
Directing
Fatin Abdel Wahab
Born — Died
1913-11-22 — 1972-05-11
Place of birth
Dumiyatt, Egypt
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Fatin Abdel Wahab (فطين عبد الوهاب; 1913 – 1972) was an Egyptian film director. Best known for his comedies, he directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970.
Known for
7.9Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair with famous actress Hind Rostom, hoping jealousy will move the daughter's heart. The plan seems to work... until Hind Rostom herself comes to town.
Eshaet Hob
1960
5.8Three 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
8.0Being a swimming champion, many beautiful girls admire Ahmed but he only loves one. However, his life is turned upside down when he has a heart attack that threatens both his sports career and his love life.
Endama Nouheb
1967
7.1Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their father’s house and fall in love with the two girls. Their love could have led to marriage had it not been for al-Baaz Effendi who wanted to marry Azeeza and tried to get rid of Hassan. Al-Baaz is also involved in the narcotics business. so they track him down in order to catch the rest of the gang.
Son of Hamido
1957
6.6Her grandfather swore not to marry her younger sister until she got married, according to the doctor (Hassan) who was transferred to work in the countryside, and get an argument between them, escalating events.
Beware of Eve
1962
7.0The dervish Alish dies and is taken in a majestic procession to the cemetery. When he ascends to heaven to be judged, he discovers that the sum of his virtues equals the sum of his sins, so he's sent back to the living in order to test him and decide whether he should enter heaven or hell.
Driven from Paradise
1965
Behind the camera
7.9Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair with famous actress Hind Rostom, hoping jealousy will move the daughter's heart. The plan seems to work... until Hind Rostom herself comes to town.
Eshaet Hob
1960
5.8Three 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
8.0Being a swimming champion, many beautiful girls admire Ahmed but he only loves one. However, his life is turned upside down when he has a heart attack that threatens both his sports career and his love life.
Endama Nouheb
1967
7.1Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their father’s house and fall in love with the two girls. Their love could have led to marriage had it not been for al-Baaz Effendi who wanted to marry Azeeza and tried to get rid of Hassan. Al-Baaz is also involved in the narcotics business. so they track him down in order to catch the rest of the gang.
Son of Hamido
1957
6.6Her grandfather swore not to marry her younger sister until she got married, according to the doctor (Hassan) who was transferred to work in the countryside, and get an argument between them, escalating events.
Beware of Eve
1962
7.0The dervish Alish dies and is taken in a majestic procession to the cemetery. When he ascends to heaven to be judged, he discovers that the sum of his virtues equals the sum of his sins, so he's sent back to the living in order to test him and decide whether he should enter heaven or hell.
Driven from Paradise
1965
7.6A man who is struggling with life's daily problems, especially his troublesome wife, accidentally runs into a man who makes bills that change human behavior, and his life changes.
Land of Hypocrisy
1968
8.0The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects this love and marriage, and tries to marry her to an older and wealthy man, to ask her cousin to volunteer in the fleet to help speed up the marriage.
Ismail Yassine In the Navy
1957
6.6Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a beautiful woman in Alexandria, he wants her as wife number thirteen. He buys himself into the heart of the woman, until a well-meaning, former fiancée of her husband tells her just how many times he has been divorced. The new bride launches into a series of ploys that keep her away from the marriage bed.
Wife Number 13
1962
NRAfter 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
6.0In 1960s Egypt, a humble flower seller from Alexandria is drawn into a journalist's social experiment: to impersonate a millionaire’s daughter and spend a week living among Cairo’s elite, exposing the stark divide between classes in a rapidly modernizing society.
7 Days in Heaven
1969
10.0The film revolves around the pious and devout lawyer (Saleh), who writes about his beliefs and principles in a magazine called (Lights of Virtue), but the magazine is not popular. At the same time, he insists on marrying his daughter to Sheikh (Fadel), even though she loves her cousin (Nabil). After a while, one of Saleh's relatives, who used to work as a dancer, dies, and he inherits the nightclub she owned, which changes many of the principles he used to believe in before.
Alforsan Althalatha
1962
5.9When an oil engineer starts digging for oil in Luxor he disturbs the spirits of ancient Egyptians buried there. A spirit, Last Bride of the Nile, is sent to get him to stop the drilling.
Arouss el Nil
1963
9.0The 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
7.0Ismail El Ghandoor works as a stuntman and a small time actor in movies. He falls in love with a young belly dancer, Soheir who dreams of being the wife of a pilot. Ismail dresses up in his brother Hussein’s clothes as a pilot in the force while his brother is away on his honeymoon. When Hussein returns the truth is revealed, and each of them goes back to his real job. Will Soheir accept the real Ismail or will she continue to pursue her dream of marrying a pilot?
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959
6.8A married couple ends up working at the same company where the wife is a general director. This arouses the suspicion of their co-workers who do not know they are married.
My Wife the General Manager
1966
5.7Fatma had a crush on Dr. Hosny, a womanizer dentist she met, so she decided to convince him to hire her as his nurse. On the other side, Hosny is in the middle of a love story with Dalia, a Flower Shop owner who hates liars more than anything else.
Marriage for Half an Hour
1969
NRThe story of the young couple Ahmed and Zahra, as Ahmed proposes to Zahra but her father rejects him because he is still a student. Hopelessly trying to be together, the lovebirds elope.
Sweet Trip
1971
10.0After their parents' death, Nadia dedicates her life to her younger siblings Mounir and Soraya, and refuses to wed to look after them. As Mounir dies in the Palestine War, Soraya falls in love with Medhat, the same man that Nadia loves.
Nadia
1949
7.0A naive man Mahrous from Upper Egypt arrives in Cairo meets a fraudster. The fraudster feels that Mahrous has reassured him that he can sell him the famous green threshold square
The Green Doorstep
1959
8.0After he gets fired from his job as a teacher, Hamouda works in a company, and soon discovers that the manager is doing illegal work. He's offered to take part in the fraud and scheme, he quickly learns the ropes and becomes wealthy.
Al-modeer Al-Fanni
1965
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
6.2Ismail 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
8.2The film revolves around three friends, one of whom decides to develop his father's shop for shaving. It is divided into three sections: one for men, the other for women and the third for animals. The first customer is a maid and her mistress is married. After that, he married a rich master to avenge her ex-husband.
Ladies Barber
1960
7.0The story revolves around the girl (Jalila), who lives with her stepfather who asks her to steal from customers in the bar. Jalila runs away from her mother's house and her husband who treats her harshly. After escaping, she is able to find work on the estate of a rich man (Youssef Bey), who falls in love with her, along with his son (Hassan), who works in veterinary medicine.
Tofahet Adam
1966
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
NRMona confesses to her friend Mushira that she slept with a young man who abandoned her. She gives Mushira one of the letters she wrote to him, and the letter accidentally ends up with Farhat and Tal'at, who think that the letter is Mushira's and try to help her for fear that she might kill herself.
My Mother's Fiancé
1965
NRTwo servants take Ahmed to the airport on his way to England. The plane has a malfunction and Ahmed returns to his mansion but discovers that the two servants have turned it into a hotel that they rent out to tourists. They try to cover it up, but it's already too late.
Joy Hotel
1972
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
7.0(Tahira) is a pious girl. A dangerous thief comes to her room. He had robbed a jewelry store in the neighborhood. Then the police chased him, so he took refuge in her room. (Tahira) pities him and seeks to guide him to the path of goodness. He manages to escape, but the police find the stolen items in her room. He is arrested. The police believed that she was a conspirator with him in stealing the gold jewelry.
Tahera
1957
6.6Mustafa mattress in a textile company, is suffering badly from director Morsi. He is married to a man from the woman who loves money so much, buy Mustafa lantern magic in the month of Ramadan, and when he returns it to the House out of it Elf Afrckoh who tells him that under his command, is asked to Mustafa to become a manager rather than Morsi, Mustafa, Director becomes, and feels that he has become Huda employee in stature he loves. Morsi treated in the same cruelty, trying to Anchorage to understand the secret of wealth and prestige, which landed on the opponent, especially that of senior management to accept the establishment of Morsi.
The Magical Lantern
1960
7.8As a result of Saleh's preoccupation with his work, his wife Aida suffers from loneliness. She turns to watching films and starts impersonating the characters of the heroines she sees in the films, which gets her husband into many troubles and with the help of his friends he tries to make her stop.
My Wife's Ghost
1968
9.0Osama is a young man who believes in luck but comes across many situations until he is believed to have killed a police recruiter. When this thief knows that Hama is a millionaire, he tries to steal a precious jewel from the treasury until he is finally captured.
Imsk haramy
1958
5.4A lawyer falls in love with a woman her meets in Faiyum, but she lies to him to test his love.
I, He and She
1964
6.0So'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
9.0Ahmed Awad Najjar Isami, who ended up with a grand workshop owner in which dozens of workers work, he meets with Tuha, a girl he saw growing up in his neighborhood and attached to it, and he dreamed of it, but she does not exchange love, and then he loses his wealth, as a fire breaks out in the workshop and he comes over it, and then Ahmed meets Sana in the hospital to which Ahmed is taken after he was injured in the fire, and at the same time Ahmed loves tohave violently, and with the same violence Nana protects him, and Sana loves him.
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
7.7Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.
Ismail Yassine in the Police
1956
7.7Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.
Ismail Yassine in the Police
1956
7.0An impostor recently got out of prison only to get back into crime life as he embezzles women by deceiving them with black magic.
The Charmer
1958
7.6He comes to Ismail to summon for recruitment, and finds it difficult to implement the orders that are given to him in the army, and from here many funny situations arise, as Ismail lives in a love story, but there are those who compete with him for the love of the girl he loves
Ismail Yassine in the Army
1955
