
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
5.2Scientific whizkid Ken Wilberforce thought a robot would be a help around the house, so he built Metal Mickey. But someone interferes - and deep within Mickey's electronic innards, something stirs...
Metal Mickey
1980
5.0When 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
زينب والعرش
1980
7.0As Dr. Noman's daughter and her husband go on secondment, they decide to leave their daughter Hend with her grandfather. In Egypt, Hend is the only eyewitness to a murder, and the murderers plan to have her killed.
Hend and Dr. Noman
1984
7.6Ahmed 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
NRThe 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
Film credits
1990s · 9 titles
7.6Ahmed 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الخطوة الدامية
1992
NRThe 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
6.6Mahrous, 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
NRAfter 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
6.0The 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
2.0Zeinab'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
NRYassin 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
5.0A 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
5.5Walid, 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
NRSamia 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
NROfficer 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
NRA 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
7.0Documentary 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
4.7The 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
6.8In 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
7.0Nahed 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
6.2Actress 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
NRJasser 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
NRA 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
NRThe 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
NRAs 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
8.0A 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
5.1An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Cairo
1963
9.0In 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
8.5The 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
6.7This 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
10.0Adel 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
8.0A beautiful woman looking for a rich husband but her greed causes her in problems .
Gharamiat emaraa
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
عريس لأختي
1963
NRA 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
8.3Loyal 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
NRThe 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
7.0Samya 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
NRAdel 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
8.0Hussein (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
NRThe 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
جحيم الغيرة
1953
6.6Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
Prince of Revenge
1950
6.01950 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
NRNabila 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
8.0A 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
6.2Ismail 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
6.0The 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
7.0On 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
8.0Lawahiz 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
8.0A 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
10.0In 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
8.0The 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
8.0A 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
NRA 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
8.0Ahmad 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
NRDuring 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
9.0Hajj 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
9.0Nadia 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
NRA 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
9.0A 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
NRHoda, 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
NRThe 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
5.2Scientific whizkid Ken Wilberforce thought a robot would be a help around the house, so he built Metal Mickey. But someone interferes - and deep within Mickey's electronic innards, something stirs...
Metal Mickey
1980
5.0When 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
زينب والعرش
1980
7.0As Dr. Noman's daughter and her husband go on secondment, they decide to leave their daughter Hend with her grandfather. In Egypt, Hend is the only eyewitness to a murder, and the murderers plan to have her killed.
Hend and Dr. Noman
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
جواري بلا قيود
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
مذكرات ضرة
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الحقيقة
1988
Behind the camera
NRNo synopsis available yet.
عريس لأختي
1963
NRA 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
8.0Ahmad 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
NRThe 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
7.0Ashraf 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
9.0A 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
10.0Two 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

