
Acting
Edmond Tuima
Born — Died
1897-12-10 — 1975-08-05
Place of birth
Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Known for
6.5Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.
Who's Done it ?
1944
6.7A prince of the former royal family finds himself without a meaningful role in post-revolutionary Egyptian society. Based on the play by Tawfiq el-Hakim.
Soft Hands
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
جحيم الغيرة
1953
5.6Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.
How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
1967
9.0When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him. He decides to commit suicide by hanging himself but his attempt fails. However, he finds hidden money in the ceiling and becomes rich.
The Scornful Man
1956
9.0Tagline: A story of honor that made him a criminal.. and made the criminal a national hero. Khattab works in a quarry to marry Fouton, daughter of Sheikh Yassin. Every Thursday he returns to his village for his mother and fiancée. One day a collapse closes the quarry early, his return uncovers his mother's betrayal with a young man. He takes revenge but to protect her name, claims the man was a thief. The law sees only a murderer. In prison he meets Mansour El-Minyawi, saves him from murder, both are transferred for retrial when their lorry overturns in the mountains. They escape. Will Khattab stay a fugitive or become a legend? The secret of the dark mountains and the British train is why the occupation banned this film in 1932.
The Rebel Line
1932
Film credits
1970s · 5 titles
8.0The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money on his pleasures. His son, Tawfik, revolts against his father after he learns of his relationship with the prostitute Lula, until he falls for her.
الأخوة الأعداء
1974
NREmtithal runs away from home after suffering from her stepfather's control, and works as a dancer in a nightclub. She gets close to the nightclub's thug and seduces him, becoming the queen of Emad El-Din Street. But when he discovers that she is having an affair with another young man named Naji and is pregnant with his child out of wedlock, he decides to take revenge on her.
Imtithal
1972
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
NRThree young guys Ismail, Refaat and Hamada rob the safe of an antique store. After that, they part, and each of them goes his own way. And when they have new financial difficulties, they meet again and agree to rob a bank together.
End of the devils
1970
7.0Qesmat is at crossroads as she suffers from her husband's neglect just as she encounters the open-minded Hesham who breathes new life and paints new color into her life. Rather unconsciously, she draws a constant comparison between her constantly-busy husband and Hesham.
On Cellophane Paper
1975
1960s · 20 titles
6.7A prince of the former royal family finds himself without a meaningful role in post-revolutionary Egyptian society. Based on the play by Tawfiq el-Hakim.
Soft Hands
1963
5.6Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.
How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
1967
8.0Adel and Amal meet during their return from a cruise and they fall in love and promise to marry after six months at the Cairo Tower. Will they manage to honor their promise?
Meeting at the Tower
1962
NRThree teenage friends spend their time on adventures and neglect their studies, they are asked to the army to perform military service, they succeed in training and study during service. After the end of the military service, they decide to benefit from what they studied in the army by participating in the resistance of the Englishmen in the channel, and he spoke to them more serious and exciting adventures.
El mughammerun el talata
1965
7.0the story of a young fashion model, who suffers from family problems that make her lonely and frustrated. Coincidence prompts her to meet a painter who uses girls as models for his paintings. She visits his house to meet a senior official in the state, Whos in turn desires her, and tries to seize her for himself.The story revolves around her family problems and personal concerns.
Devil Girl
1964
9.0Two brothers, the first is a swindler who asks his brother, who looks like him, to replace him in his business after he is chased by his opponents, the two brothers, one of them is an evil man working in diamond smuggling, while the second is a respectable human being despite his extreme poverty, the evil brother succeeds in entering his brother to the mental hospital, but he decides to get him out of it in order to deceive some gangsters
The Impostor
1961
7.0The translator loves his cousin, but her father insists that the translator pay the appropriate dowry. He finds nothing but the old house that he owns, and puts it up for sale, but the antiques dealer only offers a low price. At the same time, an antiquities thief gang is searching for the coffin of a pharaonic queen and discovers it in the translator's house.
Al-Torgoman
1961
NRAt the door of Al-Hadra prison, three musicians gather in front of the prison, waiting for their friend out of prison, (Amin) who is just heading to an abandoned house to meet his friend (Joseph) the gang leader, and asking him for his right to the crime for which he entered the prison, gives him ten thousand A pound of clothes that he stole from (Nadia), (Youssef) asks him to know the location of the money that (Nadia) stole, and to get closer to her. (Amin) goes with his music colleagues to (Nadia) and asks her to work with her.
Al Moshaghiboun
1965
NRA girl searches for happiness, so she resorts to marrying a rich man to fulfill her ambitions, and leaves her poor lover. She discovers that he is an employee of her husband and that he is trusted, so she tries to restore her love.
A heart in the dark
1960
7.5Mr. Shehata is a family man who lives in Port Said with his tyrannical wife and their children. In a desperate attempt to get relief, he spends most of the time at a coffee shop. The two parents pay no heed to their children's choices in life. What will become of them?
No Understanding
1961
NRA widowed man lives with his four daughters, but he always preventing them from mixing or working, and when the father goes out on pension, he decides to invest his reward in a company that he later discovers has seized his money, so he falls down the stairs and enters the hospital injured, and the daughters are forced to go down to work.
Me and My Daughters
1961
6.0The twins (Nadia and Mona) live in peace in Cairo with their father, a university professor, and their French mother. While Nadia is shy, Mona is bold and free. Nadia is exposed to a fire accident, and the father dies, so the family is forced to travel to France, where Mona also dies, but after... Nadia writes to Dr. Medhat with a picture of Mona, and he is about to come to France to see her, so Nadia falls into trouble for fear of discovering her true nature.
Nadia
1969
7.0Tawfik is in the midst of a financial crisis when his relative dies. As the sole heir, he sells her furniture to pay off his debts, only to discover that she left him a precious jewel inside a piece of furniture. As he tries to retrieve it, a gang goes after the jewel as well.
Joys
1968
10.0When his leading lady drops out of his film, a director gets a saleswoman for the part and introduces her as a sophisticated lady. When the movie becomes a smash hit, she rebels against the director.
Days Of Love
1968
9.0One of the princesses dies after hiding some of her jewelry in one of the salon chairs in the palace and informs Ashour her servant that the wealth is for her daughter residing abroad, and he knows that the rest of the palace servants and the servants of the hotel in which she was staying, each of them tries to win the fortune alone, Ashour seeks to hand over Treasure to his companions.
Very funny world
1968
NROsama becomes impotent after a car accident. When he grows distant with his fiancée Salwa, she gets close to the poor singer, Nader, whom she lies to and pretends to be just as poor. As they team up for work, she meets Osama at a party and tries to use Nader to make him jealous.
Hob Wa Horman
1960
8.0Wahid is an Egyptian officer who travels to Damascus on a secret mission. It was natural for Syrian journalists to follow him, trying to uncover the truth about his mission. He meets the journalist Hala, and they wander around the city's landmarks and sights after love creeps into their hearts. An international gang offers Wahid to play a role on their behalf in exchange for a sum of money. He accepts the mission and travels to Cairo. Hala follows him and discovers his relationship with the gang and his preparation for a conspiracy against his country.
Watani wa hubbi
1960
6.0No synopsis available yet.
يوم واحد عسل
1969
NREssam decides to escape the boredom of his marital life. He claims to his wife that he's going to Aswan for a work assignment, but goes to Alexandria to spend a recreational trip instead. When his wife finds out, she disguises herself as a playful blonde girl named Rosita to teach him a lesson.
Husband on Holiday
1964
9.0Despite their love for each other, a couple divorces for the third time. The husband meets an elderly wealthy man and marries his daughter. The wife tries to sabotage his new marriage by wedding his new father-in-law, putting them all under the same roof.
My Super Crazy Wife
1968
1950s · 12 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
جحيم الغيرة
1953
9.0When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him. He decides to commit suicide by hanging himself but his attempt fails. However, he finds hidden money in the ceiling and becomes rich.
The Scornful Man
1956
7.0The real version of the famous US hit movie "Love Story" remade in 1971, but with a swap of roles and happier ending.
Love Story
1959
8.6In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.
Between Heaven and Earth
1959
NRDrunk and boarding a ship to Beirut, Sambuksa, a young artist, falls for Najwa, the daughter of the head of the Folk Art Lover's Group, and they get married. The next morning when their hangover ends, Sambuksa decides to divorce Najwa, but she tries to lure him in and reignite their spark of love.
Festival of love
1958
6.7Three students, Adel, Hassanein, and Samir, face personal struggles. Adel is rejected by his father for loving his neighbor’s daughter, Hassanein seeks revenge for his father’s murder, and Samir deals with parental neglect after his parents’ divorce. Samir’s relationship with a maid leads to complications, prompting him to seek help from a dancer, Gamalat, for an abortion. The trio robs a bar for abortion money but finds it insufficient. Saidyh dies during the abortion, and Gamalat’s call to neighbors and the police results in their arrest and a fifteen-year prison sentence.
We the Students
1959
7.0Wahid (Mohammad Fawzi) married a woman for one year in the hope of having a child. That she married the seventh wife in his life, and she believes that she is the first. When she learns that she is the seventh wife, she feels cheated, but she hesitates to secede, so that her marriage is not an obstacle to her younger sister Suad's marriage, His only love for her.
The 7th Wife
1950
8.5Wahid young painter. He is on his way to participate in his new painting exhibition, shocked by a car and insisting on a drawing by Madiha Yousri, the woman fighting for women's rights and equal to the man instead of the old painting. And here talked a lot of comic paradoxes until the marriage between them.
Banat Hawaa
1954
5.7In his quest for fame and success, Ismail, a driver for a newspaper company, tries to take some unauthorized photographs of the inside of a German rocket undergoing a technical test. He accidentally launches the rocket into space, taking with him Dr Sharvin, the German scientist who built the rocket, and Ahmad Rushdi, an Egyptian meteorologist. When their rocket somehow manages to land upon the moon, the three hapless space travelers meet Dr Cosmo and learn of the intelligent life that once inhabited the moon but which was all but annihilated by a nuclear war. After Rushdi falls in love with one of the moon girls, they all decide to return to earth but lack enough fuel for the trip and so have to venture to the foreboding far side of the moon to obtain some 'atomic petrol.' Will the crew ever return to the earth?
Journey to the Moon
1959
7.3A 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
7.0The hero is an Egyptian film produced in 1950, starring Tahia Karioka, Ismail Yassin and Shadia, directed by Hilmi Rafla
El-Batal
1950
9.0The story revolves around Wahid, a medical student, who lives with a scientist who invented a chemical compound that makes him invisible. The fact that Taher human being normal and straight in his life as it is clear, Wahid exploits this chemical powder to reach his beloved Salwa.
Where Did You Get This
1952
1940s · 18 titles
6.5Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.
Who's Done it ?
1944
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
9.0Om Koultoum stars in this musical-drama as Fatmah, Nurse to a Pasha who falls in love with his younger brother and marries him in secret. But soon their relationship deteriorates and her husband refuses to recognize the child she expects from him.
Fatmah
1947
6.5A concubine to a ruling family is challenged when the family is overthrown.
Dananeir
1940
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Unknown Past
1946
10.0Aziza and Sharifa are two friends. They are married to the two friends, Aziz and Refaat. Aziza suspects her husband's behavior, and her friend supports this suspicion. They concoct a plan. Sharifa sends an unsigned love letter to Aziz Pasha and sets him up on a date in the casino.
Casino el latafa
1945
7.0Waheed, the young composer, struggles with his sister, the singer Nadia, to make a living. They find work in one of the nightclubs, but the manager expels them because Nadia refuses to sit with the patrons. They suffer from torment and homelessness. Nadia falls in love with the wealthy Mohi, who agrees to marry her, but his mother opposes. As for Waheed, He also loves a rich girl and agrees with her brother to marry her. Mohi marries Nadia without caring about his mother, and Waheed succeeds in presenting the operetta he dreamed of directing.
The Victory of Youth
1941
9.0Dr. Mounir Saber (Youssef Wahbi) is a committed and perfect man in his work and devotes all his time in his clinic and lectures to students. Married to a vicious woman jealous and heart patient (Najma Ibrahim). He meets in the train while traveling with booze Ghanaian (Madiha Youssri) and her friend (Nelly Mazloum) and a relationship arises between them and treat her where she suffers from the deterioration of the liver as a result of drinking liquor with the cabaret in which she works. Dr. Mounir falls in love with her and exploits the opportunity to deplete his money and offer it to her thugs lover Jalal Abu Mashtar (Farid Shawky). His wife discovers the loss of shares that she had saved and spent on the wine and quarrel with him and die of shock
A Sleepless Man
1948
7.0(Mounir Wagdy) A reckless reckless young man residing in Cairo with a friend like him, overburdened by debts despite the 100 pounds his uncle sends him every month. He deliberately tricks and lies to extort money from his uncle, telling him a lie that he married a girl of large families, and his debts grow. He is confined to a movable room on the roof of a large building that uses his address in his correspondence with his uncle and sent to his uncle that his wife was placed to ask for help. Uncle rejoices and comes with his sister to see the child and Munir falls into the evil of his deeds!
A lie within a lie
1944
NRRa'ouf is an elderly writer who is known for his stance against women, giving him the title "Woman's Enemy". But everything changes when he falls for Faten and starts to write to her. As he proposes to her, he sends her a photo of his handsome friend Salah, pretending that he is the man in the photo.
Woman’s enemy
1946
10.0Four greedy men are trying to win over Bahira Hanem. So she pretends to be poor to test the fifth man's feelings.
The Fifth Groom
1942
NRBoth Rushdie and Ramzia work in the field of social activism, and they try to help Wafayah, Ramzia's sister, who is engaged to a traitorous man. They spread a rumor that Wafayah is suffering from tuberculosis, causing the marriage project to fail. Then Rushdie and Ramzia agree that the husband will play the role of lover for (Wafia) in order to comfort her. Will the plan succeed, or will the representation become reality?
On the stage of life
1942
NR(Hassan), the simple contractor, lives a happy life with his wife (Amina) and his daughter (Laila). He succeeds in his work, becomes a wealthy contractor, and meets (Murad) Bey and they start a company. (Nima), (Murad's) playful sister, tries to lure (Hassan) into... She falls into her trap, and succeeds in doing so in order to cover up the suspicious actions of her brother (Murad). Hassan leaves his wife (Amina) and divorces her. His daughter, Laila, and her fiancé, Aziz, try to expose Naama and Murad and reunite the family.
Hanan
1944
9.0Hilal tries to steal the wealth of his cousin, the Upper Egyptian girl, but she succeeds in confronting him, so he tries to take revenge on her by killing her to win that wealth, but she escapes his plan, so her cousin plots a crime and convinces her that she is the murderer, and she falls into the clutches of a hypnotist, who exploits her to collect a fortune by making people believe that he is summoning the spirit of a pharaonic princess.
Sirr al-amirah
1949
7.0Aida is an Egyptian musical produced in 1942, scripted and directed by Ahmed Badrakhan and the story of Abdul Warth Asr about the opera Aida participated in singing Fathia Ahmed, Abdel Ghani Sayed. Represented by: Umm Kalthoum, Ibrahim Hamouda, Suleiman Najib, Abbas Fares.
Eayida
1942
NRWhen Narges, the only child of wealthy parents, goes missing, a middle-class man takes her in and raises her. As she falls in love with a poor guy, her parents find her and bring her back. A wealthy guy proposes to her but she remains faithful to her old sweetheart.
Narges
1948
NRAmin, the singer, has some female fans even after his marriage. Rashid Bey's wife tries to seduce him, so she recommends that her husband hire him in his company. Rashid learns of his wife's love for Amin, so he commits suicide after confessing it in a letter, but his wife hides it. Suspicions swirl Around Amin, a fan steals the letter, she tries to seduce him but fails.
The Gentle Sex
1945
7.0A middle-class family. The son gets a law degree and wants his son to be a lawyer, but the son wants to be a novelist. The son is surrounded by bad friends, so he is led by them into a life of debauchery and slips into the abyss, betrays trust, misappropriates his father's money, and steals his mother's jewelry to satisfy his mistress's demands, which leads to his mother's death.
The Life of Darkness
1940
1930s · 5 titles
9.0Tagline: A story of honor that made him a criminal.. and made the criminal a national hero. Khattab works in a quarry to marry Fouton, daughter of Sheikh Yassin. Every Thursday he returns to his village for his mother and fiancée. One day a collapse closes the quarry early, his return uncovers his mother's betrayal with a young man. He takes revenge but to protect her name, claims the man was a thief. The law sees only a murderer. In prison he meets Mansour El-Minyawi, saves him from murder, both are transferred for retrial when their lorry overturns in the mountains. They escape. Will Khattab stay a fugitive or become a legend? The secret of the dark mountains and the British train is why the occupation banned this film in 1932.
The Rebel Line
1932
10.0Topping the list of 100 Best Egyptian Films, this classic musical melodrama launched the film career of one of Egypt’s greatest singers and composers, Mohamed Abdel Wahhab. Galal Effendi, the son of an impoverished aristocrat, is forced to leave his studies to seek employment. After a short stint as a clerk, however, Galal discovers his musical talents and finds success as a popular singer. Through its story of upward mobility based on merit rather than influence, the film examines the emergence of Egyptian middle-class identity.
The White Rose
1932
NRA Mamluk Sultan wants to wed his niece, Princess Najma, to his heir Antar, but the princess refuses so the Sultan forces her to marry the young prisoner, Hilal. When a terrorist plot to kill Prince Antar fails, the terrorists decide to use Hilal to get to Antar.
شيء من لا شيء
1938
6.6The film is an Egyptian adaptation of a play by Marcel Pagnol, transposed into an Egyptian and Arab context. It follows the story of a shy, naive professor who allows himself to be exploited by an aristocrat or influential figures—depending on the interpretation—in a gambling scheme or a con. As the plot unfolds, the professor undergoes a moral transformation, coming to accept and eventually adopt behaviors that were initially alien to his nature. The narrative explores two central themes: the temptation of corruption and the clash of cultural codes—specifically between Western culture and the Arab/Cairene society depicted in the film.
Yacout
1934
6.9A courier is sent to deposit a cash amount to the bank but he arrives late. He goes to a hotel to spend the night and keeps the money in the hotel safe, but he gets confused with the Prince of Kandahar and who admires him and insists on keeping this confusion to reveal his enemies.
Salama Is Fine
1937
