Saleem Kallas

Acting

Saleem Kallas

Born — Died

1936-11-13 — 2013-12-02

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Salim Kallas was a Syrian actor. A Damascus-native, He worked at the national theater and at Syrian TV.

Known for

Bab Al-Hara poster
7.5

A modern classic of Arab television. A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus- It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

Bab Al-Hara

2006

Maraya poster
8.4

Created and starring the legendary Yasser Al Azmeh, Maraya ran for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2013 — making it one of the longest-running comedy series in Arab television history. Each episode presents standalone stories skewering the social, political and economic frustrations of everyday Arab life with sharp wit and biting satire. A mirror held up to an entire society, it entered homes across the Arab world for three decades and never stopped being relevant.

Maraya

1982

Hammam AlQishani poster
NR

The series goes into details of the events that Syria went through between the years 1955-1959, including the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, the establishment of unity between Syria and Egypt, and the revolution against the monarchy in Iraq, through the Qishani neighborhood, where its people work as merchants, lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other works.

Hammam AlQishani

1994

Ferqet Naji Atallah poster
7.3

A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.

Ferqet Naji Atallah

2012

Sert Alhob poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sert Alhob

2007

They Asked Me poster
NR

They Asked Me is an entertainment program and contains a variety of useful paragraphs and provides information and facts in a fun and interesting narrative way, presented in the nineties of the last century, which is presented by the distinguished media Sherif Alami, They Asked Me is a well-known and distinctive program in Jordan, ancient and modern, and it has a great herbal "

They Asked Me

2000

Film credits

1970s · 7 titles

The Head poster
10.0

The events take place between Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Chases and searches occur between the police and smugglers, where a group of villains stole the head of King Santrouk II, who held a significant position in history.

The Head

1977

The Dupes poster
7.3

The film follows three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the "promised land."

The Dupes

1972

Hamido's Return poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hamido's Return

1971

The Two Friends poster
NR

A strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.

The Two Friends

1970

Lovers on the Road poster
5.0

Based on the famous story, “Sa’ay El Bareed La Yaduq Babek Maratein” (The Postman Doesn’t Knock Twice), an adventurer escapes from danger by hiding in a small motel along the road. The motel is owned by an old, miserly man who is married to a young beautiful woman. Soon the fugitive and the wife develop a passionate relationship and plot to kill her husband. However, the old man’s son returns to spend the weekend in the motel and the plan goes off the rails.

Lovers on the Road

1977

Night of Men poster
NR

A beautiful girl falls in love with a simple employee and surrenders herself to him, only to discover that he doesn't love her as he forsakes her. When her brother finds out what happened, he decides to take revenge on him and chases him everywhere.

Night of Men

1976

Shore of Love poster
NR

Nawal is involved in a boating accident near an island at sea. She wakes up to find herself in the care of two brothers, Ghassan and Adel. They soon discover that she has lost her memory, and both of them fall in love with her, each trying to get closer to her. Nawal eventually falls for Ghassan. When Adel consults a doctor to understand her condition, the doctor informs him that if she regains her memory, she will no longer recognize either of them. Despite this, Adel continues to search for clues about her past and eventually discovers that she has a sister in Egypt who closely resembles her.

Shore of Love

1977

Series credits

Bab Al-Hara poster
7.5

A modern classic of Arab television. A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus- It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

Bab Al-Hara

2006

Maraya poster
8.4

Created and starring the legendary Yasser Al Azmeh, Maraya ran for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2013 — making it one of the longest-running comedy series in Arab television history. Each episode presents standalone stories skewering the social, political and economic frustrations of everyday Arab life with sharp wit and biting satire. A mirror held up to an entire society, it entered homes across the Arab world for three decades and never stopped being relevant.

Maraya

1982

Hammam AlQishani poster
NR

The series goes into details of the events that Syria went through between the years 1955-1959, including the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, the establishment of unity between Syria and Egypt, and the revolution against the monarchy in Iraq, through the Qishani neighborhood, where its people work as merchants, lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other works.

Hammam AlQishani

1994

Ferqet Naji Atallah poster
7.3

A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.

Ferqet Naji Atallah

2012

Sert Alhob poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sert Alhob

2007

They Asked Me poster
NR

They Asked Me is an entertainment program and contains a variety of useful paragraphs and provides information and facts in a fun and interesting narrative way, presented in the nineties of the last century, which is presented by the distinguished media Sherif Alami, They Asked Me is a well-known and distinctive program in Jordan, ancient and modern, and it has a great herbal "

They Asked Me

2000

Castles poster
NR

The series revolves around a conflict among numerous princes, where each prince believes he is the rightful ruler to unify the kingdom and end the fragmentation plaguing the land.

Castles

1998

Rijal Al-Izz poster
9.7

Rijal Al-Izz — Men of Honor — is a 2011 Syrian Damascene period drama set in the Saroujeh neighborhood of Damascus during the French occupation of the 1930s. The series follows Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shami, a wrongfully accused man who escapes a death sentence and transforms into a resistance fighter, striking fear into the French occupiers while navigating betrayal and injustice within his own community. Starring Rashid Assaf and Qusai Khouli.

Rijal Al-Izz

2011

The Wait poster
NR

Events of the series take place in a poor neighborhood, shedding light on the lives of its people, especially the life of an illegitimate young man who makes every effort to be helpful to others.

The Wait

2006

Holding Back Tears poster
NR

The series examines the change in the composition of the Syrian family, through the life of a number of Damascene families that are connected by a number of intertwining relationships, as love blossoms between the lawyer Riyad El Emary and the interior designer Riad El Merady.

Holding Back Tears

2005

El Arandaly's Son poster
NR

The events revolve around a corrupt lawyer who lives in a popular area defending the corrupt by circumventing the law, his life is exposed to a situation that turns it upside down and changes his situation to another one.

El Arandaly's Son

2009

Brothers of the Soil poster
NR

The series revolves around the Arab Revolt that broke out in Syria against the Ottoman occupation that had ruled the country for four centuries.

Brothers of the Soil

1996

Houbara dance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Houbara dance

1999

Diaries of a General Manager poster
7.0

A journalist working in the same newspaper as her husband, and intellectual conflict arises between them because of the differences between the nature of men and women. The series shows the relationship between the spouses, revealing many attitudes of the “Eastern Man”.

Diaries of a General Manager

1995

Layali Al-Salehiya poster
6.4

A man entrusts Abu Al Makhraz with a huge sum of money and disappears. When Abu Al Makhraz dies, his family finds themselves pitted against his relatives.

Layali Al-Salehiya

2004

Tahoun Al-Shar poster
NR

The events revolve around the Levantine environment and the social problems that permeate it, during the period of the French occupation of the country.

Tahoun Al-Shar

2012

Big Dreams poster
10.0

The Halaby family works in trade. When the father decides to write all his property over to one of his sons, the two brothers clash, until the eldest brother falls ill, and his younger son is forced to give up his ambition to take care of their business.

Big Dreams

2004

Maraya 2000 poster
NR

A multi-episode satirical comedy series that presents various stories and anecdotes in a satirical and mocking style, critiquing social and political conditions.

Maraya 2000

1999

Al Khawali poster
NR

The story of Nassar Ibn Oraibi, a fighter against injustice, that sheds light on the life in the Damascus neighborhood and the role of one woman who becomes responsible for the house and her four daughters in light of her husband's absence during the Hajj.

Al Khawali

2000

A Hero From This Time poster
NR

The series revolves around a poor man who wants to get rich. As he has a dream that he has found a treasure, his social status changes as he goes out every night to abandoned areas and begins digging and goes home by day to rest.

A Hero From This Time

1999

Migration of Hearts to Hearts poster
NR

Set in the town of Al-Rukniya in the early 1930s, the work explores the conflict between Bedouin and urban communities, the impact of World War II on Syrian politics, the outbreak of the Great Syrian Revolution, and the subsequent withdrawal of the French occupation from the country. The work also highlights the opportunists who continue to spread colonialist ideas, in contrast to the strength and unity of the people as they confront tyranny despite the conspiracies plotted against them.

Migration of Hearts to Hearts

1991

Murder in the Memory poster
NR

An Arabic-language series based on Agatha Christie's novel The Sleeping Murder, about a murder that occurred and went undiscovered until 20 years later.

Murder in the Memory

1992

اختفاء رجل poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اختفاء رجل

1992

Ayyam Shamiyya poster
4.0

Set in one of Damascus’s neighborhoods during the late Ottoman period and the early Renaissance, depicting the customs, traditions, and social relationships that prevailed at that time.

Ayyam Shamiyya

1992

Forbidden Bread poster
NR

The series revolves around the exploitation of women by men in society, through the stories of three friends—Rateb, Wahib, and Abu Adnan—who are involved in illegal activities, and the story of Zuhair, who exploits runaway girls in immoral activities.

Forbidden Bread

2010

النصية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

النصية

1998

Qamar Sham poster
NR

Qamar Sham is a Syrian Damascene drama set in the traditional Al-Madina neighborhood, centered on Shahran Al-Baghdjati — a noble, generous man who refuses to marry and devotes himself to helping his neighbors. When his brother is murdered, Shahran sets out on a path of revenge to uncover the killer, while navigating loyalty, love, and the fierce power struggles that define life in old Damascus. Starring Bassam Kousa and Rafiq Al-Sbaei.

Qamar Sham

2013

The Face of Justice poster
NR

The Face of Justice tells the story of crimes, their investigation, and the trials of criminals in a suspenseful, crime-drama style. It presents true crime stories that occurred.

The Face of Justice

2008

جواهر poster
NR

The series tells the love story between Hamad and Jawahir. Hamad is the son of the clan's sheikh. Hamad marries Jawahir, and after a period of time, they do not have children. Hamad's family decides to marry him to his cousin Zuwayna so that he can have children with her. Zuwayna loved him very much before he married Jawahir, so jealousy and hatred arise towards Jawahir, and she plots to keep her away from Hamad.

جواهر

1994

Grandpa's house poster
NR

The series deals with the Al-Midan neighborhood in the year 1930 through a large family living in one house, and many issues arise among its members that appeal to viewers, and the work is not satisfied with that, but goes out to the neighborhood to notice the intertwined relations between its members, especially since Al-Midan neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Damascus and was at that time in the heart of City.

Grandpa's house

2008

G المواطن poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

G المواطن

2007

مرايا 97 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

مرايا 97

1997