Naeem Essa

Acting

Naeem Essa

Born

1933-01-06 (93)

Place of birth

Alexandrie - Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 11 titles

The Student Cop poster
6.4

The film revolves in the context of romantic comedy and action through the character of a police officer under covered as student in a university and befriends key students to uncover a drug distribution network within the university.

The Student Cop

2004

The Forbidden Talks poster
NR

Police officer (Hossam) succeeds in arresting Dr. (Ryaid) who's sentenced to death in a murder case. But he uncovers other aspects to the murder that points to the involvement of the Mafia that trade narcotic pills.

The Forbidden Talks

2000

The Prince of Darkness poster
5.9

The film revolves around Saeed AL-Masri (Adel Imam), one of the pilots of the October War who lost his eye-sight after his plane crashed during the war. Saeed AL-Masri is forced to live in a home for disabled people that is managed by a very bureaucratic managers which they turn it into a prison.

The Prince of Darkness

2002

Ali Spicy poster
6.0

Ali joins the Faculty of Medicine at the request of his father. He succeeds in treating his patients with psychotherapy which makes the hospital manager jealous, at the same time he becomes a famous star thanks to a cabaret owner, and his success also raises the jealousy of the new singer (Dunya).

Ali Spicy

2005

El Nems poster
4.0

Al Nems is a quarreling microbus driver, and he moves from one job to another, and one day he meets a businessman who is assigned to deliver money with his wife and assistant, while he plots a plot, and he (Al Nems) becomes in the middle of a great adventure.

El Nems

2000

The First Love poster
4.0

Wafaa (Hanan Turk) is in love with Khalid(mustafa amar), her class-mate at University, but Khalid seems to like her cousin Rania (Mona Zaki) When Wafa finds out about this, she tries to lead Rania towards him

The First Love

2000

Hello America poster
5.0

Bakheet receives an invitation from his cousin Nawfal to visit him in America. Bakheet and Adela travel to search for wealth. In order to obtain residency, and to receive substantial compensation following a car accident.

Hello America

2000

The Magician poster
5.8

Bahgat Mansour is an old poor magician that lives a bad life and tries to get a better one by reaching to the rich people. what happens to him and his daughter-that he keeps indoor- then?

The Magician

2002

Peace bro poster
1.0

A young man wants to become a singer, but he discovers that getting into the field is difficult, so his friends try to help him.

Peace bro

2004

Rayya and Sekina at Marina poster
NR

The historical tale of Raya and Sakina, two serial killers, is retold in a contemporary comedic way; however, this time, the story takes place in Marina, a beach resort where Egypt's rich class lives.

Rayya and Sekina at Marina

2006

Kimo & his Friend poster
6.5

Two young people from a popular neighborhood in Alexandria, the first singer Kimo, and the second merged with her husband and the university professor.

Kimo & his Friend

2004

1990s · 15 titles

Bakhit and Adeela 2 poster
5.2

The second part of Lenin al-Ramly and Nader Galaal’s trilogy “Bekheet and Adeela”. A gang of drugs dealers finances Bekheet and Adeela’s parliament campaign. At the end, Bekheet and Adeela figured out that the gang has its hidden agenda, they enter the elections as independents, become members and finally overcome the gang.

Bakhit and Adeela 2

1997

Citizen Masrey poster
6.5

The story of Mayor Abdul Razek al-Sharshabi (Omar al-Sharif) when his younger son, Tawfiq (Khalid al-Nabawi) is called for army recruitment, his wife (Safiya al-Omari), rejects it, suggesting to send someone else to go instead. So the Mayor persuaded a poor father named Abdul-Muqeem (Izzat al-Alayli) to send his only son Masrey instead.

Citizen Masrey

1991

727 poster
NR

727 Starring: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz Hala Sedky Majed El Kadwany Abdullah Farghaly Haggag Abdel Azim El Ghabas Mohamed El Sharqawy Naeem Issa

727

1994

His Highness Hanafy poster
6.2

Hanafi al'abiha steals a jewelry shop with his partners and hides the bag with his brother Ahmad before they were arrested. His three accomplices escape and kidnap Ahmed's wife Duaa until they recover the bag. Hanafi is temporarily released to lead the Police to the place of his colleagues, and the events follow.

His Highness Hanafy

1990

Seaidi fel Gesh poster
NR

In Upper Egypt's Dishna, Kamel works as a primary school teacher, who denounces the behavior of his brother Sayed who reports the gang of Mahmoud al-Hawari to the police. The gang decide to take revenge by attacking a group of houses, including Sayed's house, killing him with his wife.

Seaidi fel Gesh

1993

A Woman Over the Top poster
NR

(Nima Abdul Ghaffar) is a married woman who lives a routine life. She meets a wealthy man who makes her divorce her husband to marry her. But when she gets pregnant,he abandons her. She then discovers that he has taken the marriage contract with him and decides to take revenge.

A Woman Over the Top

1997

The devil who loved me poster
3.0

The police follow the activity of a robbery and pickpocketing gang led by the professor, and his daughter shares with him emotions at work, and Lieutenant-Colonel Salah, who is in charge of arresting this gang, who suffers from the power of his wealthy wife, who gets rid of her through divorce, is freed from her chains, but falls in love with the emotions of the pickpocket and marries her in the hope of revealing the hellish methods For the gang in thefts.

The devil who loved me

1990

A Crime in the Depths poster
NR

Mohsen 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

The Beautiful And The Monsters poster
NR

An advertising company owner gets involved in successive crises due to the weakness of his team, while Naima, a new actress who has fled her addicted stepfather, tries to save the company and fix the situation.

The Beautiful And The Monsters

1996

Circle of Death poster
NR

The film revolves around Zahran, an honest and trustworthy man who decides to establish an association to protect the interests of the people of his town, but Hamido, Zahran's first assistant, cooperates with Zahran's enemies to achieve his own interests.

Circle of Death

1993

The Two Fugitives poster
NR

Mahrous is wrongfully accused of a murder case and flees his village with his wife. When the two save a married woman from some men 's attempt to assault her, the husband rewards them by giving them a job.

The Two Fugitives

1993

A Stranger in the Port poster
NR

Gharib heads to the fishermen's village in search of his brother's killer. He discovers that he was killed by Master Dahi, who controls the fate of the village, by using the boats to smuggle drugs. Gharib decides to have his revenge.

A Stranger in the Port

1995

The Empress poster
NR

Zanouba is a poor maid, who is deceived by Ahmed, the son of her employer, after believing that he loves her. She returns broken to her neighborhood and decides to end her poverty with her brothers Salem and Zinhom, by trafficking drugs. Ahmed becomes a police officer in charge of fighting the drug trade

The Empress

1999

tea seller poster
NR

Afaf works in a coffee shop after she retires from dancing and marries Morsi. Mansour covets her, and charges Morsi with drug trafficking, and succeeds in ruining his relationship with his wife, and get them to divorce. Afaf returns to the world of dancing, and Mansour takes advantage of her to bring drugs from abroad without her knowing.

tea seller

1991

The Captain Has Arrived poster
NR

Sayed is a businessman afflicted with schizophrenia. When his nephew Mahrous comes from his hometown to oversee the institution he owns, Sayed's business manager Raafat tries to exploit Mahrous' naiveté and plots to sabotage Sayed's new projects.

The Captain Has Arrived

1991

1980s · 22 titles

Sayed the Servant Boy poster
8.2

The fugitive Sayed seeks refuge with his uncle who works as a cook for a wealthy family. When the family's daughter gets divorced for the third time, the family enlist Sayed's help to marry her as a mohallel so she could reunite with her husband.

Sayed the Servant Boy

1985

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

Mahasabashi Hisaboh poster
NR

Hasib refuses to work or assume responsibilities because of his father's great wealth, but when his father is imprisoned and his property is seized, Hassib thinks of insuring his life for a large amount and suicide until his father gets money and pays his debts, but things change when Hassib withdraws from the idea after it is too late.

Mahasabashi Hisaboh

1984

Raya and Sakina poster
7.4

Rayya and Sekina, two poor sisters, kill their stepmother Ammuna and seize her gold, and to bury her body, Rayya marries Hasab Allah, and Sekina marries Abdel Aal, who works in the police station, so that he would dispel suspicions against them. Over time, they get used to bringing women to their homes, killing them, and stealing their gold.

Raya and Sakina

1982

Don't Lose Your Mind poster
8.0

Wael is a psychiatry student by day and nightclub worker, he gets acquainted with Salwa in the hospital where he trains and falls in love with her. He feels that there's a big story behind her admission to the hospital and tries to help her despite all the obstacles she faces.

Don't Lose Your Mind

1985

The Hunger poster
7.0

In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley.

The Hunger

1986

We Only Live Once poster
6.6

Dr. Amal decides to move from Cairo to Saloum in an attempt to escape the memories of her fiancé's death in a car accident. She meets the playboy teacher Hani, who was transferred to Saloum as punishment for his disrespect and misconduct. They develop feelings for each other that turn into love.

We Only Live Once

1981

Who is the Thief Between Us poster
4.5

The young journalist, Sahar, meets Hussein in London and they return to Egypt, where he meets her father, Asim, the company manager, from whom his twin brother, Sherif, embezzled a large sum of money. After Sherif gets arrested, Hussein tries to sell everything to help him get out of jail.

Who is the Thief Between Us

1984

The Third Class poster
5.5

A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the management headed by Captain Aouf are reaping benefits effortlessly. To calm their rage Sorour is appointed as their representative in the council only to unravel their scam further, so they continue their revolt.

The Third Class

1988

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

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

The Nobody poster
6.6

The porter (Arafa) suffers from sexual deprivation. He marries the infamous widow (Warda) but his work efficiency is reduced due to frequent sleep with his wife. Morsi arrives in the town and meets Arafa and his friend, the railway worker, Dasouki, to ask them about the bully Asran. They know that Morsi was commissioned by the wealthy Kilani to hire Asran To kill the contractor Fuad Minawi. Arafa claims that he is Asran and receives 2,000 pounds as a down payment to complete the process. Morsi discovers the trick and a battle between Arafa and Asran breaks out. Asran gets killed, but the medical report confirms that Asran died of a heart attack. Kilani asks Arafa to complete the crime, but Arafa refuses, and one of Kelani's agents kills Dasouki and fails to kill Arafa. Arafa decides to take revenge for killing Desouki.

The Nobody

1984

Qaffas al-Harim poster
5.0

Reem's mother dies after being in a heavy accident, so her daughter puts the suffering that happened to her before her eyes, as their mother suffered because of her married husband, and the inferiority view of women in Upper Egypt.

Qaffas al-Harim

1986

The Secret Session poster
7.2

While a business man is driving home, he is stopped by a pregnant woman who asks him to take her to hospital to deliver her baby. A few days later, the woman claims the baby is his.

The Secret Session

1986

Very Confidential poster
NR

Salem is a corrupt merchant who fires the simple employee Shakir, who possesses some documents that incriminate Salem. During the pursuit by Salem's men to retrieve the documents, Shakir hides them in Dr. Aida's clinic without her knowing, and he is killed by Salem's men. His body was dumped on the road after being stripped of anything that could identify him. Salem calls one of his associates to kill the doctor.

Very Confidential

1986

عضة كلب poster
NR

Awni's father gets him a job giving music lessons to his manager's daughter Nihad. As Awni forms a band with his friends to perform in nightclubs, their attempt to get time off to work in Alexandria leads Samir to suggest that they let themselves be bitten by a dog to take sick leave.

عضة كلب

1983

Bayada poster
NR

Bayada has a small restaurant in her hometown, and her fiancé Hassan is fishing. Some foreigners arrive claiming to be searching for the body of their grandfather at the bottom of the sea but they smuggle gold. Khalil helps them and dives for money. Hassan suspects them and starts watching them.

Bayada

1981

Revenge poster
NR

Saadia abandons Salah and marries his rich brother, Gaber. When Saadia loses her child, the police find a baby and she claims that he's her baby while another woman is fighting over the child.

Revenge

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

Almanhus poster
NR

Adel and Salwa love each other and decide to marry, but Adel doesn't have enough money and is reluctant to take this step. Salwa encourages him and reassures her that she will be by his side. They get married but they can't afford to buy an apartment.

Almanhus

1987

Arbab Sawabeq poster
8.0

Businessman Salem receives a phone call from an unknown person threatening him with death if he does not give him an amount of money, so that the police, in cooperation with Salem and the repentant pickpocket Zaki, draw up a plan to place him in their fist and succeed in their mission, so Salem is surprised that the accused is Shawqi's business manager.

Arbab Sawabeq

1988

The Devil's Friends poster
NR

Qamar dies on her wedding night from a random shot. Her husband Jalal decides to take revenge, and resorts to magic in order to reach immortality. He becomes wicked and sinks into sin and everyone decides to get rid of him.

The Devil's Friends

1988

1970s · 10 titles

The Water-Carrier Is Dead poster
7.8

Shousha El-Sakka, fears death because it took his wife. He meets with Shehata, and later knows that he is an undertaker assistant and he becomes pessimistic of him ,but when Shehata dies, Shousha is saddened by his passing.

The Water-Carrier Is Dead

1977

Alexandria… Why? poster
6.5

Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.

Alexandria… Why?

1979

Marriage on Air poster
6.0

When Amira gets fed up with her uptight father, she runs away and seeks refuge with Gharib who works for her father. Gharib gets a letter from his friend Fekry who lives in the US, asking to find him a bride. Amira asks Gharib to recommend her to his friend.

Marriage on Air

1976

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

Qaher El Zalam poster
NR

The film tells the story of the life of Ambed Arab literature Taha Hussein since his childhood in one of the villages of Minya, where he was able to overcome all difficulties despite being blind to leave his mark on literature, cultural scene and the educational system.

Qaher El Zalam

1979

شيلني وأشيلك poster
NR

Alaa lives and grows up in a forest in Africa, and before the death of his father, the ruler of the African country in which he and his son live recommends the necessity for Alaa to return to Egypt, and after his return Alaa finds it very difficult to adapt to the new situation in which he finds himself, until he finds a girl who teaches him to read And writing, and a love story arises between him and her.

شيلني وأشيلك

1977

And Life Is Back poster
9.0

The story revolves around a couple who separate from each other despite the strong love story that brought them together. They deposit their only son in a boarding school, and the parents visit him at school every week, alternating between them. One day, Alaa goes out and does not find his father waiting for him as usual. A gang kidnaps him from in front of the school. The parents report the incident to the police and search for their kidnapped son.

And Life Is Back

1976

Paying the Price poster
5.0

Imad Bemirfat wonders in silence that he is below the level of her social family. He travels abroad to get his doctorate and when he comes back surprised by his agreement with his brother Ala to marry despite the opposition of her brother Nashat, he tries to convince Nadia to get rid of the fetus. .

Paying the Price

1978

The Liar poster
8.0

When Hamdy publishes an investigative report condemning the owner of a textile company and accusing him of embezzlement and bribery, the owner tries to clear his name by getting the factory workers and Hamdy to change their testimony.

The Liar

1975

The Road of Lovers poster
NR

While in Alexandria, Nawal meets Engineer Salah and falls in love with him. She feels that his feelings are not serious because of his hesitation to propose to her, so she decides to leave for Cairo, not knowing that what is preventing him is his serious illness. Nawal is surprised when he is transferred to the hospital to receive treatment.

The Road of Lovers

1978

Series credits

Tamer & Shawkeya poster
8.2

Tamer & Shawkeya follows posh lawyer Tamer who marries Shawkeya, a simple working‑class teacher. Their cultural and social differences lead to hilarious situations as they navigate family expectations, everyday life, and in‑laws in this classic Egyptian comedy of mismatched marriage and domestic chaos.

Tamer & Shawkeya

2006

المصراوية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المصراوية

2007

The Leader of Preachers poster
NR

A biography of Sheikh Muhammad Metwali Al-Sha'raawi since his birth in the village of Daqadous in Dakahlia, his learning of the Holy Quran and enrollment in the religious institute, then his joining to Al-Azhar, and also glimpses of his personal life with his wife and children.

The Leader of Preachers

2002

Justice Has Many Faces poster
7.0

Gaber Ma'moun Nassar, a famous businessman with a good reputation among people, lives a quiet life with his wife and daughter. Throughout his whole life, he has tried to hide the fact that he is an illegitimate child. When a murder occurs and he gets investigated, it reveals his hidden secrets.

Justice Has Many Faces

2001

W Enta Amel Eh poster
7.5

Four childhood friends from the countryside move to Cairo and share a small rooftop apartment. As they adjust to city life, each chases a different dream: Bibo wants to become a singer, Karim hopes to strike it rich through a promotional contest, Abu al-Naja tries to establish himself as a lawyer, and Juaidi struggles to make a success of his agricultural ambitions.

W Enta Amel Eh

1997

Ser El Arad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ser El Arad

1994

عادات وتقاليد Adat W Takaleed poster
NR

Director: Mahmoud Abd Al-Razik (Director) Hamada Abdelwahhab (Director) (more) Writer: Abdullah Barakat (Writer) Cast: Aqeila Rateb Abdelazim Abdelhaqq Salwa Mahmoud Abd El Hafeez El Tetawy Sabri Abdel Aziz Huda Zaki (more)

عادات وتقاليد Adat W Takaleed

1972

Conscience of Teacher Hekmat poster
9.0

Hekmat, 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

The People of the Askar Hamlet poster
NR

The series takes place in the Askar hamlet between two families, the Ouf family has the land and history, while the Shalaby family work as mercenaries and used illegal methods to create false history for themselves. Will they succeed or roots and origins can't be forged?

The People of the Askar Hamlet

2003

رحلة أبو الوفا poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

رحلة أبو الوفا

1991

Dream Travel poster
NR

As Mr. Anis retires from his job at the railroad, he is soon devastated by the utter loneliness he has to live with. Seeking companionship and intimacy, he turns his house into a motel, not for material gain, but for human interaction, for company and friendship.

Dream Travel

1986

A Very Rich Poor Man poster
NR

The events revolve around a man who becomes a billionaire. Initially believing that he possessed the world, he discovers that he is very poor because he lacks peace of mind and reassurance.

A Very Rich Poor Man

2007

قط وفار فايف ستار poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

قط وفار فايف ستار

2000