Hussein Reyaad

Acting

Hussein Reyaad

Born 1897-01-13 · Cairo, Egypt

Acting credits

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

Hobb wa Dalaa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hobb wa Dalaa

1959

Appointment with Life poster
6.5

Amal and her friend Fatima are happily in love with Ahmed and Dr. Mamdouh respectively. After it is discovered that Amal has a debilitating condition, her father attempts to keep it a secret.

Appointment with Life

1953

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

Struggle in the Harbor poster
6.5

Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah. But there's trouble on the harbor, and with an old friend.

Struggle in the Harbor

1956

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

I Am Free poster
6.7

Part of a trilogy by Salah Abu Seif about women’s empowerment. The film takes place in late 1940s / early 1950s urban Egypt, and tells the story of a young woman’s search for personal freedom and a fulfilling identity as a young modern Egyptian.

I Am Free

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

The Mamluks poster
10.0

After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump the people and organize popular resistance to eliminate them and get rid of the ruling Circassians and the commander of his bodyguards Aybak, joins Alhabiban Ahmad and Qamar resistance despite suffering colors they receive, designed Ahmed to avenge the death of his mother on their hands, achieved guerrilla dream he is condemned the country's young people from Egyptians are free.

The Mamluks

1965

I'm The East poster
8.0

A group of foreign adventurers pretend to be archaeologists so they could look for gold in the Western Desert. They are hosted by a tribe whose leader, Sheikh Fadel, welcomes them, until he discovers the truth and stands up to them.

I'm The East

1956

A Man in Our House poster
6.8

Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy assassinates a pro-colonial Prime Minister but is arrested and hides with a fellow university student, who initially refuses but eventually accepts him. Abdul Hamid Khatib meets Samia and her cousin, and Ibrahim uses the situation to hasten Samia’s marriage, which she rejects. Nawal, the youngest daughter, becomes the liaison between Ibrahim and his colleagues, helping him escape. Abdul Hamid tries to inform the political police of Ibrahim’s location, but Samia stops him. The head of the political police suspects them and punishes them to find Ibrahim. Ibrahim refuses to leave the country, returning to fight colonialism and participating in an operation.

A Man in Our House

1961

The Love Street poster
7.3

A poor graduated singer struggling to get his chance, disguises into an old music teacher to work in a girl's school. A bet is launched between two of the leading students to trap this teacher into their affection.

The Love Street

1958

الحب المكروه poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الحب المكروه

1953

Beware of Eve poster
6.6

Her 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

The Bread Seller poster
9.0

A husband dies,leaving his wife Khadija and their two children, Nemat and Sami behind. Khadija is arrested for burning the factory where her husband was working. She gets mad and is hospitalized for 10 years until she regains her memory and begins a journey to find her children.

The Bread Seller

1953

The Sin poster
7.7

Aziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is brutally raped by a guard while she is picking potatoes in a field, she tries to hide the pregnancy and plans to kill the baby once it is born.

The Sin

1965

شريك حياتى poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

شريك حياتى

1953

Melody of My Love poster
9.0

When a musician's family faces financial difficulty, the daughter starts working as a singer in a nightclub owned by her mother's lover. When she learns about her mother's affair, the girl claims that she's in a relationship with the nightclub's owner in order to save her mother's reputation.

Melody of My Love

1953

Hob Min Narr poster
9.0

Two young men, Ahmed and Mohamed, who live in Port Said, develop feelings for the same girl, Najaf. However, when the Tripartite Aggression reaches Port Said, they abandon life trivialities and join the militants as Najaf joins the Red Crescent; the three unite for a single patriotic cause.

Hob Min Narr

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

Esh El-Gharam poster
7.0

After an incident where they nearly drown, Medhat and Laila are forced to spend a night on an island. As they grow close, Aida learns that Medhat wants to marry Laila and plots with Gohar to separate the two. When their plots fail, Aida tries to seduce Medhat and convince him that Laila loves Gohar.

Esh El-Gharam

1959

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

Appointment with Happiness poster
9.0

Ehsan lives with her father, the caretaker of the house of a rich man who comes sporadically to the house to hunt ducks. As Ehsan falls for the rich man, he rapes her while drunk. Ehsan discovers that she is pregnant and escapes to Cairo where she gives birth to her daughter

Appointment with Happiness

1954