Mohamed Metwally

Acting

Mohamed Metwally

Born — Died

1945-03-11 — 2018-02-17

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

84 titles

Known for

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Sabe' Gar poster
6.6

Set in a middle-class Cairo apartment building, The Seventh Neighbour weaves together the private lives of residents who project happiness and stability to the world while quietly battling their own secrets, struggles and conflicts behind closed doors. With interconnected storylines spanning love, marriage, family pressure and social tension, it's a warm, relatable ensemble drama about the hidden lives of ordinary people living side by side.

Sabe' Gar

2017

المصراوية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المصراوية

2007

النوّة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

النوّة

1991

Viva Atata poster
4.5

The series revolves around the old woman (Ata) who causes problems for herself and those around her, then she enters the prison after being accused of committing a crime, and raises some crises inside the prison and causes many problems for the prison warden, whose daughter suffers from a mental illness that makes her separate from reality and lives with the mentality of a small child, and that she You'll be cured of this psychological knot after meeting Ata Which will tell stories from the past until he is cured.

Viva Atata

2014

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Abu Shanab poster
5.4

Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.

Abu Shanab

2016

Shantet Hamza poster
5.0

A professional con man (Hamada Hilal) falls in love with a powerful woman who used to work for a well-known roguery gang.

Shantet Hamza

2017

Mr And Mrs Oweis poster
4.0

The story of a reckless playboy who squanders his late father's wealth, the thing that urges the mother to marry him off. However, he rejects every possible bride, until he crosses paths with a simple village girl who soon brings about his transformation.

Mr And Mrs Oweis

2012

The Door Is Wide Open for Amal poster
3.0

A married couple, the laywer Amal (Dora) and her veterinarian husband Tawfiq (Sherif Salama), are in constant problems, as Amal is continuing to work in the final months of her pregnancy, which leads to getting her into labor while she's in court.

The Door Is Wide Open for Amal

2016

Just Vanished poster
4.7

A very unlucky guy, Bakry, ends up with an abandoned and cursed theater house, and he must find a way to elevate the curse, as it affects him every time he enters the theater.

Just Vanished

2016

E'dam Baree poster
0.5

The film focuses on the life of two brothers who died in their lives from orphanage. One of them worked in the police force and was promoted to the rank of brigadier. He is an unusual lover of his work. The second brother is a physician specializing in medical analysis, (Egypt), which leads him to try to detect the corrupt persons responsible for the supply of these pesticides by subjecting them to scientific analysis, but in light of all this there is disagreement between the two brothers on the background of this discovery.

E'dam Baree

2014

2000s · 9 titles

Hassan and Marcus poster
6.5

A terrorist Muslim group calls for the execution of Sheikh Hassan for refusing to join their organisation. At the same time, a priest ,Marcos, is also facing death threats. Both men seek help from the government, who puts them under the witness protection program, giving each man the other's identity.

Hassan and Marcus

2008

The Wedding poster
6.1

Facing financial strain, a man organizes a fake wedding to raise money. A deeply touching Egyptian drama.

The Wedding

2009

Encrypted Letter poster
6.3

Fayez discovers a code sheet that his grandfather left to him before he was killed, of a treasure map in Jerusalem, drawn by the Jews fleeing to Egypt. He goes on an adventure with his friends, Ismail and Bedair, to search for the map hidden in an archaeological temple in Luxor.

Encrypted Letter

2008

Life's Speed Bump poster
6.7

Seeking job opportunities, a young man arrives in Cairo and becomes increasingly involved with the family of a wealthy businessman.

Life's Speed Bump

2006

No artwork available
NR

The events take place inside a luxurious villa in the 6th of October city in Cairo, in which the writer reviews the most important problems of Egyptian society and the conflict between two classes, one rich and corrupt and the other poor and hard-working.

Those Darn People

2007

Down and Out poster
NR

An action-comedy as Egypt is to host a worldwide wrestling championship. When a local terrorist cell seeks to derail the games by staging a major terrorist attack, the wrestlers cooperate with the police to foil the plans of the terrorists.

Down and Out

2009

We Own the Airport poster
NR

Sayed, a street vendor, enlists the help of the lawyer Azza to prove his and his siblings' ownership of the house they reside in. As Azza looks the ownership documents over, she discovers that the siblings actually own the plot of land on which the Cairo Airport is built.

We Own the Airport

2001

Adam's Village poster
5.0

A group of friends gathered coastal village depend on fishingpoverty forces them to perform some petty theft tobe involved in the murder and Vistkhaddmanm corruptpolice officer to implement its objectives in that village and escalate events

Adam's Village

2009

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Train to El Marg

2004

1990s · 16 titles

A Hot Night poster
7.6

On New Year's Eve, a taxi driver tries to raise money necessary for his mother-in-law surgery who takes care of his only mentally handicapped son. On the same night, a repentant prostitute tries to make money to fix her house . When they meet, they witness a night full of unforgettable events.

A Hot Night

1995

Let's Dance poster
NR

A comedy about a poor man named Zawaoui who lives with his wife Bahija and his brothers in a small villa he inherited from his family and tries to buy from him but refuses because he wants to preserve his family's inheritance. A businessman who wants to buy the villa will attack the villa but fails to grab. On them, where the brothers Zouaoui revenge from Fawzi to protect their brother.

Let's Dance

1994

The Joy thief poster
9.0

The residents of the Mokattam area are in a state of joy. Shata has been married to the dancer (Ahlam), but (Ahlam) has a lover's heart (Awad). In order to resolve the situation, Awad must arrange for the expenses of the marriage within a few days and the introduction of Ahlam's speech. Awad tries to help Awad and thinks that she is overdoing herself. Awad is committing a process closer to armed robbery and stealing his brother's clothes to sell. Ahlam is staying in an apartment of a foreigner to help her boyfriend buy the net.

The Joy thief

1995

Below Zero poster
NR

Three friends: Wagih, Saad and Mustafa, live in the same town, and they are all competing to win the heart of one woman: Nadia, who eventually marries Mustafa. Upon his return from abroad, Mustafa gets arrested and convicted with drug smuggling, and the betrayal of his friend gradually unfolds.

Below Zero

1990

The Assassination of Faten Tawfik poster
NR

Faten Tawfiq TV presenter. Her husband, the businessman, is killed by the instructions of some corrupt officials in the field of importation. Faten seeks to uncover these corrupt people, coincidentally meets Ali Hawara, an archive officer at an open-minded company, with documents in his hand condemning these bad guys. Faten filmed a ring with an official and faced with these documents. The video and documents suddenly disappear. Faten and Ali get the video and documents again. The bandits chase them to prevent Faten from reaching the television building for the radio station and is assassinated.

The Assassination of Faten Tawfik

1995

The Emperor poster
5.7

The story deals with the journey of Zinham, a young man who fled Egypt from Upper Egypt in search of a living, climbs up in organized crime and drug smuggling. His friend, Ibrahim, takes part in the crime journey. When he becomes one of the biggest drug smugglers (heroin) Who is in control of her market in Egypt in alliance with an Israeli smuggler, marries a dancer after he gets rid of Slim, the drug dealer who worked for him at the beginning of his career. He turns to liquidate everyone who stands in his way. He becomes drug addict and kills his close friend. (Ibrahim), after doubting the betrayal of his wife dancing with him.

The Emperor

1990

A girl from Israel poster
7.0

Years after his son’s death, they try to recruit him, Taba, and the son saves the life of a girl who later turns out to be Israeli, who tries to recruit him.

A girl from Israel

1999

Knight of the City poster
8.3

Fares who managed to build his fortune from scratch using illegal methods goes through a tough phase in his life as his investment companies go bankrupt and his marital life becomes a total mess, and he has to find a way to save both.

Knight of the City

1992

Light and fire poster
NR

The film takes place in a village, through Sharqi Al-Dayah and her only spoiled son Ahmed, who is not good at anything and who meets Bandariya Al-Ghazia, who incites him to kill his mother for refusing their marriage, so he resorts to one of the fugitives, Asran, to kill her, and several paradoxes occur.

Light and fire

1999

Traffic Light poster
7.0

The film depicts different group of characters who are held up by a traffic sign. A romantic love story grows between Re'u (Mohamed Fuad), the football fan and Samia (Laila Alawi), the nurse who loves to sing. And Naeamat who's having a baby and wants to go to the hospital with her husband.

Traffic Light

1996

حنحب ونقب poster
NR

Poor friends Hisham, Medhat and Mukhtar resort to all the ways to get rid of their poverty, so they end up in prison. After their release from prison, Qarni advises Hisham that his late rich wife had given him his palace on the condition that he become a school for displaced children. Hisham asks three teachers to work at the school provided they are at least 60 years of age. Three girls masquerade as old people and go to work. The three exchange love with the three friends.

حنحب ونقب

1997

The Rabbits invasion poster
NR

Al-Kharabi, the poor employee who supervises the stores of the Scientific Institution for Book Printing, lives in very miserable conditions, and suffers from the ignorance and domineering of his wife (Naima), so he decides to keep a pair of rabbits in the store, in response to the advice of (Tawfiqa), the playful worker. Rabbits multiply terribly in the warehouse and eat books, colonize all corporate offices, and threaten an environmental catastrophe.

The Rabbits invasion

1992

The Scorpion poster
9.0

The businessman Tarek is married to Nahed but they don't have children. The couple adopts Heba from a shelter and transforms her life. When Tarek cheats on Nahed with his friend's wife, Nahed asks for divorce on the advice of the painter Maher.

The Scorpion

1990

The Gate of Satan poster
4.0

Hibat Allah discovers an unusual activity involving the circulation of fake dollars of which her husband is taking part. When she reports it to the police, she gets framed for a crime she didn't commit and is sent to prison. She meets a woman in prison who helps her take revenge.

The Gate of Satan

1993

Ela Abnty poster
NR

A social drama that revolves around a museum employee (Salah Zulfiqar) who ends his career by marrying a businesswoman (Laila Taher), who tries to control him and involve him in many of her deals, selling antiquities and smuggled art pieces, so he tries to escape from her and her life by marrying. From (Wafa Makki), when he discovers the involvement of his daughter Karima (Sahar Rami) in the matter, he tries to save her.

Ela Abnty

1992

Red card poster
NR

Three women, a doctor, a lawyer, and a farmer from Upper Egypt, each with a story, are wrongly accused and all sentenced to prison. But they decide to escape so that the peasant woman gives birth to her son outside the prison walls.

Red card

1994

1980s · 11 titles

Goodbye My Friend poster
6.9

Two friends Marzouk and Barakat, work with street vendor Batta on her cart in the melon trade. Al-Gayiar who works in the trade of stolen cars admires them, they work with him till they become his competitors. He decides to get rid of them after they've become a treat.

Goodbye My Friend

1986

Hello Doctor poster
NR

Nader (Samir Ghanem) and Al-Zanati Khalifa (George Sidham) are two friendly doctors, but they are very different from each other. The son of the dean of the Faculty of Medicine succeeded in his people's respect for his father and took his work for quick profit and wealth at the expense of professional ethics. He spent seven years in Upper Egypt and devoted himself to the Abu Qarat department, and between the two there are dialogues about ethics and society, and about their differences.

Hello Doctor

1980

The Gang of Hamada and Toto poster
5.4

The boss at a large travel company fires Hamada, who worked there as a manager, after stealing all of his innovative ideas. Deprived of their usual income, Hamada and his wife Tutu decide to fix their financial problems in an unusual way, namely by robbing small banks, small shops and even pharmacies.

The Gang of Hamada and Toto

1982

Whatever You Do, It's Always That Way poster
5.0

Ezzat and Hassan are friends and co-workers. Hassan admires Soad but he can't tell her about his feelings because of his shyness. He asks his friend Ezzat to tell her instead, but things don't go as expected. Ezzat also receives letters from an unknown person threatening to kill him.

Whatever You Do, It's Always That Way

1982

الطعم والسنارة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الطعم والسنارة

1988

A Distress Call From The Other World poster
5.0

A bizarre supernatural mystery thriller that frequently borders on the surreal, the tour-de-force scene in this one blends live action and animation to depict an elevator ride that just keeps on going... beyond the elevator shaft, beyond the local bridge, and down into the waters below where a murdered man's restless soul attempts to communicate with the living in order to find justice and revenge for his killing.

A Distress Call From The Other World

1985

The Flood poster
5.0

A land inherited by the children from their father is worth one million pounds. Before selling it, the uncle offers a contract stating that he bought it from the father before his death. So what do children do?

The Flood

1985

Tali' al-Nakhl poster
NR

Muhammad is a simple peasant young man who lives in a village. He works as a palm tree picker. He does his work with ease and loves his beautiful neighbour. However, he suddenly falls prey to severe pain and goes alone. He discovers that he is infected with schistosomiasis. He is forced to travel to Cairo, and is detained at the Bilharz Institute as a severe case. There he meets the doctor (Amal), who tells him that if he wants to recover, he must undergo surgery that may cost him his life. The matter gets worse when a wealthy person returns from abroad and wants to marry his fiancée, so he is forced to undergo the operation.

Tali' al-Nakhl

1988

Marzouka poster
NR

Boraie is a blind beggar who is helped by his beautiful daughter Merzouka in making a big fortune. The swindler Sursock convinces Merzouka to steal her father's fortune then leaves her and flees with the money to Alexandria where he becomes the owner of an export and import company.

Marzouka

1985

El Princesa poster
6.0

A young widow and a wealthy man who charters a yacht and wants to take a trip at sea, but at the same time she hates men due to her previous marriage at the same time.

El Princesa

1984

جواز في السر poster
NR

A woman who is the owner of a group of shops discovers, after the death of her husband, that he was married to another woman. She decides to marry one of her employees, who tries to make her happy with all sincerity. But he meets a beautiful young widow, which leads into trouble.

جواز في السر

1988

Series credits

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Sabe' Gar poster
6.6

Set in a middle-class Cairo apartment building, The Seventh Neighbour weaves together the private lives of residents who project happiness and stability to the world while quietly battling their own secrets, struggles and conflicts behind closed doors. With interconnected storylines spanning love, marriage, family pressure and social tension, it's a warm, relatable ensemble drama about the hidden lives of ordinary people living side by side.

Sabe' Gar

2017

المصراوية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المصراوية

2007

النوّة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

النوّة

1991

Viva Atata poster
4.5

The series revolves around the old woman (Ata) who causes problems for herself and those around her, then she enters the prison after being accused of committing a crime, and raises some crises inside the prison and causes many problems for the prison warden, whose daughter suffers from a mental illness that makes her separate from reality and lives with the mentality of a small child, and that she You'll be cured of this psychological knot after meeting Ata Which will tell stories from the past until he is cured.

Viva Atata

2014

Amount of Light poster
5.0

Lail Abdul Salam is a hired assassin working for top businessmen, exposed to many stories, including the problem of his wife, who hates her life with him because of his preoccupation with his work, and gets involved with him in many problems which turns him into a different person.

Amount of Light

2017

Unstable Mind poster
6.2

Each of the episodes in this series discusses a different topic in this comedy drama.

Unstable Mind

2017

Chi Tutu Restaurant poster
NR

Where one of the restaurants owned by Adel and his friend Nagaty, after Adel returns from abroad deciding to start a small business that generates income for him, his friend Nagaty offers him a stay.

Chi Tutu Restaurant

2006

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears poster
NR

Through the story of an island that a businessman is trying to seize, the series presents many social problems facing the young generation like the lack of job opportunities and spinsterhood, in addition to persistent thorny issues such as patronage, corruption and the exploitation of influence.

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears

2008

Abo El-Ela 90 poster
NR

The idealistic rural man Abo El-Ela resumes his journey with his family, as he struggles to fight corruption and greed around him while trying to keep his loved ones away from trouble.

Abo El-Ela 90

1996

Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany poster
8.0

The series follows the life of Hassan, an old chivalrous Arabesque workshop owner who lives in a poor neighborhood with his family. The series provides an insight into the day-to-day struggles of the family as Hassan gets involved in much of their neighbors' disputes and affairs.

Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany

1994

The Honey and The Tears poster
9.5

The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.

The Honey and The Tears

1983

The Yacoubian Building poster
NR

The story about the residents of the Yacoubian building and their intertwining lives, including Zaki Al-Dousoky who is in constant conflict with his sister, Dawlat, and Hajj Azzam, who used to be a shoeshiner but became a millionaire thanks to his drug trade.

The Yacoubian Building

2007

The Foul Wind poster
NR

In Alexandria, a girl goes out to work in trade in order to provide for her siblings and afford their education, an endeavor that leaves her exposed to a lot of difficulties as she tries to keep the family together.

The Foul Wind

1991

Security Situation poster
NR

The events of the series revolve in a dramatic framework around the antiquities trade, its relationship with the mafia, and everything related to the world of this trade through the story of Hassan (Amr Saad), an employee of the Antiquities Authority, after discovering the smuggling and counterfeiting of ancient manuscripts.

Security Situation

2017

For Security Purposes poster
5.0

When a reckless young man loses all his fortune, all his acquaintances turn their back on him, except for his secretary who takes him in. A while after, the man meets with a friend who offers him a job at a company for private security.

For Security Purposes

2002

Hamam the Arabs' Sheikh poster
NR

The true story about the Sheikh of the Arabs, Hammam Ibn Youssef, the chief of the Hawara tribe, who used to own lands from Minya to Aswan. The series deals with the tribal conflict in Upper Egypt and sheds light on how Hammam managed to unite the tribes of Upper Egypt under his command

Hamam the Arabs' Sheikh

2010

Our Families poster
8.0

Set in the 90s , about the relationship between people in this period. It depicts the human side of the Egyptian personality and the moral situations, shedding the light on the concept of family bonding through daily events from the Egyptian street.

Our Families

1997

أهل الطريق poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أهل الطريق

1993

Dad, You, & I in Dismay poster
7.0

After his appointment as general manager of financial and administrative affairs, Abd al-Baqi al-Jawhari (Hassan Abdin) discovers a lot of manipulation in connection with the project (Tohme) village that is supervised by the Bahrawi Governorate, and when he seeks to reveal what he knew, the project beneficiaries fabricate the charge of embezzlement of Abd al-Baqi, and he enters prison From here, his daughter Widad (Firdous Abdel Hamid) cooperates with Bashir Abu Al-Saad (Mahmoud Al-Jundi) to prove her father's innocence, but they discover that the game is bigger than they imagined.

Dad, You, & I in Dismay

1989

Naseem Al Rouh poster
NR

In an all-star production, Saad is raised as an orphan, not knowing that the man who raised him had killed his father. When the truth unravels, an inner conflict arises. A story of revenge that's filled with suspense in each episode.

Naseem Al Rouh

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الشوارع الخلفية

1979

The Pasha's House poster
NR

The series revolves around the Egyptian pharaonic heritage and examines the social situation in Egypt during the period of conflict that is the 1950s, during which the Egyptians united against the British and the family of Muhammad Ali, until the 1952 revolution broke out to save the country.

The Pasha's House

2010

Shams Al Ansary poster
NR

An epic that depicts the life of Shams Al-Ansary, who takes it upon his shoulders to achieve justice and combat corruption. But justice isn't a paved way, and he's only met with difficulties and challenges that make his pursuit an arduous one.

Shams Al Ansary

2012

Esteefa poster
NR

A police officer investigates a series of crimes, with each investigation spanning two episodes out of 26 separate episodes.

Esteefa

2015

The White Flag poster
NR

According to a true story, a frantic struggle does not end between two parties in Alexandria, (Silver Maadawi), a wealthy and authoritarian merchant in the fish ring, and retired Ambassador Moufid Abu Al Ghar, where Silver Maadawi tries with all its influence to seize the archaeological palace owned by Dr. Moufid and reside In him after his retirement.

The White Flag

1988

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey poster
NR

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry carries a lot of good values for a life that is close to the utopian city. When he retires, he decides to live his life helping his relatives after he adopts the daughter of a friend from work and goes to Cairo.

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

زيارة ودية

1979

اللعبة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اللعبة

1981

Break the Impasse poster
NR

The series showcases a money-investing company and what its owner is exposed to after the decision to confiscate his money, so he resorts to keeping his money with the gardener, who finds himself at a loss when he turns into a millionaire overnight.

Break the Impasse

1995

حكاية الدكتور مسعود poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حكاية الدكتور مسعود

1979

مغامرات زكية هانم poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

مغامرات زكية هانم

1992

Fire’s bird poster
10.0

A tale of betrayal and greed.

Fire’s bird

1987

وأدرك شهريار الصباح poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وأدرك شهريار الصباح

1985

حارة الزعفراني poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حارة الزعفراني

2006

Arosti poster
NR

Each episode revolves around something we use in our daily life, by reviewing the usefulness of this thing, who uses it and how to use it, such as foods and tools, and the audience must know the solution.

Arosti

1980

واكلينها والعة: سبع صنايع poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

واكلينها والعة: سبع صنايع

2020

Alsabr fi almulahat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alsabr fi almulahat

1996