Kamal Al-Shennawi

Acting

Kamal Al-Shennawi

Born — Died

1918-12-25 — 2011-08-22

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

74 titles

Started his career on the silver screen as a star, After graduating from the Teacher’s College Muhammad Kamaal al-Shennaawy taught art education at secondary schools. Meanwhile, as a plastic artist he held a number of art exhibitions. After two years, he left teaching to acting. During his first stage, he was very popular playing light comic lead roles. He formed a successful duet with super star Shadia where he joined her in some of the songs; “Al-hawa maloush dawa i.e. Love All the Way”, “Hamaamet al-salaam i.e. The dove of peace” and “Lessaanak Houssaanak i.e. Guard Your Tongue”. Kamaal produced a big number of films through his production company; “Wadaa’ fel-fagr i.e. Farewell at dawn”,…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 9 titles

Terrorism and Kebab poster
7.6

Ahmed heads to Tahrir compound to extract papers to move his son to another school. There he clashes with the administrative obstacles. He suddenly finds himself involved in carrying a weapon and taking hostages at the government building and becomes a terrorist in the process.

Terrorism and Kebab

1992

الخطوة الدامية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الخطوة الدامية

1992

El-Shaytan Yuqaddem Hallan poster
NR

The father wishes to see that his son has become a father, the son gets married but suffers from reproductive problems as a result of his sexual disability, and the son tries to find a solution so that his father does not know the nature of his problem.

El-Shaytan Yuqaddem Hallan

1991

Mahrous the Minister's Attaché poster
6.6

Mahrous, a simple man, is acquainted with the minister as they both hail from the same village. When Mahrous gets appointed at the minister's office, he only causes trouble. However, as the two get involved in extra-marital relationships, they form a strange bond and become square in many endeavors.

Mahrous the Minister's Attaché

1999

The Clever Ones poster
NR

After the 1967 War, three contractors conspire against Rasha, the famous singer, to arrest her on charges of spying for foreign parties after her husband commits suicide. All attempts to prove her innocence fail and she is sent to prison. When she is released in 73, she tries to reopen her case.

The Clever Ones

1993

Cheap Flesh poster
6.0

The story of three girls, Iikhlas, Tawhida, and Nagfa, who live in the same village, going through the same tough circumstances. As they ask Master Mabrouk to help them find a job or get married, each of them faces a difficult life.

Cheap Flesh

1995

Ai Ai poster
2.0

Zeinab's father dreams to have a decent Funeral like the ones of important society figures. will zeinab be able to achieve her father's wish?.

Ai Ai

1992

The Foxes poster
NR

Yassin is a wealthy businessman who started as a drug dealer. As he tries to prevent his son Kamal from following in his footsteps, his son Maged graduates from med school and goes to the US. When he returns, he is shocked when he finds his father married to Dalal, Maged's former sweetheart.

The Foxes

1993

Al Makhtufa poster
5.0

A collision occurs between a taxi driven by Hussein and the car of Nevin, the daughter of millionaire Ratib Barakat, which leads to the taxi being destroyed, so he harms her and drags her to the police station. Ratib Barakat expresses his willingness to pay the necessary compensation, but he changes his mind when he learns that he slapped his daughter, and Hussein is left without a source of livelihood, and when his mother dies. Hussein decides to take revenge by kidnapping Nevin to a deserted place.

Al Makhtufa

1991

1980s · 6 titles

A Slam Dunk poster
5.5

Walid, the son of an important businessman, kills his mother's lover. When his mother turns him in, his father tries to use his influence to get him out of trouble, but a young police officer stands in his way.

A Slam Dunk

1987

Malaf Samia Sha'rawy poster
NR

Samia Shaarawy, the widow of a martyr, tries in every way to obtain her late husband's pension, but she was married in a customary marriage, and Colonel Ashraf Al-Dessouki, who marries her, knows about her problem. Immediately after the defeat of 1967, the commander for whom Ashraf works decides to carry out a military coup, and gives him money to help in the implementation, but he decides to seize the money.

Malaf Samia Sha'rawy

1988

The Mud poster
NR

Officer Khaled is on the hunt for a gang that deals drugs. When the son of the gang leader is killed during a chase, Khaled doesn't realize that he is the son of the influential Esmat who vows revenge.

The Mud

1987

El Agooz Wil Baltagi poster
NR

A desperate old man asks a thug named Mahrous, whom he accidentally meets, to kill him in exchange for an amount of money. As he agrees, a friendship grows between them.

El Agooz Wil Baltagi

1989

Houseboat No. 70 poster
7.0

Documentary filmmaker Ahmed El Shazly is working on a new film about a cotton gin. When a worker who reveals to him what's happening in the gin is killed, Ahmed and his sweetheart are determined to uncover the truth.

Houseboat No. 70

1982

The Escape from El-Khanka poster
4.7

The teacher Mustafa turns to the TV anchor Nashwa to complain about her brother, who seized a piece of land he owns and installed a large refrigerator to store meat. When Nashwa tells her brother, he decides to get rid of Mustafa and send his sister to a mental hospital.

The Escape from El-Khanka

1987

1970s · 7 titles

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

My Blood, My Tears and My Smile poster
7.0

Nahed is a gorgeous girl who marries a young man as a cover for her affair with a businessman. As their relationship turns loving and Nahed falls for him, she is forced to sacrifice him to save her family from a miserable and poor life.

My Blood, My Tears and My Smile

1973

The Sinners poster
6.2

Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into account everyone of the guests she hosted at her apartment the night she was killed: her jealous fiancé, a school instructor, a corrupt market manager, one of Sanaa's friends who works as a contractor, and a stud who was Sanaa's secret lover. As the investigation progresses, all the conclusions about the characters are always under question.

The Sinners

1976

Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora poster
NR

Jasser sneaks into Yassin's house to steal, but he senses a strange movement, as Saadia, the servant Ibrahim's wife, tries to find out who is in the house, so he kills her and Yassin. During that, Ibrahim arrives, and his daughter Naima testifies against him after seeing him holding a knife next to her mother's body, so he is imprisoned, and events escalate.

Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora

1978

El Ragol El Monaseeb poster
NR

A Lebanese company sends a representative to the Cairo branch to discover the secret of the branch's losses. This representative disguises himself as a newly transferred messenger. He notices that a love story is developing between the daughter of the failed manager and the public relations employee, and he tries to reveal to the girl what is happening.

El Ragol El Monaseeb

1970

the other man poster
NR

The couple, Adel and Salwa, live a quiet life. A problem occurs in the kitchen, so a plumber comes to repair some pipes. The plumber assaults Salwa, and since then, the relationship between the couple has split.

the other man

1973

The Fugitive poster
NR

As the security services raid the house of a guy with known political hostilities, they arrest his brother when they can't find him, but he escapes them and goes to the house of the journalist Rauof who gives him up to cover up his affair with a prostitute.

The Fugitive

1974

1960s · 14 titles

The Storm over Arabia poster
8.0

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.

The Storm over Arabia

1961

Cairo poster
5.1

An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.

Cairo

1963

The Desert Renegades poster
9.0

In the deserts of the Middle East, circa 1930s, a half-Arab-half-French adventurer named Aldar woos the Princess Yasmin while engaged in selling guns to warring factions.

The Desert Renegades

1965

Wife from the Street poster
8.5

The story revolves around the singer (Dalal) who works in a cabaret. Many men fall in love with her, but she prefers the wealthy (Mustafa). She marries him and moves to live with him on his estate. (Mustafa's) mother, who wanted her son to marry his cousin, is shocked. When she is injured in an accident, a doctor comes to treat her and meets Dalal, as he was one of her former clients. The doctor proposes to (Mustafa's) cousin, and (Dalal) refuses this marriage, which will reveal her past. She decides to kill the doctor to preserve her past from her husband's family.

Wife from the Street

1960

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

My Only Love poster
10.0

Adel and Mona are in love, and just as they were about to get engaged, Adel has an accident. When he recovers, he finds that the only woman he loved is now married to another man.

My Only Love

1960

Gharamiat emaraa poster
8.0

A beautiful woman looking for a rich husband but her greed causes her in problems .

Gharamiat emaraa

1960

عريس لأختي poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

عريس لأختي

1963

نورا poster
NR

A career-focused journalist crosses paths with Noura, a good-hearted young woman who suffers from societal pressures and issues. As Mahmoud tries to save her from going down a path of sin, he learns the story of her family and her struggle to provide for her ill sister.

نورا

1967

The Girls in Summer poster
8.3

Loyal to her husband suffers from a weak personality due to strict upbringing, which exposes her to falling into the trap of her husband’s friend. There is another husband who falls in love with the maid and wants to get close to her very much, but he is afraid for his reputation, so he treats her very harshly and harasses her. There is the shy young man who falls in love with her. He falls in love with his neighbor, but she is not convinced by him because of his great shyness.

The Girls in Summer

1960

Knooz poster
NR

The Bedouin Kenoz meets Haroun, a member of a different tribe who is digging a well for his tribesmen. Haroun's efforts are thwarted by the men of Sheikh Fawaz, who aspires to seize the land.

Knooz

1966

3 Men and a Woman poster
7.0

Samya is a girl who is on the look for her white knight. First, she falls for the anchor Ahmed but after he proposes, she finds herself falling for the athlete Mokhtar. Then she falls for Dr. Galal, only to find herself unable to choose between the three of them.

3 Men and a Woman

1960

Me, My Wife and My Lover poster
NR

Adel is a veterinarian who suffers from the over-attention of his wife Awatif. At their anniversary, he meets a young widow and he proposes to her.

Me, My Wife and My Lover

1969

Forgive My Sin poster
8.0

Hussein (Kamal El-Shennawy) is a man who is not interested in marriage. He meets Laila, a poor girl, and falls in love with her. Before marrying her, he discovers that she is a prostitute. His heart is broken, but his love for her makes him forgive her sins and they return to each other. Hussein's mother tries to force him to end his relationship with Laila after he neglected his work and withheld money from him.

Forgive My Sin

1962

1950s · 19 titles

She lived for love poster
NR

The events revolve around Hosni, who suffers from a complexity towards women since childhood, which made him not trust any woman, he travels to Cairo to study, where he gets to know his neighbor Zainab, and begins to love her

She lived for love

1959

جحيم الغيرة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

جحيم الغيرة

1953

Prince of Revenge poster
6.6

Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.

Prince of Revenge

1950

Baba Amin poster
6.0

1950 Cairo, Amin is a simple employee who lives with his family of three, his wife Zahira, son Nabil and daughter Hoda. Amin’s friend Mabrouk convinces Amin to invest his life savings in a project, which he promises, will get him rich. Amin agrees but forgets to take a receipt. Amin suddenly dies and watches on from the after life.

Baba Amin

1950

The Much-Loved One poster
NR

Nabila is a singer whose brother constantly takes her money for gambling. When his debts accumulate, he tries to make her marry the theater owner to avoid going to jail, till she meets Raouf and theyey fall in love but face many difficulties.

The Much-Loved One

1950

Lady Pickpocket poster
8.0

A girl who is placed by circumstances in corrupt circumstances, learns the craft of pickpocketing, joins a gang that exploits her work, and after a period of narrowing the life of corruption and hate being in this gang

Lady Pickpocket

1953

Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts poster
6.2

Ismail Yassin and his relatives have to spend a month living in a haunted house in order to collect their inheritance.

Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts

1952

Professor Fatima poster
6.0

The film's events take place in a comedic context, as Fatima (Faten Hamama) opens a law office. Her fiancé, Adel (Kamal El-Shenawy), refuses to agree to her work because he does not believe in her ability to succeed and a woman’s inability to work as a lawyer, so she challenges his opinion to prove to him that she is superior.

Professor Fatima

1952

Love letter poster
7.0

On the wedding night of the girl he raised, the singer (Wahid) recalls memories of his love for her mother, whom he loved at the beginning of his life and wanted to marry, but her father refused because of the social difference between them, and after one of her visits to him, his friend offered to give her a ride, she accepted and became involved with him after he seduces her.

Love letter

1954

Lawahez poster
8.0

Lawahiz is a dancer and singer in the world of nightclubs. As her father, Master Azab, and her mother are sentenced to prison, she decides to visit them, only for her mother to tell her that Azab is not her real father, and that she's the daughter of another man.

Lawahez

1957

Women Without Men poster
8.0

A brother disagrees with his sister which makes her move to live with her older sister in the countryside. She finds her sister living a harsh life and when the brother goes to visit them, he's surprised by the strict way imposed by the sister at home.

Women Without Men

1953

Set Elhosn poster
10.0

In two imaginary states consumed by wars, the kings decide to resort to affinity to avoid wars. On the way, the king's son escapes from his guards, but he meets his awaited bride, Set Elhosn , without knowing who she is. He falls in love with her while trying to escape the marriage.

Set Elhosn

1950

Sahifat el sawabek poster
8.0

The story revolves around a young man who squandered all his wealth, joins a gang to counterfeit money, falls in love with a singer, marries her, but the police arrest him, the young man gets out of prison and tries to take revenge on the gang leader who tried to marry his wife during the period he was imprisoned, the gang leader plans to harm him in his work in which he works in order to support his family.

Sahifat el sawabek

1956

Ayyam Chababi poster
8.0

A rich young man takes advantage of a girl and abandons her after she gives birth to face life on her own with her child. After several years, his guilty conscience brings him back to her and their son.

Ayyam Chababi

1950

الغائبة poster
NR

A couple lives happily and in love. The husband's aunt makes plans to annoy them and create discord between them, because she really wanted the husband to marry her daughter. However, he crowned his love with the girl his heart chose and married her, which ignited a fire Jealousy in his aunt's heart, the wife is involved in an accident that causes her to lose her memory and knows nothing about her past

الغائبة

1955

Farewell at dawn poster
8.0

Ahmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's daughter; but he falls in love with Zainab.

Farewell at dawn

1956

Mosmar Juha poster
NR

During the Turkish occupation of the city of Kufa, there was an imam in the city called Juha, who called on the people to be guided and to always follow the straight path. Therefore, his method was to address the people, explaining the disadvantages of this occupation. Therefore, the Turkish ruler saw that Juha had become one of the rioters against them, so he ordered his dismissal from his work as an imam. Rather, he goes so far as to arrest and imprison him, and after a while orders his release, but he still continues his struggle against injustice and oppression.

Mosmar Juha

1952

The Stranger poster
9.0

Hajj Kamel picks up a little boy from the street, whose family and relatives refused to shelter him after the death of his father and mother, and he takes him into his home, so he lives like his son next to his young daughter and son. The real son, Mahrez, grew up with an unknown enmity towards the poor boy, Ghareeb, while the little daughter, Yasmine, loved this boy. When the father dies, the poor boy takes over his work. He continues to take care of Yasmine until the rich young man, Anwar, enters her life.

The Stranger

1956

For Who's Your Passion poster
9.0

Nadia suffers from the behavior of her sister Nawal, to seek Dr. Adel and ask him for advice, to generate love between them, one day a young man who tried to commit suicide arrives because he is paralyzed, Nadia succeeds in getting him out of despair and succeeds in his treatment, to begin A love story between him and her sister Nawal, and events escalate.

For Who's Your Passion

1954

1940s · 4 titles

Khulud poster
NR

A love affair has linked Laila and Mahmoud since their childhood, but at the same time, Hassan, Mahmoud's cousin, falls in love with her, so jealousy and hatred begin to fill his heart towards Mahmoud. Fate wanted to bring Laila and Mahmoud's hearts together and complete their marriage. At their wedding, Hassan tries to kill Mahmoud, but Laila saves him and dies. Years pass and Mahmoud tries to get back what Hassan did to him.

Khulud

1948

The Princess of the Island poster
9.0

A princess is kidnapped by a greedy and mean Calif. He wants to marry her. Three men set out to rescue her, and with the aid of a ring with a spirit in it they succeed.

The Princess of the Island

1948

Hoda poster
NR

Hoda, a student, lives in Port Said with her widowed father, Fathy Al-Mahdawi, the owner of a supply and export company. Naima, an employee in the company, tricks Fathy until he falls in love with her and marries her. Hoda objects because of the difference in class. The stepmother treats her stepdaughter badly, which prompts her to travel to her aunt in Alexandria and join the university there, where she meets the sea captain Shukry, the brother of Samira, her colleague at the college.

Hoda

1949

Punishment poster
NR

The trio of a Wife and her lover plotting a murder for her husband. Their maid gets into Jail instead of them. This maid had a daughter that gets to be raised by her friend. The wife gets into jail shortly after she was arrested for misusing the well of her son. In Jail she meets with her maid and confess to her with her sin that led to this destiny, then she dies. After twenty years she gets out of Jail to see what has the fate introduce to her daughter and the killers daughter that share same lover.

Punishment

1948

Series credits

Behind the camera

عريس لأختي poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

عريس لأختي

1963

نورا poster
NR

A career-focused journalist crosses paths with Noura, a good-hearted young woman who suffers from societal pressures and issues. As Mahmoud tries to save her from going down a path of sin, he learns the story of her family and her struggle to provide for her ill sister.

نورا

1967

Farewell at dawn poster
8.0

Ahmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's daughter; but he falls in love with Zainab.

Farewell at dawn

1956

The Night Women poster
NR

The painter Ahmed Hamdy chooses Zeinab to model for his next painting. She soon falls in love with him, but he doesn't feel the same, as he gets involved with another woman and takes advantage of her.

The Night Women

1973

The Path of Tears poster
7.0

Ashraf Hamdi works as a supporting actor, and lives a peaceful life, but he leaves his only friend Saeed and his lover and colleague Faiza on the day he signed a contract to play a leading role opposite the great singing star Samia Fouad. He considered his acquaintance with Samia the first step towards achieving his goal, so he married her.

The Path of Tears

1961

Boğaziçi Soygunu poster
9.0

A daring gang plans to steal priceless historical artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s necklace, that have been brought to Istanbul for a prestigious festival.

Boğaziçi Soygunu

1969

Ayam Bela Hob poster
10.0

Two colleagues from Port Said meet each other during their studies. Nadia, the daughter of the wealthy Shaker, and Hosni, the engineer, the son of the poor fisherman, return to Port Said. Hosni's father suffers from the injustice imposed by the wealthy Shaker, Nadi's father. Hosni helps his father stand up to Shaker. Nadia offers Hosni a job in her father's fleet, but he refuses. Nadia decides to run away with Hosni and get married in Cairo. However, her father's men catch her and threaten to kill Hosni if ​​he does not stay away from Nadia.

Ayam Bela Hob

1962