Ahmed El-Sabawy

Directing

Ahmed El-Sabawy

Born — Died

1928-12-04 — 2018-08-28

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

What is wrong with the world poster
NR

After her husband’s death, Saniya raises her three daughters alone and becomes determined to marry them off to wealthy men, even selling everything to move to an upscale neighborhood.

What is wrong with the world

1988

The Beggar poster
6.4

After failing to find stable work in Cairo, Hassanein joins a group of beggars and unwittingly becomes involved with a corrupt businessman who suspects him of being a police informant.

The Beggar

1983

No artwork available
NR

The kind-hearted employee, known for his good conduct and honesty, fights the suspicious dealings carried out by his direct manager. As a result, he is suspended and transferred to work in Aswan. Impressed by him, businessman Mohamed hires him to work for his company. Al-Tayyib meets Souad, a nightclub hostess who was deceived and abandoned by Ahmed after becoming pregnant with his child, forcing her to work at a nightclub

Al-Tayyeb Effendi

1984

Guys in hell poster
NR

Medhat becomes addicted as a result of his family's work abroad and their preoccupation with him, and Osama is determined to steal his miser father's money, while Ahmed lives a desperate love story with his colleague and does not succeed in achieving any of his wishes.

Guys in hell

1988

Abou Zeid of His Time poster
NR

Ghada, a young woman from a wealthy family, falls in love with her university colleague, Abou Zeid. Despite opposition from her influential uncle due to social differences, she chooses to follow her heart. But their marriage soon faces unexpected challenges that put their trust in each other to the test.

Abou Zeid of His Time

1995

الخطوة الدامية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الخطوة الدامية

1992

Behind the camera

What is wrong with the world poster
NR

After her husband’s death, Saniya raises her three daughters alone and becomes determined to marry them off to wealthy men, even selling everything to move to an upscale neighborhood.

What is wrong with the world

1988

The Beggar poster
6.4

After failing to find stable work in Cairo, Hassanein joins a group of beggars and unwittingly becomes involved with a corrupt businessman who suspects him of being a police informant.

The Beggar

1983

No artwork available
NR

The kind-hearted employee, known for his good conduct and honesty, fights the suspicious dealings carried out by his direct manager. As a result, he is suspended and transferred to work in Aswan. Impressed by him, businessman Mohamed hires him to work for his company. Al-Tayyib meets Souad, a nightclub hostess who was deceived and abandoned by Ahmed after becoming pregnant with his child, forcing her to work at a nightclub

Al-Tayyeb Effendi

1984

Guys in hell poster
NR

Medhat becomes addicted as a result of his family's work abroad and their preoccupation with him, and Osama is determined to steal his miser father's money, while Ahmed lives a desperate love story with his colleague and does not succeed in achieving any of his wishes.

Guys in hell

1988

Abou Zeid of His Time poster
NR

Ghada, a young woman from a wealthy family, falls in love with her university colleague, Abou Zeid. Despite opposition from her influential uncle due to social differences, she chooses to follow her heart. But their marriage soon faces unexpected challenges that put their trust in each other to the test.

Abou Zeid of His Time

1995

الخطوة الدامية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الخطوة الدامية

1992

El Haramy poster
NR

The mechanic (Abbas) loves the poor girl (Fatima), and proposes to her and her father agrees at the beginning of the matter, but soon he changes his mind and forces her to marry a wealthy old man. (Fatima) and her family reside in a hotel preparing for marriage, and (Abbas) tries to kidnap (Fatima), but the daughter of the rich sees him, and she admires him and asks to become her personal guard, and he agrees until he becomes close to (Fatima). The wedding ring is stolen and the mother suspects Abbas, who is trying to prove his innocence.

El Haramy

1969

Ramadan On The Volcano poster
6.1

Ramadan is a poor young employee who wants to marry his fiancée Alia but can't afford it. He plans to steal and hide the employees' salary bag, then turn himself in and serve his sentence so that he can get married after. Upon his release, he finds out that another gang stole the money bag.

Ramadan On The Volcano

1985

Laenet Al Zaman poster
8.0

Attia dispenses with his best friend, Hassan, the printer that he owns. Al-Usta Hassan and the printing press workers confront Attia, who is planning a fire in the printing press, and accuses Fathi Ibn Hassan of the crime of setting the fire until he separates him from his daughter Suhair.

Laenet Al Zaman

1979

Al Ahtal poster
NR

The teacher Fakhri, the owner of the perfumery shop, is preparing to bring a shipment of heroin from Cyprus.

Al Ahtal

1990

Challenge the strong poster
NR

Drug dealer Rushdi Abdel Rahman meets by chance the peasant Salma, who flees her town because her stepson is trying to kill her because she caused her husband to go to prison by testifying against him.

Challenge the strong

1980

Beit al-qadi poster
NR

A dramatic eventful story of ethical and social arguments starts when Fathi returns from Kuwait to find himself in turmoil of treacherous plot of greed and indecency committed by his mother-in-law and her wicked lover after having murdered Fathi's father.

Beit al-qadi

1984

Girls In Trouble poster
NR

A businessman invites five female friends, Rabab, Abeer, Dina, Zizi and Nour, to his house to celebrate one of them's birthday, then he drugged Abeer and rapes her, causing her death. Her brother Karim is shocked by what happened to his sister to the point of madness, so he decides to take revenge on her friends

Girls In Trouble

1992

Giant poster
5.0

(Zaki), single in his fifties, was known among people as an example of magnanimity and chivalry, but the seductress Mona was able to conquer his heart, seeking to marry him greed for his money and to achieve for herself all the luxury and influence she could, and after marriage she tries to distance him from his chosen friends and take control On him, and events follow.

Giant

1987

It's Better Without Marriage poster
NR

Iman is surprised that her brother Hossam is in a relationship with actress Nahed. His ideal image collapses and she decides to abandon her morals. She invites Sherif to the house in the absence of Hossam,and he discovers that she has no previous experiences so he decides to marry her.

It's Better Without Marriage

1978

I Killed Al Hanash poster
4.7

Hassanein and Barhuma suffer from the abuse of (El-Hanash) a bully in the neighborhood. After some time, Hassanein travels to Greece where he meets with his mistress Aziza and marries her after knowing that she has a child as a result of their illicit relationship. On the other hand, El-Hanash gets his agents in Greece to go after Hassanein, which results of Aziza's murder by a bullet directed towards her by mistake instead of Hassanein.

I Killed Al Hanash

1985

Forbidden Wife poster
NR

Dr Husseini decides to marry a poor girl's after he saved her from harassing. But after Husseini suffers a disease that prevents him from moving, his brother is asked to marry his wife if he dies.

Forbidden Wife

1991

Antar Holding His Sword poster
4.7

Antar is a poor farmer who flies to Italy after he sings a job contract with one of his relatives. After he arrives in Italy, he discovers that the contract is fake, and he gets manipulated by a director to act in porn films. He returns to Egypt and starts war against Medht, who is trying to take his wife's piece of land.

Antar Holding His Sword

1983

The Master Knows Best poster
NR

Mashtaha flees her town after a local man assaults her. Her relationship with the taxi driver Zaki grows stronger. The wealthy businessman Sadiq takes a liking to her and encourages her to agree to marry him so that they can seize his wealth. Sadiq becomes paralyzed when he discovers her betrayal. The two lovers fail to find out how Sadiq opened the safe, so they decide to kill him.

The Master Knows Best

1985

The Mute poster
6.0

Engineer Ahmed indirectly causes the death of his colleague Hossam, and suffers from a neurological trauma that causes him to be mute. He gets to know Aida, who admires him, so they plan to get married despite her father's objections.

The Mute

1980

Ana poster
NR

Sharif who's an accountant at the customs, meets Omnia who offers him to work in the company of her friend, Fahmy. Fahmy plans to keep him away from his work because of his rigidity and honesty. After Omnia and Sharif get married, he discovers that she's involved with Fahmy in the drug trade.

Ana

1985

El Ayeqa Wil Darreesa poster
NR

(Mustafa) tries to get close to (Nadia), despite the student (Samah)'s attachment to him. (Samah) claims that he assaulted her, and attempts are made to pressure (Mustafa) to marry her. (Karima), who controls the interests of the people, admires (Mustafa) and appoints him as an accountant. For her actions, she courts him and tries to separate him from (Nadia). (Mustafa) discovers the violations committed by (Karima) and seeks to report these violations to the police.

El Ayeqa Wil Darreesa

1985

Breakdown poster
NR

Sami, whose wife Madiha accidentally kills a bystander while driving her car, claims to be the culprit to clear his wife. After he discovers her betrayal, he retracts his words, but to no avail, and is sentenced to jail for three years. After he gets out, he decides to take revenge on his wife, lover, and the judge who sentenced him.

Breakdown

1982

The Slaughterhouse poster
NR

Teacher Abu Halqa succeeds in buying all the animals from the markets to become the only teacher in the slaughterhouse. Teacher Najm reluctantly agrees to make peace with Teacher Abu Halqa and also agrees to the marriage of his daughter Safaa to Abu Halqa's second son, the engineer Alaa. On the wedding night, Teacher Najm agrees with one of his men to kill Omar, Teacher Abu Halqa's first son.

The Slaughterhouse

1982

Tower of Tanneries poster
NR

The wealthy merchant Salama moves from the tannery neighborhood to live in his new building in Mohandessin. His son, Hisham, returns from the war of 73 with a leg injury and PTSD, and his wife, Nadia, clings to him. As for his son, Issam, he owns a boutique, and his girlfriend, Nana, supplies him with goods from abroad, including medicine for his father. Salama decides to marry Nana, so Issam gets rid of her so that she will not share the inheritance with them.

Tower of Tanneries

1983

prison without bars poster
NR

(Irfan) was in a relationship with his colleague (Laila) at university and they agreed to get married, but he left to work in order to complete their marriage. After his return, he discovers that (Laila) married a greedy lawyer to please her family.

prison without bars

1983

Harib min Al-tagneed poster
NR

Taking advantage of their striking resemblance, Mohammadain, a poor conscript, impersonates Majid, a wealthy man who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital. However, he is surprised to discover that Majid’s family wants to get rid of him.

Harib min Al-tagneed

1992

Public Notice poster
NR

Aida works at Jalal Wahdan's investment company. Jalal asks her to help him return the savings of the depositors he has defrauded, from a bank in Switzerland that deals with voice prints. She tells Sami, her friend Rawya's husband, about this. Sami undergoes surgery to change his vocal cords, making his voice match Jalal's.

Public Notice

1990

The Strongest Men poster
NR

Zaki is a poor person who works as a public transport agent.His family treats him with contempt. He tries to evacuate his apartment by force. When a serial killer strikes, the victims descriptions as applying to Zaki, who is arrested by the police. Despite proving his innocence, people escape from him and treat him with fear for believing that he is the beast. Zaki tries to reach the beast to solve his problems.

The Strongest Men

1993

Money and Monsters poster
NR

Hammam Bek, a businessman who owns an investment office that carries out illegal activities and drug trafficking, works with Tawfiq, who plans with one of the dancers to take over one million pounds. Hammam hands her over to one of the employees in his office, Adam, to deliver it to a client in Ismailia. Adam to hand over the money and receive the goods that are forbidden to be sold, the circumstances change without the arrival of the client, Adam returns carrying the secretariat that does not know what is inside and handed over to them

Money and Monsters

1988

Revenge Hour poster
NR

Afaf turns to Yahya's house and asks him to save her from a criminal gang chasing her. The gang breaks into the house, and when Yahya resists, they kill his little brother. Yahya discovers that Afaf planned this to facilitate the gang's mission.

Revenge Hour

1998

Shayatteen El-bahr poster
NR

Hamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.

Shayatteen El-bahr

1972

And the days go by poster
NR

Abdul Qader lives a quiet and peaceful life with his family. His daughter Madiha marries Adel, who travels to work in an Arab country. His son Shukri falls in love with Rawya, but he opposes the marriage and pressures him to marry his cousin. Rawya decides to take revenge on Shukri and his father, for the former's failure and the latter's opposition, by trapping the father in her net.

And the days go by

1980

Al-Kharteet poster
NR

(Sultan) and his nephew (Adel) smuggle drugs. In one of the operations, the warehouse keeper (Jaber) kills him and kills him. Sultan tries to assault Jaber's wife Rose in his arm and enters the prison, where she learns Nargis. Sultan and just.

Al-Kharteet

1987

Al Ashqia poster
NR

Captain Rateb falls seriously ill. Tawfiq, the port worker, offers to let him pass a bag of drugs through customs in exchange for a large sum of money. He agrees to secure his children's future, but regrets it and throws the bag into the sea. Gang members kidnap him and he is surprised to find out that his friend Nazih is the leader of the gang. Rateb manages to escape, and Nazih threatens to kill his three children after kidnapping them if he does not return the bag to him.

Al Ashqia

1984

Balagh didi aimra'a poster
NR

Dr. Radwan marries Karima, the daughter of a large conservative family. After years of successful marriage, Amjad,who is Karima's former love, appears. He tries to exploit her financially by making her believe that he still loves her. He invades her life in a fast pace to force her to surrender to him..

Balagh didi aimra'a

1986

My Wife and the Wolf poster
NR

The lawyer Hussien marries his colleague Dawlat, but as he becomes famous and successful, Dawlat grows jealous and resentful. They get divorced, until an opportunity comes along to prove herself, when a former classmate is accused of killing his wife and her lover, and she decides to defend him.

My Wife and the Wolf

1992

Confrontation poster
NR

Mahmoud leaves his town after offering his shroud to stop the bloodbath between his family and another family. The dispute began when Mahmoud met Salim, the chief of the Hawara, who has complete control over the town. Salim wanted to buy the share of his brother's widow, Atiyat, who refuses to sell. Mahmoud sympathizes with her against Salim, who is subjected to an attempted murder by some of the locals, so Mahmoud protects him with his pampering among the locals. Salim's son assaults Mahmoud's daughter, Fatima, and then kills her. He accuses Atiyat's brother of the crime, and Salim demands revenge and justice, and seeks to achieve it himself, but a surprise occurs that changes the course of events.

Confrontation

1987

Al-Waratha poster
NR

Two brothers, one a successful engineer, the other is a reckless who failed in his studies. The father leaves all his wealth to the engineer for fear of loss at the hands of his second son, which creates hatred with the son and he tries to get rid of his brother.

Al-Waratha

1986

Naeema Fakeha Moharama poster
6.5

Naiema tries to break away and leave all her troubling circumstances behind, so she takes the train to Alexandria, where she meets a widow with her son. When the woman dies, Naiema is left reeling when she finds herself left with the child and some important documents.

Naeema Fakeha Moharama

1984