ali against his brother as a guard for the king and also against his lover, the prince's daughter as the revolution will confiscate all her family's wealth.

Return My Heart

1957

Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen

1960

جرب حظك poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

جرب حظك

1956

Girls' Secrets poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Girls' Secrets

1969

Karnak poster
6.8

In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.

Karnak

1975

The deceivers poster
NR

A gang makes so much money by blackmailing married women and businessmen. after the death of one of their victims in a car accident,the police found one lead that may help them to arrest this gang.

The deceivers

1973

The Thief and the Dogs poster
6.7

This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his prison term, Mahran is thirsty for revenge. But being chased by the police and by his new enemies destines him to a tragic life in hiding.

The Thief and the Dogs

1962

Three Thieves poster
5.8

Three stories written by Ihsan Abdul Quddus about three thieves, their circumstances differed, and their motives for theft differed.The first steals from a traitorous wife believing that this is his right, and the second steals a public bus in order to quickly reach his sick wife, the third steals his old aunt to be able to get married.

Three Thieves

1966

Mother of the Bride poster
6.9

This magnificently madcap comedy classic stars Egyptian film legends Tahiya Karioka and Emad Hamdi as Zeinab and Hussein, overworked parents who get little relief from the never ending demands of their seven mischievous children. When their eldest daughter, Ahlam, meets a dashing young man at a party, it's love at first sight and wedding plans must quickly be arranged. As preparations get underway, Zeinab and Hussein are soon overwhelmed by the elaborate and costly requests made by the groom's extravagant family. While tending to the needs of their other six children, Hussein and Zeinab must consider unconventional means to obtain the funds for a ceremony that the newlyweds will be proud of.

Mother of the Bride

1963

Unemployed poster
NR

Hassouna Hassan is a young rural man who leaves his town and goes to the capital in search of his artistic future. When he can't find his chance, he works in several jobs to pay rent for his room, and fall for his neighbor's daughter. But he is wary of his bad luck getting in the way of his love.

Unemployed

1955

Hob Min Narr poster
9.0

Two young men, Ahmed and Mohamed, who live in Port Said, develop feelings for the same girl, Najaf. However, when the Tripartite Aggression reaches Port Said, they abandon life trivialities and join the militants as Najaf joins the Red Crescent; the three unite for a single patriotic cause.

Hob Min Narr

1958

Mudaris khususi poster
NR

After his parents got separated and remarried, Mamdouh is going through tough times. He starts stealing cars with his friend. But he decides to quit this crime life and bring his parents back together while they have moved on with their lives.

Mudaris khususi

1965

The Virgin Wife poster
NR

Mona meets Magdy and Fouad in Alexandria and falls in love with Fouad who loves her back, but Magdy asks her to marry him and her mother agrees because of his wealth. After Mona marries Magdy, she finds out that he's impotent, which causes a series of problems.

The Virgin Wife

1958

Aaela Zeze poster
7.5

The everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in the early 1960's.

Aaela Zeze

1963

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