
Acting
Yousuf Shaaban
Born — Died
1936-07-16 — 2021-02-28
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
83 titles
Yousuf Shaaban (يوسف شعبان) was an Egyptian actor.
Known for
8.2A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.
El Helmeya Nights
1987
7.8Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.
Raafat Al Haggan
1988
NRIt takes about the movement of the Hilali Tribe from the Arabic peninsula to the nowadays Tunisia. It takes about the adventures of Abu Zaid which are a mixture of facts and myths with a glimpse of glory on the hero's cunning and wisdom.
Al Sera Al Helalya
1997
7.7After their friend Ali was killed, Safina and Sareya steal Zahy El Attal's bag, which contains diamonds, and from here begins the conflict between the two friends and Zahy.
King of Bravery
2021
9.5The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.
The Honey and The Tears
1983
7.5The role of the story about the class struggle between the old feudal class represented in the family of Al-'Azayzeh and the class of new owners represented in the family of Al-Sawalim who were previously employed.
Stray Light
1998
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
5.1This suspense-thriller looks into the hidden world of online hacking through several methods, such as social media, different forums, and so on. Yusuf, a brilliant engineering student, is behind a lot of the operations that are being talked about.
The Fourth Pyramid
2016
1.5In the wake of the 25th of January revolution, the authorities ask the Impersonator to take on the identity of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi and a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders in order to save Egypt from the growing control of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Impersonator P2
2016
7.0A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.
Like A Matchstick
2016
8.0The journey of Resident doctor (Ramez Amir) in his first night shift at Kasr Eleni hospital, on a cold winter night, and the negatives and positives he encounters because of the lack of resources, different types of people and the motives of his colleagues doctors at the beginning of their career.
Cold Winter
2015
1990s · 5 titles
7.0Salwa's new life as the wife of a prominent college professor is jeopardized when the past comes calling in the form of the director of the General Intelligence Directorate who wants her to take up her old task of seducing important figures. When she refuses, he threatens to reveal her past.
Revealing the Hidden
1994
NRNo synopsis available yet.
قداره
1994
NRHoda, a poor girl, gets the chance to marry a millionaire and travel with him. When she returns to Egypt, she establishes her own business where she resorts to illegal ways and fishy connections, which only causes her trouble.
Huda and His Excellency the Minister
1995
NRA journalist known for her stance against corruption and her insistence to unmask its ugly faces whenever and wherever found becomes the target of the corrupt businessman Youssef who weaves a web of lies convincing her that he loves her, only to draw her away from her investigations.
Samiha Badran's Case
1990
NRMohsen owns a shipping company and marries Afaf. On their wedding night, the mother gives her a priceless necklace. When Mohsen loses his money on gambling , he steals her valuable necklace. After their boat sinks along with the safe containing the necklace,Mohsen dives with his wife to search for it.
A Crime in the Depths
1992
1980s · 14 titles
NRFerial resents her twin brother Fahmy for getting engaged, while Saad struggles to win her over because of her devotion to Fahmy.
Zahrat el banafsaj
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
البقية لا تأتي
1988
4.7Hassanein 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
NRHassan is an upright employee who works for a company. In order to win the favor of his bosses, Atallah and Jaafar, he gives them the key to his apartment to use for women's adventures. He actually gets a promotion. Hassan is impressed by his colleague Nawal, who loves the company manager, Helmy, who is married and has two sons. When Helmy lets her down, she gradually becomes attracted to Hassan.
Mr. Hassan's Apartment
1984
NRPrince pays the debts of the confectionery factory that the two sisters inherited, Tohma and her sister, from their father in exchange for buying half of the factory. Lotfy joins Prince’s work and Tohma admires him. The police attack Prince for drug trafficking, but Nona is imprisoned instead. Lotfy is injured in a battle between the police and the Prince gang. Tohma discovers that Lotfi is a police officer and decides to cooperate with him to catch Prince. Lotfi matches Prince in currency trading operations and discovers the identity of the gang leader.
Fatuat darab aleisal
1985
6.5A train driver kills his wife for cheating on him with his assistant whom he tries to kill as well. They get into a fight and fall from the train, leaving the panicked passengers heading to a disaster.
The Train
1986
7.0Magda marries her lover Hassan, but on the first day of the honeymoon the market breaks into it, and it breaks in front of him. She begins in her husband's papers, recognizes the image of a murderer through his voice, and begins to take revenge.
The Iron Lady
1987
8.3When he was young, Ahmad witnessed the killing of his mother at the hands of his father because of her betrayal of him. He lives in a shelter, and gets out of the shelter to live in a room. He falls in love with a poor girl and decides to marry her. However, the building's owner, Boss Yaqoot, desires her and tries to win her over in various ways, until the matter reaches obtaining a court ruling to expel Ahmad from the house.
Fokaraa Lah Yatkholoona Al Gana
1984
7.5Bekiza al-Darmalli and the daughter of her ex-husband Zaghloul al-Ashmawi are forced to live together in a room on the roof. They meet a mysterious foreigner and they go into chases and get involved in bizarre murders.
The Night of Bakiza and Zaghloul’s Arrest
1988
NRThe divorced Zeenat gets involved with Medhat in a forbidden relationship and then he abandons her. Sayed refuses to marry her even though she is pregnant. Sayed exploits student Hassan's need for money and agrees with him to marry Zeenat a marriage of convenience.
Borgwan Lane
1989
NRThe plumber Sayed covets marrying the orphan girl Loza. The drug smuggler Zaghloul succeeds in recruiting Loza into the gang. He pretends to love her and opens a clothing store for her. She travels repeatedly to bring goods from Port Said without knowing his true nature. She gets involved in a relationship with him and her sister throws her out, so she lives with him in the house. When she discovers the truth about his work, she joins him.
Imra'a Min Nar
1987
6.5Reda, a taxi driver, drives the wealthy widow Imane who has just returned from abroad. She lets him drive her to run errands, and he helps her break her sweetheart, the engineer Hassan, out from a mental hospital.
The World on a Dove's Wing
1989
NRNadia arrives at the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown due to her husband's treatment, and Dr. Medhat takes over her treatment. Kamal gets angry at his father and Heba for the actions of his uncle Youssef, who took over his brother's business and made Heba live in his service. One night, Youssef Helmy tries to assault Rasha, Nadia's younger sister, and when she calls for help, Heba rushes to her and Youssef is killed.
A Trip of Terror
1981
8.0The story deals with the story of the widow (Huda), who suffers from problems with her husband's brother who wants to take over her inheritance and her children, and the problems between them come to court, while trying to help a young student carrying a colleague from her, Upside down .
Assassination of a Teacher
1988
1970s · 18 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yellow Valley
1970
10.0After all the property and money of her father, Al-Basha, were nationalized after the revolution of July 23, 1952, Faten, the daughter of Al-Basha, travels to Morocco to find a job that will provide her with a day's livelihood, to get to know Elias, who persuades her to work as a singer in a nightclub, but events change when she meets the Egyptian officer Mahmoud, will you return with him to Egypt?
Ah Ya Lail Ya Zaman
1977
6.8When the German Afrika Korps smashes through the allied lines in North Africa during WWII, a group of British soldiers are determined to get back to their own lines. Picking up more Allied survivors along the way, their journey is fraught with danger and Germans at every turn.
Overrun!
1970
NRSabrina's mother is sick, and her aunt visits them to check on the health of her sister. At the Police College, after being attracted to Sabrina and promised to marry, but the aunt is determined to marry her son Idiot Mohammed to ensure service to the whole family.
Sabreen
1975
5.5The film is an adaptation of a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man.
The Malatily Bathhouse
1973
6.0Two university students fall in love on campus and inform their parents that they want to get married. This decision makes the parents immediately very happy but when they find out who the parents of their future son- or daughter-in-law are, they get horrified. It turns out that these young lovers are much more connected than they had realized, and the question arises whether they might even be related.
Remember Me
1978
5.0A remake of Henry Barakat’s "Have Mercy" 1959.
And it was love
1974
7.2Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The prosecutor moves to the scene of the incident and tries to reach the murderer.
Visitor at Dawn
1975
10.0Kemal is arrested as a suspect in a murder committed in a hotel room. He is wrongfully sentenced to death. His fiancée Fatma begins to fight selflessly to save him from execution. The only person who can save Kemal, who has been framed by false witnesses in court, is Lawyer Abbas, who was previously on the side of the real killers. After hearing the truth from Fatma, Abbas, influenced by his feelings for her, decides to put the past behind him and risk his life to save Kemal from the gallows. Determined to clear his conscience, he sets out to capture Tevfik and his team, who organized the murder.
Eyvah
1970
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Youth in a Storm
1971
6.0A young man asks his wife to dance with his boss at a party. The woman gets into an affair with the boss and commits infidelity. Her marriage dissolves and her life worsens. Her son has an illness, so the wife is forced to accept gifts from the boss.
A Woman With a Bad Reputation
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ayam fi landan
1976
NRIn a social drama framework, the events of the film revolve around when Kamal falls seriously ill, and hides the matter from everyone. He gets to know the widow Hayat, who works in a nightclub and is coveted by the manager Rashid. A love story arises between Kamal and Hayat, and their lives.
Violet Flower
1977
NRHussein and Qasim participate in a dance group with Karawan. Debts accumulate on the group, which leads to the separation of the two partners. Each of them goes to the teacher Tafeeda. A dispute occurs between Hussein and the nanny. At the time, Qasim goes to borrow money and finds the nanny murdered. Hussein's wife sees a person coming out of the nanny's house who looks like her husband, so she believes that he is the killer. He is arrested and his lawyer friend tries to find out the truth, but he disappears, because at the same time that the nanny was murdered, he was cheating on him with his wife.
Al-Karawan Loh Shafayef
1976
7.0Sahar and Rady are in love, but when he asks Sahar to marry him, she turns him down because she's really a poor girl. Rady joins the navy, while the musician Aziz discovers Sahar's talent for singing and trains her. She works at the school of Bahr El-Baqar and survives when the Israelis bomb it.
A Castle in the Air
1978
NRThe famous singer Hoda gets romantically involved with Samy Karam, the chief editor of a magazine, and everyone opposes their relationship as he is a family man. As the date of the Journalists Syndicate elections approaches, his rival, Sobhy, uses this relationship to defame him.
Tears Run Dry
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
حبيبة غيري
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
One in a Million
1970
1960s · 16 titles
6.8Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy assassinates a pro-colonial Prime Minister but is arrested and hides with a fellow university student, who initially refuses but eventually accepts him. Abdul Hamid Khatib meets Samia and her cousin, and Ibrahim uses the situation to hasten Samia’s marriage, which she rejects. Nawal, the youngest daughter, becomes the liaison between Ibrahim and his colleagues, helping him escape. Abdul Hamid tries to inform the political police of Ibrahim’s location, but Samia stops him. The head of the political police suspects them and punishes them to find Ibrahim. Ibrahim refuses to leave the country, returning to fight colonialism and participating in an operation.
A Man in Our House
1961
5.1An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Cairo
1963
7.5Zuhra has nothing to do but to runaway after her family forced her to marry an old rich man. She goes to Alexandria where she works in a motel and there she meets people with different ideologies and thoughts about life.
Miramar
1969
5.7Fatma had a crush on Dr. Hosny, a womanizer dentist she met, so she decided to convince him to hire her as his nurse. On the other side, Hosny is in the middle of a love story with Dalia, a Flower Shop owner who hates liars more than anything else.
Marriage for Half an Hour
1969
6.8A married couple ends up working at the same company where the wife is a general director. This arouses the suspicion of their co-workers who do not know they are married.
My Wife the General Manager
1966
8.0Three prisoners escape from prison trying each of them to implement a random idea wandering around in his mind, the first tries to steal a smuggling gang, the second tries to retrieve the girlfriend for whom he entered the prison, and the third returns to retrieve what he had hid under a tree.
Al-Masageen Al-Talata
1968
6.1Three friends are arrested after committing an accident with their car. After finishing their sentence, they become partners with the owner of a decoration workshop. But he deceives them and spends the money in gambling. They force him to sign a waiver of his workshop but he wants to get it back.
The Three Friends
1966
6.9This magnificently madcap comedy classic stars Egyptian film legends Tahiya Karioka and Emad Hamdi as Zeinab and Hussein, overworked parents who get little relief from the never ending demands of their seven mischievous children. When their eldest daughter, Ahlam, meets a dashing young man at a party, it's love at first sight and wedding plans must quickly be arranged. As preparations get underway, Zeinab and Hussein are soon overwhelmed by the elaborate and costly requests made by the groom's extravagant family. While tending to the needs of their other six children, Hussein and Zeinab must consider unconventional means to obtain the funds for a ceremony that the newlyweds will be proud of.
Mother of the Bride
1963
8.0Wafaa's husband dies, so she decides to manage the companies he left behind herself, which angers her Upper Egyptian uncle who objects to women working. Wafaa thinks about getting married again to be under the protection of a man who will protect her from her uncle's interference. She chooses the worker Magdy who loves her, but she always rejects him under the pretext of being loyal to her husband. She discovers among her late husband's papers papers proving that he was married.
The second groom
1967
6.2This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
Alley of The Pestle
1963
NRThe events of this film revolve around Hamdi (Farid Shawqi), who works as an officer in a prison. Hamdi is married and has a child suffering from paralysis, whose treatment requires a large sum of money.
أنا الهارب
1962
NRSalama falls into the clutches of a criminal who falsifies securities, as his financial condition is difficult. He makes a great fortune. He withdraws from the life of his cousin, who loves him, because he cannot confront her, as she represents his honorable past for him.
Night’s Doors
1969
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Alhaqibat alsawda
1964
7.0The saleswoman involves the love of her competitor in the region and tries to draw his attention to marry him, she succeeds in this and enjoys a beautiful life with her life partner, but her mother reads one day the news of the death of a wealthy man who reveals to her daughter that he is her real father, so Magda decides to live in the bliss of her father after her investments on the part The largest of the inheritance.
The Newspaper Seller
1963
NRThe Bedouin Kenoz meets Haroun, a member of a different tribe who is digging a well for his tribesmen. Haroun's efforts are thwarted by the men of Sheikh Fawaz, who aspires to seize the land.
Knooz
1966
9.0Hoda and her sister live in Mount Lebanon, where they have a rest on the road, and through the tourist delegations that come to the place, they get to know the tour guide Adel, she loves Hoda the guide without feeling her emotions, but he loves her sister who shares the same feeling, Adel agrees with his sweetheart to marry when Hoda knows how to decide to work in a nightclub.
The Nun
1965
Series credits
8.2A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.
El Helmeya Nights
1987
7.8Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.
Raafat Al Haggan
1988
NRIt takes about the movement of the Hilali Tribe from the Arabic peninsula to the nowadays Tunisia. It takes about the adventures of Abu Zaid which are a mixture of facts and myths with a glimpse of glory on the hero's cunning and wisdom.
Al Sera Al Helalya
1997
7.7After their friend Ali was killed, Safina and Sareya steal Zahy El Attal's bag, which contains diamonds, and from here begins the conflict between the two friends and Zahy.
King of Bravery
2021
9.5The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.
The Honey and The Tears
1983
7.5The role of the story about the class struggle between the old feudal class represented in the family of Al-'Azayzeh and the class of new owners represented in the family of Al-Sawalim who were previously employed.
Stray Light
1998
NRAs the Israeli forces occupy Sinai prior to the War of Attrition, they use an excavator to dig deep in the land, under the pretext they're searching for oil. When the Egyptian authorities discover their true intentions, they try to stop the excavator from reaching Bab El-Mendab.
The Excavator
1996
9.0When a father has to go abroad for work, he leaves his children in the care of his sister who comes to stay with them, only to be shocked when she witnesses their behavior. As the family struggles to adjust to the changes, the aunt wisely helps her brother's children through their problems.
A Woman from the Time of Love
1998
9.0Hekmat, the principal of a school for girls, tries to put her educational theory into effect across all the schools in Alexandria, but she faces a lot of obstacles, both within and without the school, in addition to her personal problems that she struggles to solve.
Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الغابة
1989
8.4Youssef Ibn Abbas wants to marry Salama's daughter Ferial, but they clash with the family's rejection despite the strong friendship between Abbas and Salama. Youssef discovers that his father and Salama were working for Khawaja raising his wealth from smuggling antiquities outside Egypt, after Al-Khawaja's death, he takes the money while Abbas refrains and tries to keep his children away from Salama's sons.
The Fortune and the Progeny
1992
NRThe Truth and the Mirage is an Egyptian series produced by Media Production City. This series revolves around a wealthy, authoritarian woman, played by actress Fifi Abdo.
Truth and Mirage
2003
7.7The series revolves around the family of Fatima Ta'alba (Huda Sultan) and her children. Her eldest son is Hajj Darwish (Youssef Shaaban). The idea of the series revolves around the framework of an Egyptian family, the mother, Fatima Talaba, who raises her children in her own style, and her main goal is to form a large, interconnected and undisjointed family, and to secure the family's future by buying agricultural lands for them to become property owners. Hajj Darwish is the head of the family and is married to Maryam (Fadia Abdel-Ghani), his cousin. Fatima Talabeh controls all the family’s decisions to the extent that she chooses the wives of her children without taking their opinion and marries them. The mother controls the wives of her children and the entire house, including those in it.
The Wedge
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ألف ليلة وليلة
1991
NRIn a series that offers socio-political commentary, the story revolves around a female minister who comes from an prestigious family as she encounters a lot of problems because of her staunch opposition to corruption and moral depravity.
Case of the Minister
2012
NRIt is an Islamic historical series starring Mahmoud Yassin that deals with the life of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, his conquests, his Islam and the way he dealt with the data of the da'wah until his death, passing through what he presented to Islam and Muslims.
جمال الدين الأفغاني
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ضد التيار
1997
NRThe series revolves around the beginning of the Roman era in Egypt, and the series tells the life story of Queen Cleopatra, who was crowned on the throne of Egypt, before the advent of Julius Caesar and his falling in love with her, then his death and her entry into a long love story with Anthony, the successor of Caesar.
Cleopatra
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
محمد رسول الله إلى العالم
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Al-Jawarih
1986
NRA series that summarizes the story of twins (Azizia and Tahani), one of whom is kind and innocent, and the other is selfish.
The Twins
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
دموع في حضن الجبل
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
مذكرات ضرة
1999



