Ahmed Tawfiq

Acting

Ahmed Tawfiq

Born — Died

1930-06-02 — 2005-08-01

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

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 fat…

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1970s · 6 titles

Adrift on the Nile poster
6.4

Set 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

I Want a Solution poster
7.5

It 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

Violet Flower poster
NR

In 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

Barefoot on the Gold Bridge poster
7.5

Camelia 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

Whom Should We Shoot? poster
6.5

The 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

Dawn of Islam poster
6.0

This 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

1960s · 5 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera