Mahmoud Zulfiqar

Directing

Mahmoud Zulfiqar

Born — Died

1914-02-17 — 1970-05-22

Place of birth

Tanta, Egypt

Known for

Directing

Credits

65 titles

Mahmoud Zulfikar (February 18, 1914 – May 22, 1970) was an Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He was a major figure in Egyptian film industry. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in Egyptian cinema, he was known for his boldness and adventure with the new talents he presented to the Egyptian audience, later, he was nicknamed the "Talent Finder". Zulfikar was able to go beyond the limits of the film location with accurate calculations and through his imaginations, he could make his scripts alive. This earned him in Egypt the nickname of "The Event Maker".

Known for

The Tale of Three Girls poster
7.0

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' experiences, the third takes an altogether different path.

The Tale of Three Girls

1968

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Father Deceived Me

1951

Ghaltet El Omr poster
7.0

Dr. Sami is subjected to harassment and arrogance from his wife, Munira. One of his patients is the singer Nadia, who visits his clinic for treatment. From here, Dr. Sami feels how gentle Nadia is. Dr. Sami's conditions change, and he even becomes preoccupied with Munira. Munira tries to find out the reason for this change, but fails to bring him back home, so she begins to spread rumors and scandals about him.

Ghaltet El Omr

1953

Rawaat El Hob poster
7.5

A young girl marries the author whom she admires, but later discovers that he's not who he appears to be. She runs away and meets a handsome young man and they decide to get married.

Rawaat El Hob

1968

نورا poster
NR

A career-focused journalist crosses paths with Noura, a good-hearted young woman who suffers from societal pressures and issues. As Mahmoud tries to save her from going down a path of sin, he learns the story of her family and her struggle to provide for her ill sister.

نورا

1967

Virgo poster
6.0

Fahmy is an ardent believer in horoscopes and manages his life according to them. When a fortune-teller convinces him that his life is connected to a Virgo who has a black birthmark, he discovers that the girl in question is Nana, his friend Adel's fiancée.

Virgo

1970

Film credits

1950s · 9 titles

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Father Deceived Me

1951

Ghaltet El Omr poster
7.0

Dr. Sami is subjected to harassment and arrogance from his wife, Munira. One of his patients is the singer Nadia, who visits his clinic for treatment. From here, Dr. Sami feels how gentle Nadia is. Dr. Sami's conditions change, and he even becomes preoccupied with Munira. Munira tries to find out the reason for this change, but fails to bring him back home, so she begins to spread rumors and scandals about him.

Ghaltet El Omr

1953

Birds of Paradise poster
8.0

Three sisters stage their disappearance from home to force their father, who left his wife for a wealthy widow, to return to the family.

Birds of Paradise

1955

Qamar Arba'tashar poster
8.0

The film revolves around Mohsen (Mahmoud Zulfikar), who secretly marries Qamar (Camelia) without his aristocratic family knowing about his marriage. One day, his father asks him to come home because he has chosen the daughter of a fish merchant to be his wife to save the family from bankruptcy. For Mohsen and Qamar's marriage not to be exposed, Qamar is forced to travel as a nanny to work for Mohsen's father. From the moment she is appointed, all the men in the house begin to pursue her to express their admiration for her.

Qamar Arba'tashar

1950

Afrah poster
10.0

Afrah is a music teacher, her father is an obscure musician, and her sister Nahid works in Hindawi stores. The two sisters fall in love with a playful and frivolous young man, and when they learn the truth, Nabil has fallen in love with Afrah. The father works hard to achieve fame and Nabil marries Afrah.

Afrah

1950

Girl of 17 poster
NR

Law student Safaa (Zubaida Tharwat) loves her colleague Kamal (Ahmed Ramzy), and the two want to get married. However, her father Ibrahim (Hussein Riad) opposes this relationship because Kamal's mother, Horia (Zouzou Madi), runs her house as a gambling ground. He tries hard to sever the ties between them, but the father's efforts go down the drain because the two lovers are attached to each other. The father turns to his friend Dr. Refaat (Mahmoud Zulfikar) asking him to intervene, but Refaat advises the father not to stand in his daughter's way.

Girl of 17

1958

Ethics for Sale poster
NR

A fantastical story about a husband who is troubled by mother-in-law, until he meets a man who sells morals in the form of powders. As he buys the powder of courage to face his bossy mother-in-law, his life changes and he returns again to the seller asking for a new moral.

Ethics for Sale

1950

هارب من الحب poster
NR

Doctor Mahmoud suffers from epilepsy, so he refuses to marry any girl so as not to be a reason for her suffering. He meets Mervat, who is attracted to his money and gets close to him, but she distances herself from him when she learns of his illness. The doctor decides to travel to the city of Suez, where he meets the innocent girl Laila, who reveals that she is accused of killing her mother, so Mahmoud searches for the origin of the story.

هارب من الحب

1956

Deadly doubt poster
NR

A husband begins to doubt his young wife's behavior, to the point that he suspects that there is a relationship between his wife and his loyal friend. He begins to monitor his wife's behavior until he finds evidence confirming that there is a relationship between his wife and his friend. After a while, he stumbles upon evidence that supports his suspicion, he plots a crime against them so that he can get rid of his wife after finding evidence that incriminates her.

Deadly doubt

1953

1940s · 13 titles

abn albalad poster
NR

Fathia marries the wealthy man, Azma Bey, against her will. She suffers from his relationships with women and his constant nights out, so she leaves him and meets a young engineer who succeeds in managing the factories she inherited from her father.

abn albalad

1942

The night is ours poster
8.0

Nawal is a singer in a traveling band. She admires Dr. Medhat and tries to win his admiration, but she is afraid of rejection due to the nature of her work. She is forced to pretend to him that she is a teacher, but with time he discovers her real profession, which pushes him even more to cling to her and marry her. Their relationship is put to a real test when a friend of hers is accused of a murder of which he is innocent.

The night is ours

1949

Al-anissa Busa poster
8.0

Fouzy Pasha agrees with his daughter that whoever marries her must choose her for her person and love for her, not for her wealth. Indeed, Fouzy Pasha pretends to be bankrupt and even chooses a modest, popular residence and wanders the streets playing the piano while his daughter sings. Love brings his daughter together with a young man from a wealthy family, and the Pasha blesses this love.

Al-anissa Busa

1945

Hadaya poster
10.0

A wealthy young man rejects the way his mother and sister live, and decides to rebel against this life by marrying a simple Upper Egyptian girl who respects traditions and social customs, which angers his mother and sister and they mistreat the wife, who discovers the relationship between her husband's sister and his friend and tries to mediate to end it.

Hadaya

1947

Fatat min Falastin poster
8.0

An Egyptian air force officer is desperate to defend the Palestinian land against the Zionist enemy.

Fatat min Falastin

1948

Hababa poster
NR

Prince Zayed is in love with one of his maids, who is his son's nanny, and his entourage succeeds in keeping her away from him. The prince becomes Khalifa, and life was not good without her, so he searches for her until he can find her. The loyal slave girl takes poison so as not to cause her master any trouble.

Hababa

1944

No artwork available
10.0

Fadel and his colleagues Aziz and Hamdi are trying to make their way in life, and they hold advanced degrees, but luck does not crown their endeavor with success. Fadel visits his aunt Alawiya, who runs a private institute for girls in a traditional way, and asks to work in the institute, but she refuses. The three decide to establish a modern institute, similar to the aunt’s institute. To compete with her, to teach girls to be modern.

Wives factory

1941

Above the clouds poster
8.0

A young man and a young woman grow up as friends since childhood. When they grow up, this friendship turns into a strong love. However, the girl keeps her lover away from her because she feels that she was the reason for her sister’s injustice. This creates a psychological complex that makes her think that she will sacrifice her life to provide happiness for her sister. The young man resists this complex that prevents him from getting engaged to his girl.

Above the clouds

1948

my daughter poster
NR

Nahid's husband squanders his wife's money on his mistress, and after his wife's wealth is lost, he begins to embezzle from his business's money, until his matter is exposed and he is imprisoned while Nahid is pregnant with his child. When Nahid gives birth to her baby girl, Hazem Bey's wife happens to give birth to a girl, but the nurse tells Nahid that there is a baby girl. Hazem Bey has died, so Nahid asks the nurse to replace her daughter with Hazem’s daughter.

my daughter

1944

Valley of stars poster
NR

Adly and Raouf are brothers who love adventures. They end up on one of the islands far from urbanization. They encounter a tribe celebrating by beating drums, and its members surround Zainab tied up, dancing around him as she calls for help in an Egyptian language. Adly is determined to save her. During the return trip, Adly feels a feeling of love for Zainab. He is surprised by a magician who wants to retrieve Zainab.

Valley of stars

1943

Nadia poster
10.0

After 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

Laylat Al-farah poster
NR

A man divorces his wife and his daughter Salma lives with him. However, he marries a playful young girl who cheats on him with a theater actor called Riyad, who brags about his infidelity to his friend, the playwright Hazem. Salma happens to meet Hazem on the same train, as she was traveling to her father’s estate and he was going to visit his friend Riyad. At the estate, Salma learns about her stepmother's betrayal.

Laylat Al-farah

1942

The workshop poster
7.0

A workshop owner goes on a trip to the desert and goes missing. Everyone thinks he is dead. His wife takes over the work of the workshop. She meets a young man and he likes her. They decide to get married, but the husband suddenly returns.

The workshop

1940

Behind the camera

The Tale of Three Girls poster
7.0

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' experiences, the third takes an altogether different path.

The Tale of Three Girls

1968

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Father Deceived Me

1951

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Father Deceived Me

1951

Ghaltet El Omr poster
7.0

Dr. Sami is subjected to harassment and arrogance from his wife, Munira. One of his patients is the singer Nadia, who visits his clinic for treatment. From here, Dr. Sami feels how gentle Nadia is. Dr. Sami's conditions change, and he even becomes preoccupied with Munira. Munira tries to find out the reason for this change, but fails to bring him back home, so she begins to spread rumors and scandals about him.

Ghaltet El Omr

1953

Ghaltet El Omr poster
7.0

Dr. Sami is subjected to harassment and arrogance from his wife, Munira. One of his patients is the singer Nadia, who visits his clinic for treatment. From here, Dr. Sami feels how gentle Nadia is. Dr. Sami's conditions change, and he even becomes preoccupied with Munira. Munira tries to find out the reason for this change, but fails to bring him back home, so she begins to spread rumors and scandals about him.

Ghaltet El Omr

1953

Rawaat El Hob poster
7.5

A young girl marries the author whom she admires, but later discovers that he's not who he appears to be. She runs away and meets a handsome young man and they decide to get married.

Rawaat El Hob

1968

نورا poster
NR

A career-focused journalist crosses paths with Noura, a good-hearted young woman who suffers from societal pressures and issues. As Mahmoud tries to save her from going down a path of sin, he learns the story of her family and her struggle to provide for her ill sister.

نورا

1967

Virgo poster
6.0

Fahmy is an ardent believer in horoscopes and manages his life according to them. When a fortune-teller convinces him that his life is connected to a Virgo who has a black birthmark, he discovers that the girl in question is Nana, his friend Adel's fiancée.

Virgo

1970

Soft Hands poster
6.7

A 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

Repentance poster
7.5

After his wife's death, Ahmed gets to leave his kids alone because of his work. His children seek help from a singer called Wedad who takes care of them. Ahmed gets attracted to Wedad, and uses his children to get her to stay longer, but they don't know that she has a past that still haunts her.

Repentance

1958

Repentance poster
7.5

After his wife's death, Ahmed gets to leave his kids alone because of his work. His children seek help from a singer called Wedad who takes care of them. Ahmed gets attracted to Wedad, and uses his children to get her to stay longer, but they don't know that she has a past that still haunts her.

Repentance

1958

Three Women poster
NR

Three different stories about three women. Three women, the first (Hana), who loves (Adel), but she meets (Sami) to also fall in love with him, the second widow (Tawahida), who loves (Yusef) the employee of the Muslim Council, but he is married, and the third (Shams), the singer who falls in love with Fathi But he lives at a loss because of her sitting with clients, what happens to the three women

Three Women

1969

The Showgirl poster
6.0

A group of stage actors who hate Ahmed Aluwi, the rich young man, starts attacking him in the magazines; when Ahemd knows about that, he decides to check the situation himself and he falls in love with one the actress over there; he pretends to be a poor simple actor, just to be near her; she starts responding to him without knowing his true identity.

The Showgirl

1969

Al-Hob Sanat 70 poster
6.0

The film revolves around a romantic comedy about Sherif, who has many female relationships, and his cousin Mohsen, who comes from the countryside and always gets into trouble because of his many romantic adventures, while in the end he falls in love with Nora, the simple girl.

Al-Hob Sanat 70

1969

Anklet Ring poster
9.3

A homeless girl after her father dies, lives on the kindness of an old man who checks up on her. He invites her to live as a maid in his house. She starts seducing both him and his son, till the old man marries her and she lives with him and his wife and son.

Anklet Ring

1955

Anklet Ring poster
9.3

A homeless girl after her father dies, lives on the kindness of an old man who checks up on her. He invites her to live as a maid in his house. She starts seducing both him and his son, till the old man marries her and she lives with him and his wife and son.

Anklet Ring

1955

abn albalad poster
NR

Fathia marries the wealthy man, Azma Bey, against her will. She suffers from his relationships with women and his constant nights out, so she leaves him and meets a young engineer who succeeds in managing the factories she inherited from her father.

abn albalad

1942

Enemy of Women poster
6.8

Nadia manages to make the famous writer Dr. Essa, who is anti-women, to fall in love with her and change his attitude towards women.

Enemy of Women

1966

Alribat Almuqadas poster
8.0

Dr. Raafat does not care about his young wife, Samiha, as much as he cares about reading and following the works of the famous novelist, the monk of thought. So the wife decides to search for the monk himself for the secret of his popularity and his possession of all her husband’s senses, but soon she, in turn, becomes one of his enthusiastic students, and when she fails to flirt with him and seduce him, she decides to start... To write a story inspired by her life.

Alribat Almuqadas

1960

The night is ours poster
8.0

Nawal is a singer in a traveling band. She admires Dr. Medhat and tries to win his admiration, but she is afraid of rejection due to the nature of her work. She is forced to pretend to him that she is a teacher, but with time he discovers her real profession, which pushes him even more to cling to her and marry her. Their relationship is put to a real test when a friend of hers is accused of a murder of which he is innocent.

The night is ours

1949

El Khouroug Min El Guana poster
8.5

Mukhtar is a musically talented individual who is surrounded by bad friends who make him squander his talent. When he falls and marries Annan, she tries to set him on the right path which sets off problems between them. When they get divorced, a repentant Mukhtar tries to get Annan back.

El Khouroug Min El Guana

1967

The Unknown Woman poster
8.0

Ahmed likes Fatima, and feelings of love grow between the two, imagining that they are from noble families. A love story develops, and Ahmed asks Fatima to marry him. After the wedding, they have a son named Samir. One day, Fatima goes to visit Suad at her home, but the police raid the place because it is suspicious. Fatima is arrested, and her life is turned upside down.

The Unknown Woman

1959

The Unknown Woman poster
8.0

Ahmed likes Fatima, and feelings of love grow between the two, imagining that they are from noble families. A love story develops, and Ahmed asks Fatima to marry him. After the wedding, they have a son named Samir. One day, Fatima goes to visit Suad at her home, but the police raid the place because it is suspicious. Fatima is arrested, and her life is turned upside down.

The Unknown Woman

1959

لا تذكريني poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لا تذكريني

1961

لا تذكريني poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لا تذكريني

1961

For Men Only poster
6.3

(Elham and Salwa) two chemical engineers, have been appointed to the Oil Company (Cairo) but are seeking to work in the desert to explore new oil wells, but the company only sends men there. The desert, having progressed to work as two men because of the company's system of accepting only men's travel on these missions, recognizes their colleagues in the desert and lives with them as two men

For Men Only

1964

Girls' Secrets poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Girls' Secrets

1969

The invisibility cap poster
NR

Teacher Abbas Samkari dreams of getting rich. He finds an invisibility cap and uses it to pay off his debts and follow everyone around him without anyone seeing him. However, the cap falls into the hands of thieves, who misuse it.

The invisibility cap

1944

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

Years of love poster
9.0

The work revolves around the love story between Nadia and Adel. On the day they agree to meet, Adel is forced to travel suddenly and sends a letter to Nadia, but it does not reach her, which leads her to despair and agree to the engagement of Adel Fathy's brother. Adel returns from his trip and events escalate.

Years of love

1963

Hadaya poster
10.0

A wealthy young man rejects the way his mother and sister live, and decides to rebel against this life by marrying a simple Upper Egyptian girl who respects traditions and social customs, which angers his mother and sister and they mistreat the wife, who discovers the relationship between her husband's sister and his friend and tries to mediate to end it.

Hadaya

1947

Hadaya poster
10.0

A wealthy young man rejects the way his mother and sister live, and decides to rebel against this life by marrying a simple Upper Egyptian girl who respects traditions and social customs, which angers his mother and sister and they mistreat the wife, who discovers the relationship between her husband's sister and his friend and tries to mediate to end it.

Hadaya

1947

Hadaya poster
10.0

A wealthy young man rejects the way his mother and sister live, and decides to rebel against this life by marrying a simple Upper Egyptian girl who respects traditions and social customs, which angers his mother and sister and they mistreat the wife, who discovers the relationship between her husband's sister and his friend and tries to mediate to end it.

Hadaya

1947

المراهقة الصغيرة poster
NR

Sou'ad is a beautiful student, who lives with a strict family. When they find out that she loves one of the employees, they prevent her from going to school. A married couple sympathizes with Sou'ad and treats her like a daughter. Sou'ad gets closer to the husband and tries to get his attention.

المراهقة الصغيرة

1966

Thaman Al-Hob poster
9.0

Alawi Bey squanders his wealth and seizes his late brother's estate and property. He did not know that his brother had married Souad after his wife's death. Souad files a lawsuit against him to recover the inheritance. Alawi believes that the best way to preserve the wealth is for his son Salah to marry Souad. Souad impersonates Enayat, the lawyer's fiancée.

Thaman Al-Hob

1963

Thaman Al-Hob poster
9.0

Alawi Bey squanders his wealth and seizes his late brother's estate and property. He did not know that his brother had married Souad after his wife's death. Souad files a lawsuit against him to recover the inheritance. Alawi believes that the best way to preserve the wealth is for his son Salah to marry Souad. Souad impersonates Enayat, the lawyer's fiancée.

Thaman Al-Hob

1963

Love Vacation poster
NR

Magdy is an engineer at the High Dam. He travels to Cairo to take some time off with his family. But his wife Dr.Laila, is too busy with her work, which drives him to spend time with his neighbor Elham, taking advantage of her husband's absence, and things develop rapidly

Love Vacation

1967

Dearer Than My Life poster
10.0

Ahmed and Mona who love each other since they were children cannot resume their relationship as their families disapprove of it and the lovers part ways. Years later, they meet again, Ahmed with his two kids, and Mona leading a solitary life. Will they ever be reunited in marriage?

Dearer Than My Life

1965

Al koubla al akhira poster
7.0

Sami is a film director, who adopts the new actress Naira, falls in love with her, becomes a famous star, marries her, and grows her name in the art world, but during the production of one of their films, he is surprised that a severe love story has been born between his wife and the new actor Raouf, the director feels powerless in front of these feelings The fledgling, sense of danger is approaching his career and family.

Al koubla al akhira

1967

My Husband’s Woman poster
5.0

When her friend Nany convinces her that she is sick, Samya goes in for a checkup and discovers that she is about to die. Samya decides to pick a bride for her husband to marry after she dies.

My Husband’s Woman

1970