
Acting
Abdel Hameed Badawy
Place of birth
Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
An Egyptian actor, who played various supporting roles in black and white films from the late thirties until the mid-sixties. During his career, he worked in about 150 productions, most notably The Nightingale's Prayer (1959). His last role was in Bitter Grapes (1965), and a year before that, he participated in the movie The Great Adventure.
Known for
7.4Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
Cairo Station
1958
7.9Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair with famous actress Hind Rostom, hoping jealousy will move the daughter's heart. The plan seems to work... until Hind Rostom herself comes to town.
Eshaet Hob
1960
9.0Lula's father Abdel Hamid loses his wallet. Hussain finds it, and returns it to Abdel Hamid . Impressed by his honesty, Abdel Hamid gives him a job. Lola begins to woo him to forget her life with Aziz, and asks him to work for her.
Kiss Me in the Dark
1959
4.8Based on the life and legend of Antarah ibn Shaddad, a 6th century poet and hero whose poetic works are considered among the greatest in the Arab language.
Antar: The Black Prince
1961
6.7A prince of the former royal family finds himself without a meaningful role in post-revolutionary Egyptian society. Based on the play by Tawfiq el-Hakim.
Soft Hands
1963
6.6Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
Prince of Revenge
1950
Film credits
1960s · 20 titles
7.9Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair with famous actress Hind Rostom, hoping jealousy will move the daughter's heart. The plan seems to work... until Hind Rostom herself comes to town.
Eshaet Hob
1960
4.8Based on the life and legend of Antarah ibn Shaddad, a 6th century poet and hero whose poetic works are considered among the greatest in the Arab language.
Antar: The Black Prince
1961
6.7A prince of the former royal family finds himself without a meaningful role in post-revolutionary Egyptian society. Based on the play by Tawfiq el-Hakim.
Soft Hands
1963
NRBahiya decides to take revenge after her brother's death at the hands of a drug gang. She exploits the love of Sayed, a gang member, to achieve her revenge, but the gang leader, Shukoura, stands in their way.
Souq El Selah
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Forbidden Story
1963
7.0Ameria is shocked when she finds out her husband is cheating on her, so she decides to commit suicide, but the taxi driver saves her and takes her with him.
The Game of Love and Marriage
1964
10.0A café on the road where motorists meet and run by Hafida and leads a gang with Adham, Sanad and Hindawi, her daughter Bahia dances to the pioneers of the cafe and seeks Adham to marry her, but she turns it off. It is the cause of its drowning.
Kholkhal habibi
1960
8.0A beautiful woman looking for a rich husband but her greed causes her in problems .
Gharamiat emaraa
1960
7.2Hamza "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
9.0A singer who works in a nightclub, and seeks to retire from this world, meets a poor young man who falls in love with her and asks for her hand in marriage, so she accepts, and leaves the world of cabarets and the two live a happy life. The woman appears to be very loyal, as she serves her disabled father-in-law, but her husband feels that he does not provide her with happiness, so he is forced to embezzle an amount of money from the company he works for, and he goes to prison, and in light of the life circumstances she lives in, she decides to return to work in the bar again.
Saedat El Rigal
1960
9.0Laila is a young woman suffering from paralysis who lives with her stepfather after her mother died when she was two years old. She loves writing poetry. She sends her poems to the singer Mamdouh, who uses them in his songs, but Laila hides her true identity from him because she loves him and does not want him to see her disability, so that Mamdouh can reach her and be frank with her. With his love, a surprise happens that changes the course of events.
A day without tomorrow
1962
8.0After Antar's death, the men of the Bani Fazaza tribe take revenge on the men of the Bani Abs tribe, leaving no man from them, and Antar's sister can escape and hide Antar's daughter, raising her to hate her father's enemies until she grows up
Antar's Daughter
1964
7.0Hussein and Ahmad are brothers. Hussein falls in love with a colleague, but his father mysteriously decides that Ahmad should marry her instead.
Alkhataya
1962
8.0The story of an iron-willed man who looks after his seven daughters after the death of their mother, as his three older daughters, Ahlam, Wedad, and Salwa, fall in love and suffer the agonies of it, only for their dad to try to save them the heartache.
The Seven Daughters
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
طريق الأبطال
1961
10.0The film revolves around the pious and devout lawyer (Saleh), who writes about his beliefs and principles in a magazine called (Lights of Virtue), but the magazine is not popular. At the same time, he insists on marrying his daughter to Sheikh (Fadel), even though she loves her cousin (Nabil). After a while, one of Saleh's relatives, who used to work as a dancer, dies, and he inherits the nightclub she owned, which changes many of the principles he used to believe in before.
Alforsan Althalatha
1962
8.0A coming of age story about a dreamy girl.
Schoolgirl's notes
1962
9.5Prince Mahboob and his friend Yazid roam the country in search of a bride for his uncle who has a distinctive mark. They arrive in Wardistan, and rescue a woman who is being fought over by thieves, who was none other than Princess Shalia. Her father admires Mahboob's courage and decides to marry him to her, but Mahboob discovers that Shalia is his uncle's longed-for bride.
Princess Of Arabia
1963
10.0Shehata is a committed employee in a private hospital. He lives with his daughter Nemat and his wife. One day Hussein proposes to his daughter, but the problem is that Shehata is unable to prepare his daughter, which prompts him to ask for an advance from the company. After management refuses, one of the bribed employees takes advantage of the opportunity and offers Shehata received a sum of money in exchange for a trust receipt, which he quickly used against him, especially after Shehata discovered that an incident of embezzlement had occurred.
Money and Women
1960
NRA widowed man lives with his four daughters, but he always preventing them from mixing or working, and when the father goes out on pension, he decides to invest his reward in a company that he later discovers has seized his money, so he falls down the stairs and enters the hospital injured, and the daughters are forced to go down to work.
Me and My Daughters
1961
1950s · 34 titles
7.4Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
Cairo Station
1958
9.0Lula's father Abdel Hamid loses his wallet. Hussain finds it, and returns it to Abdel Hamid . Impressed by his honesty, Abdel Hamid gives him a job. Lola begins to woo him to forget her life with Aziz, and asks him to work for her.
Kiss Me in the Dark
1959
6.6Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.
Prince of Revenge
1950
7.2Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the "Bride of the Nile."
Conflict in the Nile
1959
7.8This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
The Nightingale's Prayer
1959
NRMaster Toha had eleven ex-husbands, but she wants to marry Rashad the driver, who refuses to marry her. Toha attempts to pressure him through his sister but he also refuses, eventually deciding to hire a killer to get rid of him unless he submits himself.
Tuha
1958
7.5Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of him. Contrary to Sultan's expectations, the uncle sent him to an orphanage. When he leaves the orphanage, Sultan fails to find an honest job, and he vows revenge.
They Made Me a Criminal
1954
NRA teacher loves Usta Hassan, the driver of a transport vehicle, and she tries to seduce him in various ways and fails because his heart is occupied with the love of his fiancée. The teacher, the head of a gang, becomes jealous of Usta Hassan because he has the teacher’s love, so he clashes with him, but Usta Hassan overpowers him, and when Hassan refuses to respond to the teacher’s desires, she tries to destroy him. .
Mid-night driver
1958
9.0(Zaatar) works with (Mulabbasa) in the acting troupe managed by (Jawhar). When (Jawhar) learns about the story of (Nagati Pasha's) son who disappeared twenty years ago and has not been found, (Jawhar) offers (Zaatar) to impersonate the son, and Zaatar in turn enjoys a life of luxury with (Nagati Pasha's) family, but he soon learns that (Hiam's) fiancé, (Nagati Pasha's) daughter, is embezzling the Pasha's money, and Zaatar feels guilty over time about what he is doing to this family.
Child For rent
1953
7.4A poor girl lives on the rooftop of a building. Three young neighbors fall in love with her. The decide to help her when they discover that she is seriously ill and in need of an urgent operation.
Our Best Days
1955
5.7The story revolves around the mayor of Morschi married to a dancer whose son was born from his first wife. The mayor exploits the peasantry to achieve his personal ambitions and goals without paying attention to them. After a period, the mayor knows that someone from the ministry will search him, The mayor believes that one of them is the inspector-general of the ministry and approaches him, exploiting the other person to deceive the mayor with his friend and asking him for many bribes.
The General Inspector
1956
10.0Madbouly forces his daughter to sell lottery tickets in cafes, while her two brothers work in the field of pickpocketing. The wealthy Yahya meets Aisha and is sympathetic to her because he finds her very similar to the daughter he lost. The wealthy negotiates with Madbouly to take care of his daughter Aisha in his home and to educate and raise her in the best possible way. In exchange for a monthly salary.
Aisha
1953
8.0The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects this love and marriage, and tries to marry her to an older and wealthy man, to ask her cousin to volunteer in the fleet to help speed up the marriage.
Ismail Yassine In the Navy
1957
8.5Wahid young painter. He is on his way to participate in his new painting exhibition, shocked by a car and insisting on a drawing by Madiha Yousri, the woman fighting for women's rights and equal to the man instead of the old painting. And here talked a lot of comic paradoxes until the marriage between them.
Banat Hawaa
1954
10.0Based on play Othello of William Shakespear. Hafez try to convice his friend that his wife has been unfaithful.
The Female Boss
1958
8.0The film revolves around a lawyer who inherits a huge fortune and falls in love with his neighbor, but her family refuses to complete this marriage and marries her to another man, which prompts him to move to the countryside due to the shock. There, he meets a visual artist and a friendship develops between them that develops into love. The artist supports him amid his financial crisis, which caused him to lose everything he owns.
Life's Wishes
1955
7.0A poor young man loves art and music. There is a love relationship between him and a rich girl. This girl appreciates his art and creation. Her father rejects this relationship, but stands in her way and declares that he does not agree with their marriage. His argument is that the young man is still in the first path of art. His daughter in case the artist stabilizes materially
Faeil Khayr
1953
9.0Osama is a young man who believes in luck but comes across many situations until he is believed to have killed a police recruiter. When this thief knows that Hama is a millionaire, he tries to steal a precious jewel from the treasury until he is finally captured.
Imsk haramy
1958
8.0A young employee prepares to travel to Alexandria to work as a singer in one of its clubs, but his friends take him to Ras El Bar, and in the summer resort he meets a young woman who made him stop traveling, as he caught a cold while trying to save her from drowning. She had pretended that she was about to drown, and a very fast love developed between them. And her uncle sees them.
Miracle from heaven
1956
10.0In two imaginary states consumed by wars, the kings decide to resort to affinity to avoid wars. On the way, the king's son escapes from his guards, but he meets his awaited bride, Set Elhosn , without knowing who she is. He falls in love with her while trying to escape the marriage.
Set Elhosn
1950
7.1A love story similar to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet taking place in the Egyptian Countryside.
Hassan and Nayima
1959
10.0Tahyia lives happily with her husband Hussein, a simple employee, raising their two children Amin and Semsema. She asks her husband to find a better way of earning money, so he turns to the drug trade
عودة الحياة
1959
7.0Farghali, Awad, and Ahmed are three soldiers who meet for the first time after a successful operation against the Zionist forces during the 1948 war. Orders are issued to paratroopers to land in land seized by the Zionists, and in the plane we learn that every pilot has a story.
The Sky Devils
1956
8.0Ahmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's daughter; but he falls in love with Zainab.
Farewell at dawn
1956
9.0A woman aspires to get rich and surrenders to a wealthy old man who will marry her. The wife has a daughter from another man who denies her paternity, and the old man has a son and a daughter from a former wife. The old man indulges in gambling and leaves the rope to his wife in the west. She meets a young man who covets her husband’s wealth, so he blackmails him and plans to get rid of the husband to be inherited by his wife. To implement the plan, she must pretend to love the old man until he shocks the father.
The Time of Miracles
1952
NRDuring the Turkish occupation of the city of Kufa, there was an imam in the city called Juha, who called on the people to be guided and to always follow the straight path. Therefore, his method was to address the people, explaining the disadvantages of this occupation. Therefore, the Turkish ruler saw that Juha had become one of the rioters against them, so he ordered his dismissal from his work as an imam. Rather, he goes so far as to arrest and imprison him, and after a while orders his release, but he still continues his struggle against injustice and oppression.
Mosmar Juha
1952
7.1Anwar Wagdi plays vagabond musician Alfredo, who comes across an abandoned baby in the night. He tries his best to get our heroes someone to take it and raise it. When that fails, he has no choice but to raise it on his own. He names the child, Dabab, after the beautiful woman he's encountered on the street. Years pass and Dahab grows up to be the Faryuz, who is actually cute, talented and far less grating than our Ms. Temple. Many Chaplinesque hijinks ensue as Alfredo and Dahab play music on the streets, try to scam free food wherever they can and convince the owner of a successful nightclub to let Dahab perform.
Gold
1953
7.0The story of Hassan, a wealthy young man whose father seeks to marry him to his cousin, whom he doesn't love.
I Love you Hassan
1958
8.0Afaf who's driven by greed and envy, following her lover Hamid, she steals money from her father's custody who wokrs for Adham. Her brother Mohsen tries to help her,but she rebels. She tricks Adham into marrying her while she treats his daughter Horyia badly.
Zalamt Rohy
1952
NRThe events revolve around the character of the girl Nemat (Sabah), who aspires to have a prosperous life to compensate for the suffering she has endured. Neamat pretends to be rich to lure the wealthy young man Hussein (Shukri Sarhan) into falling in love with her. Nemat's plan faces many difficulties and challenges as events unfold.
Eghraa
1957
9.0Saadia discovers that she is the daughter of a rich man and has a huge inheritance after his death.
الأرض الطيبة
1954
8.5The family of Abu Taqiyya holds the hostility to the pasha who obtained their land from a public auction. This pasha has a daughter who falls in love with an agricultural engineer, and one of her relatives is trying to marry her in the greed of her father's money.
I'll Never Cry
1957
7.0In a dramatic drama, the film revolves around a wealthy person who dies and leaves a will to the family. This commandment states that his wealth is entirely hidden in an unknown place in his palace and whoever finds it is entitled to the family's life.
Halal Aleik
1952
6.8Samir marries Nabila and they live with her mother. Samir’s mother arrives and a quarrel begins, and both mothers-in-law ignite war in the house, which becomes an unbearable hell due to the many quarrels. Samir is guided to marry his mother-in-law and one of his friends actually proposes to her. Nabila gives birth to a child, and this increases the intensity of the quarrels. Who is he? I am more deserving of his care.
Fascinating Mothers-In-Law
1953
1940s · 5 titles
7.3The film takes place in Cairo during the Second World War, where Hassan Abu Tabq (Naguib Al-Rihani) meets the girl Laybeh (Tahiya Karioca), and feelings of love develop between them while Hassan struggles, and things change little by little when a game comes in front of you with a great opportunity to portray a movie star. .
The Lady's Game
1946
7.0Laila lives in the Sayeda Zeinab district. A woman invites her to her palace and introduces her to her fiancé, the young officer Wahid, as the daughter of Pasha Darwish Pasha. Laila is amazed by the palace and the party held there. After a while, Laila turns into a wealthy girl. Wahid's heart falls for Laila. Wahid proposes to Laila from her alleged father, Darwish Pasha, but he discovers her true identity.
Leila, Daughter of the Poor
1945
NRVim Anbar is a lyrical comedy film starring Laila Murad and Anwar Wagdy with a group of stars who participated with Laila Murad in singing the song that is dear to my heart. They are Ismail Yassin, Aziz Othman, Mahmoud Shoukoko,
Anbar
1948
8.7Othman Abdelbaset suffers from the intervention of his mother-in-law in his life with his wife. He always worries about his assistants in the pancake shop he runs until his mother-in-law succeeds in cutting him off with his wife and turning his life into hell. He thinks of committing suicide and introduces his idea to his aides. The three go to sea to carry out the idea, but one of the sailors sees them leading the boat trip to one of the islands and they are on an adventure inside the Prince of the Island where they fight the bad guys who want to take over the island rule
Nour al-Din and the Three Sailors
1944
10.0Shehata works as an accountant in a store that sells birds, arrives to him a letter bearing the news of his acceptance to a new job as an accountant in endowment properties, it happens that a dancer claims that she has a child from the son of the endowment overseer and leaves him for him and everyone knows that there is a child called Helmous, and they don’t know him either a mother or father. The daughter of the head of the endowment takes advantage of this event and claims to be the mother of the child from Shehata.
Abu halmos
1947

