
Acting
Ahmed Tawfiq
Born 1930-06-02 · Cairo, Egypt
Ahmed Tawfik is an Egyptian actor and director, his real name is (Ahmed Mahmoud Tawfik), he was born in 1933, he obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Institute of Dramatic Arts and also studied Law and Arts. The director Salah Abu Seif discovered him and presented him for the first time through a small role in the movie ( There is no time for love), then the movie (Cairo 30) in 1966, after which his works continued between cinema and television, known for (Miramar, Barefoot on the Gold Bridge, Something of Fear, Gossip over the Nile, The Captain), and besides acting, he worked in directing Television series, and among the series that he directed: (The only witness, I will not live in my father's jilbab, Al-Hassan Al-Basri, Omar bin Abdul Aziz). He died in 2005 of heart disease.
Acting credits
6.0This is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira. When the youngster's uncle is murdered, Hassem decides to go to Mecca with a view to finding the culprit and punishing him. But what he discovers there is not the murderer but the prophet Muhammad. Touched by grace, Hassem converts to the new religion and comes back to his village to propagate the new faith. Which is not to his father's liking, since the Muslim religion is opposed to feudal rights and privileges. The infuriated sheik curses his son and starts persecuting the new converts.
Dawn of Islam
1971
7.3Hamza "a member of the volunteer National Guard" meets up with the teacher Fawzya "Faten", after the fire of Cairo broke out, the British trying to capture all the volunteers in the National Guard , Hamza hiding in the house of one of his friend, and Fawzya help him, and she is trying to formation its own cell in order to hit the English forces in the Canal zone.
No Time for Love
1963
8.0After the defeat of 1948, Mansour Dahshoury, nicknamed the Captain, gets known for his special incomprehensible abilities and magic with women. He wanders around Port Said and repeats the news from the war. The commandant tries to arrest him but he escapes every time.
The Captain
1997
7.5It is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a divorce, but he refuses. She is forced to go to court and file a divorce. Doria falls into the maze of the courts and is exposed to a series of problems and obstacles that undermine her dignity. Things get complicated when the husband comes with false witnesses testifying against her in secret. She loses her case after more than four years.
I Want a Solution
1975
7.2A philosophy teacher finds himself and his ethics surrounded by a corrupt society, and as he's mistaken for an exorcist and fortune-teller. He uses logic and psychological tricks to practice wizardry, until he masters it and controls people, meanwhile losing his ethics.
The Egg and the Stone
1990
5.0Farid Ezz El-Din, is a wealthy spoiled young man. After his father flees the country and smuggles all his money, he is forced to manage all his business. Farid is arrested on charges of fraud but before he was tried, he escapes with the help of his housekeeper, Kazem.
Son of Wealth
2001
6.4Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fueled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.
Adrift on the Nile
1971
5.0Kamal is arrested with his mistress in the act of adultery. They also arrest her friend Ebtisam, who comes across her home, despite her innocence.
Darb Al Rahba
1990
7.6Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.
Cairo 30
1966
9.0Ihsan is a simple employee in the Ministry of Culture from the house to the office and vice versa his work colleague Nargis loves and plans to marry him. He is surprised by one of the security authorities arrested and directed a number of charges, which does not know the cause and continues to haunt him
The Mix-up
1994
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
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
7.5Camelia loves acting, gets to know the director and producer Ahmed Sameh, who agrees with her to star in his new movie. Aziz, the influential man, approaches her, but she repels him. She agrees with Ahmed to marry, and Aziz threatens to kill him.
Barefoot on the Gold Bridge
1976
7.5Najib discovers that the businessman's salary is doing a lot of illegal work, and he delivers dangerous documents condemning the man to his secretary. However, the salary men decide to get rid of Najib, so he escapes the secretary's secret of documents for fear of her life.
Welad Eleih
1989
6.9Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.
Bit of Fear
1969
8.0When her stepfather tries to rape her, Amal kills him and flees. She finds refuge in the house of the fine artist Ahmed Khaled who falls for her, but his protégé, the sculptor Sherif, also falls for her and competes with Ahmed to win her favor.
A Bit of Torment
1969
6.5The film describes the political and economical corruption in 70s’ Egypt, through the relationship between a powerful man and his wife’s ex-fiance.
Whom Should We Shoot?
1975
Behind the camera
NRNo Info Available
She, I, and His Highness
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
زهرة الصبار
1967
No synopsis available yet.
زوجات وأزواج
1969
No synopsis available yet.
عريس في علبة
1961
NRAbout the general manager of the modern buildings company named Sherbini, enjoys a high status among his employees in the company, and follow events and discover that El Sherbini has a certificate of forgery, but he feared to be clear.
Deposit with Honors
1978