Ahmed Mazhar

Acting

Ahmed Mazhar

Born 1917-10-08 · Cairo, Egypt

Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (October 8, 1917 – May 8, 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat. His acting career started in 1951 when he was picked for a role in Zehour Al-Islam because of his riding skills and his proper pronunciation of classical Arabic. In 1957, he retired as commander of the special cavalry units and decided to explore his acting talents. Mazhar's breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in the famous movie Roda Qalbi (Return My Heart) which was his third movie. Other roles soon followed, including Al-Tarik Al-Masdood (1958), Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa (1959), Doaa al-Karawan (1959), Wa Islamah (1961), Al-Dowa Al-Khafet (1961) and Ghadan Youm Akhar (1961). He starred in an American movie, Cairo (1963), starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali alongside Soad Hosny. Other films like Al-Nemr Al-Aswad, Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah, Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy, and The Guns and the Fury soon followed.

Acting credits

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

Saladin poster
7.1

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Saladin

1963

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

Oh Islam poster
5.8

Set in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.

Oh Islam

1961

Empire M poster
6.3

Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.

Empire M

1972

Agony of Love poster
7.0

Amal marries the train driver Mahmoud, who treats her harshly. She feels neglected despite her husband's presence, Mahmoud travels to another city and asks his assistant Hassan to look after his wife. During his absence, Amal expresses admiration for Hassan's morals, which soon turns into a special love.

Agony of Love

1960

من أحب poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

من أحب

1966

The Nightingale's Prayer poster
7.8

This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.

The Nightingale's Prayer

1959

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

Tomorrow Is Another Day poster
NR

Ahmed and Ra'fat both love Laila, but Ahmed marries her first and they have a child. Years pass, during which Ahmed's sister Mona waits for Ra'fat to notice her love for him. As the tripartite aggression takes place, Ahmed is drafted into the army and news arrives about his death.

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1961

The Women Union poster
6.0

A women's union led by three women calls for a strike from work to prove their value, while the head of the prosecution seeks to persuade them to reverse their decision.

The Women Union

1984

من احب poster
NR

Laila, the daughter of Mazloum Pasha, falls in love with officer Tarek, but he marries his cousin Nevine. As Laila loses her wealth, her father, and her daughter, she starts getting close to Tarek after his wife dies.

من احب

1966

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

Cairo 30 poster
7.6

Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.

Cairo 30

1966

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

Port Said poster
7.0

The events take place during the tripartite aggression against the city of Port Said, through the spy network of the British Intelligence, in which Pat (Laila Fawzi) works, while Al-Ambashi Talbah (Farid Shawqi) leads the resistance group, and the resistance men confront the aggression and vile conspiracies led by traitors and spies.

Port Said

1957

Antar's Daughter poster
8.0

After Antar's death, the men of the Bani Fazaza tribe take revenge on the men of the Bani Abs tribe, leaving no man from them, and Antar's sister can escape and hide Antar's daughter, raising her to hate her father's enemies until she grows up

Antar's Daughter

1964

Black Tiger poster
6.1

An Egyptian goes to Germany to work in a factory and become a boxing legend called black tiger.

Black Tiger

1984

City Lights poster
6.0

So'aad is a poor girl who auditions for a role in a new film, but film producer Adel rejects her for she is not of noble origin. When she disguises herself as a princess, he is wholly charmed and offers her the role. How far will she go in acting?

City Lights

1972

Adolescents' Love poster
NR

Hamdy Ibrahim is a famous doctor in Mansoura and also the president of the “Virtue Advocates” association. When his daughter Mervat passes her secondary education and joins university, Hamdy entrusts his friend Mohsen to take care of her, while she moves to live in the university's campus. One day Hamdy decides to pay his daughter a visit, but he gets mixed up and enters a brothel instead, which leads to him being fired from the association. Meanwhile, Mervat is searching for love and wants to make more friends in her first year at college.

Adolescents' Love

1970

Eve's Lies poster
NR

After her first husband Kamal's death, Wafaa marries Nash'at and suffers from his neglect. To incite Nash'at's jealousy, she uses the help of a stage prompter to play the role of her late husband and claim that he is still alive. Things take an unexpected turn when Kamal himself appears.

Eve's Lies

1969

A Tale in Two Word poster
NR

After finishing her studies abroad , Hanan (Laila Alawi) returns to the home of her wealthy father Salem (Ahmed Mazhar), who's married to Inayat (Souad Hussein). She meets Ahmed (Iman El Bahr Darwish) who works for her father and her stepmother tries to get rid of him so that Hanan marries her son.

A Tale in Two Word

1985

Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda poster
NR

Nemat (Lebleba) is a girl searching for her mother who has been away from her for fifteen years and has traveled to Casablanca. Nemat is upset with her father Afifi Bey (Ahmed Mazhar) who does not want to help her, so she decides to return to Egypt to get her mother's inheritance. She meets Ahmed (Hatem Zulfikar) who invites her to dinner. While they are eating, they meet Najaf (Safiya Al-Omari) and Khashaba (Abdel Moneim Madbouly), the show artists, who we discover are related to Ahmed and are a group of swindlers.

Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda

1986

Thousand Kisses and kiss poster
NR

Jamalat and her sister Maysa work as dancers in a Cabaret. Maysa meets the actor Issam, and they form a theater group with Issam, his friend Fattouh, and some friends.

Thousand Kisses and kiss

1977

Behind the camera

El dow' El khafet poster
9.0

The student Nawal meets the writer Ahmed Sharaf El-Din, who is looking for a new face for a new film he wants to write. She learns to dance, sing and drink. She meets the director Raouf. In the middle of the first experience and her encouragement of Ahmed, the director casts his net on her. Her mother dies, and Nawal lives with Ahmed but refuses to marry him, hoping to become a famous star.

El dow' El khafet

1961

حبيبة غيري poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حبيبة غيري

1976

حبيبة غيري poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حبيبة غيري

1976

حبيبة غيري poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حبيبة غيري

1976

Confused Souls poster
NR

Three separate stories. The first is about a fugitive from the police who rides a bus and hides among its passengers. The second is about a bandit who intercepts a doctor and then finds that his daughter is sick. The third is about a girl who pretends to be mentally ill in order to trap a psychiatrist.

Confused Souls

1968

Confused Souls poster
NR

Three separate stories. The first is about a fugitive from the police who rides a bus and hides among its passengers. The second is about a bandit who intercepts a doctor and then finds that his daughter is sick. The third is about a girl who pretends to be mentally ill in order to trap a psychiatrist.

Confused Souls

1968

Confused Souls poster
NR

Three separate stories. The first is about a fugitive from the police who rides a bus and hides among its passengers. The second is about a bandit who intercepts a doctor and then finds that his daughter is sick. The third is about a girl who pretends to be mentally ill in order to trap a psychiatrist.

Confused Souls

1968