
Acting
Ighraa
Born 1945-02-19
A Syrian actress, considered the most famous in the history of Syrian cinema, and had a great role in establishing a real film industry in Syria that lasted from the mid-sixties to the early nineties. She began acting at the age of 16 in Egypt before returning to Syria to become a symbol of cinema in her country. She participated in many films produced by the public and private sectors, with her film credit exceeding 35 films. In addition to her work as an actress, she wrote screenplays, and then tried directing in more than one film in which she also starred. Among her films as an actress: (The Leopard 1972) by Nabil El Maleh, (Dancer on Wounds 1974) by Mohamed Shaheen, . Her films as a director include: (The Karate Girls 1987). She disappeared from sight as the private sector withdrew from film production in the country, and reappeared in a popular television program, “Temptation Speaks,” in 2009, which sparked great controversy when it was shown.
Acting credits
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A'rous min Demashq
1973
NRIn a local environment, a young man decides to return with his foreign wife, and they each have a dream linked to the ideas of change and development, and the establishment of a satellite station project in this place.
The Belle & the Space Conqueror
1975
NRA newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
Another Face of Love
1973
NRTwo friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
NRA mamluk called Gaber, in order to take advantage of the rift between the Caliph of Baghdad and the prince he works for, volunteers to be a messenger for the prince. He also takes it as a chance to see his beloved Zomorod. Gaber suggests the prince write the message on his bald head, but when his hair grows the message disappears.
The Adventure
1974
NRA group of married couples pretend to love each other, with sincerity, and loyalty in front of society. However, problems and conflicts secretly arise, which are a result of betrayal and lack of trust, revealing that the apparent love between them is nothing but a lie.
Fake Love
1980
NRWhen a simple worker who works for a service that manages houses and mansions meets a rich guy who is trying to rent his apartment, he takes advantage of the empty apartment to have a romantic evening with his wife. But the couple is surprised when the apartment's owner arrives to find them inside.
I Die Twice And Love You
1976
NRAmal is a pretty girl who works for a lady in her big house and is in a relationship with Walid, but she suffers as people misjudge her because of her beauty, harassing her and believing that she would be easy prey. Although her employer insists that she entertain her guests, Amal can't quit as she desperately needs her job.
The Eastern Woman
1986
5.0Set in Syria in the early 1900s. A peasant has his land taken from him by the authorities. He gets imprisoned and beaten by the gendarme, but manages to escape to the mountains where starts a bloody struggle for revolution.
The Cheetah
1972
4.0After her father dies, a girl lives in her uncle's house and suffers from the oppression of her uncle's wife, who turns her into a maid and decides to marry her off to an older man, so she runs away from him and is picked up by a woman, who turns her into a prostitute.
A Woman in the Abyss
1973
NRAs Soheir marries Hamdy, she gets in an accident and her sisters Hanan and Salma leave the house, the first to find work and the second to escape Hamdy's advances. After Soheir dies, Salma takes a job as a maid as Hanan gets recruited to work as a prostitute in upscale communities.
Naked Without Sin
1967
NRA revolutionary journalist tries to expose a corrupt, opportunistic politician who is making shady deals. The prominent politician tries to take revenge on him, using his intelligence and wide connections, by framing him in a murder that will silence him forever.
Mr. Progressive
1974
NRA stranger infiltrates a group of people who live in an isolated place and tries to drive a wedge between them to seize control of the land. Two
One Man Wanted
1973
NRSamir is deeply in love with Hanan but he is unable to reveal his impotence to her in a merciless society that sees him as less than a man. When he kills himself after their honeymoon, Hanan falls for his friend Kamal, but this relationship has its own share of struggles.
Goodbye to Yesterday
1977
NRIn a Lebanese village, a beautiful woman is bound down by traditions as she falls in love with a wealthy married man that she is unable to be with.
Earth Wedding
1978
NRDuring a trip outside Beirut, a love story develops between two young men: a beautiful girl and her young lover. This story then faces many troubles, but they overcome them and get married.
رحلة حب
1972
NRSome university students change their views on sex after hearing a lecture on the blind Syrian philosopher Al-Maarri. He gets his way with one of them after sneaking what I imagine is rufees into one of their drinks which has disastrous consequences. After going to some wild bellydancing parties they are ensnared by a polyester-clad drug-dealer and womanizer/rapist. The victims' friends plan to avenge her with the help of the local police. Includes numerous musical numbers and belly dancing scenes.
Bewildered Girls
1981
A newly married young couple live happily in poverty until a rich young man enters their lives and start seducing the young wife into his arms.
Amoot marratayn wa uhibbuk
1976
NRTwo girls work together in sewing and tailoring, and one of them meets a young man. When he asks her to visit him at his home, the other suspects his intentions and asks her friend not to meet him so as not to be in danger.
A Woman Who Doesn't Sell Love
1983
NRFollowing a plane crash, a man, his wife, and his friend end up on a desert island, and once again the eternal struggle that involves one woman and two men rages over who gets the woman and who should stay.
Those Who Came from the Seas
1977
NRWhen her father dies and leaves her alone, a young and beautiful girl finds solace in dancing and playing karate. Her loneliness, however, tempts men to approach her, including her immoral cousin whom she rejects, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Karate girls
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Girls For Love
1974
9.0On a ship heading from Lebanon to Naples in Italy, an unexpected love story happens between a modern young man and a Bedouin girl sailing for the first time with him, and she discovers much of what she has never seen in her closed life.
A Bedouin in Paris
1964
10.0Tahyia lives happily with her husband Hussein, a simple employee, raising their two children Amin and Semsema. She asks her husband to find a better way of earning money, so he turns to the drug trade
عودة الحياة
1959
Behind the camera
NRAs Soheir marries Hamdy, she gets in an accident and her sisters Hanan and Salma leave the house, the first to find work and the second to escape Hamdy's advances. After Soheir dies, Salma takes a job as a maid as Hanan gets recruited to work as a prostitute in upscale communities.
Naked Without Sin
1967
A newly married young couple live happily in poverty until a rich young man enters their lives and start seducing the young wife into his arms.
Amoot marratayn wa uhibbuk
1976
NRTwo girls work together in sewing and tailoring, and one of them meets a young man. When he asks her to visit him at his home, the other suspects his intentions and asks her friend not to meet him so as not to be in danger.
A Woman Who Doesn't Sell Love
1983
NRTwo girls work together in sewing and tailoring, and one of them meets a young man. When he asks her to visit him at his home, the other suspects his intentions and asks her friend not to meet him so as not to be in danger.
A Woman Who Doesn't Sell Love
1983
NRWhen her father dies and leaves her alone, a young and beautiful girl finds solace in dancing and playing karate. Her loneliness, however, tempts men to approach her, including her immoral cousin whom she rejects, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Karate girls
1981
NRWhen her father dies and leaves her alone, a young and beautiful girl finds solace in dancing and playing karate. Her loneliness, however, tempts men to approach her, including her immoral cousin whom she rejects, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Karate girls
1981
NRWhen her father dies and leaves her alone, a young and beautiful girl finds solace in dancing and playing karate. Her loneliness, however, tempts men to approach her, including her immoral cousin whom she rejects, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Karate girls
1981
1.8A belly dancer and prostitute falls in love with a famous doctor who asks her for marriage, but for the sake of her lover's social standing, she decides to abandon him and return to her life of sin, and in order to forget him, she meets another man but also discovers that he has a family he loves. The dancer feels that she is not made for marriage life or to establish a normal family life, so she moves from A man to another after she lost all faith in love.
Dancer on the Wounds
1974