Ibrahim ElShamy

Acting

Ibrahim ElShamy

Born 1920-01-21 · Egypt

An Egyptian actor, born in 1920 in the village of Abu Sir in Gharbia Governorate, obtained a diploma of industrial high school, then worked with a maintenance weapon in the army, and then moved to reside in the Al-Hussein neighborhood in Cairo, began his relationship with art through his hobby of religious theater, then moved to the national theater where Fattouh mandated him and participated in a number of plays, including (the return of the absent, Qambiz), before he moved to work in the cinema where his first movie (Amal) was in 1952, after which his works between cinema, theater and television came to follow, among his most prominent works (the second wife, the execution of a dead, Battalion of execution), and passed away in 1990 in Cairo Governorate.

Acting credits

The Land poster
8.2

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

The Land

1970

The Second Wife poster
7.4

A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.

The Second Wife

1967

Between Two Palaces poster
6.0

The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.

Between Two Palaces

1964

Diary of a Country Prosecutor poster
7.3

Based on the novel by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, 1937, Diary of A Country Prosecutor records the daily activities and tribulations of a public official appointed to act as a village justice in the countryside.

Diary of a Country Prosecutor

1969

A Woman and a Man poster
5.0

Gasser, who works in one of the quarries, goes to the prostitute Hamida who falls in love with him. Metwally, who works with Gasser in the quarry, loves her, which leads the two men onto a dangerous path.

A Woman and a Man

1971

Neither Seen, Nor Known poster
5.3

The story revolves around Mursi (Adel Imam), a poor history teacher, married and suffering from an ambitious financial crisis in life, who gets involved with an old colleague at the university (Salwa), who runs her house for prostitution and hides him. Salwa uses the naiveté of Morsi to convince him that he attacked her He is drunk to press him to marry her pregnant.

Neither Seen, Nor Known

1983

Ayoub poster
7.7

An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.

Ayoub

1983

In Desert and Wilderness poster
7.5

Fourteen year old Polish boy Stas Tarkowski and eight year old Nel Rawlison from England are kidnapped as the hostages by Arabic fanatics and taken to their religion leader. Then they manage to escape and try to return to their fathers. Children have a lot of dangerous adventures, meet two Black kids; Kali and Mea, who also help them, make a friendship with an elephant and help one Black's tribe.

In Desert and Wilderness

1973

The Flood poster
5.0

A land inherited by the children from their father is worth one million pounds. Before selling it, the uncle offers a contract stating that he bought it from the father before his death. So what do children do?

The Flood

1985

Sahm Allah poster
NR

The film deals with the story of the Khazraj and the Aws and the relations and wars between them and the Jews, and the Jews’ attempts to deal with Islam and Muslims, and to convince the pagan boy Hisham to carry out a plot against the Muslims, so that he can marry his beloved Lamia, whose father refuses their marriage due to his extreme poverty.

Sahm Allah

1958

حلوة يا دنيا الحب poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حلوة يا دنيا الحب

1977

Al Sokkareya poster
NR

The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their impact on their maturity and life paths.

Al Sokkareya

1973

The People and the Nile poster
4.0

The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.

The People and the Nile

1972

Past Love poster
NR

A wife is forced to marry a man she does not love, even though there is a love relationship between her and another young man. After several years, the revolution declared this false social situation, as it tries to resist and eliminate it. Here it clashes with the traditions and the laws of the surrounding community.

Past Love

1973

The Suspect poster
10.0

A broke gambler plans with the manager of a gambling hall to steal money from the safe of a pharmaceutical company that another gambler works for. The gambler betrays his partner , and kills him and mutilates his face. After the doctor leaves his room, everyone thinks that he killed the gambler because of the hatred that existed between them.

The Suspect

1957

لحظات خوف poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لحظات خوف

1972

Who is he in society? poster
NR

Khamis and his brother Khalil poison their father to get rid of him, after he threatens to write his fortune to his new born son Hamada, who he had after marrying his maid Firdaws. Firdaws is accused of killing her husband because she brought him food without knowing about his sons' plot, while Khamis and Khalil get rid of their little brother by leaving him in the middle of Cairo's traffic to get lost. Hajj Younis finds the child and takes care of him, then he joins the music institute, and a love story develops between him and his colleague Souad.

Who is he in society?

1982

The Penalty poster
8.7

A historical drama that shows the struggle of the Egyptian people against the British occupation and the numerous sacrifices people made in order to achieve freedom, equality and human dignity in a fight for the country they love dearly.

The Penalty

1965

Ossfour Laho Anyab poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ossfour Laho Anyab

1987

The Unknown Man poster
NR

Safia is a beautiful girl from the countryside, who is loved by two men: Rashwan, the mayor's son, and Hamid, the poor young man. Her father approves her marriage to Rashwan, but Rashwan soon changes his mind, as he tries to get close to Hamdiya, Hamid's sister.

The Unknown Man

1965

Love also dies poster
NR

A love story develops between the famous artist Abkar and the famous writer Murad Fahim. Despite his boss Mustafa Rushdi's warning to him about the fear of this relationship, which may affect his professional life, it develops, and he finds himself at a crossroads between choosing to continue with her or paying attention to his work.

Love also dies

1988

The Intruder poster
NR

a symbolic take on the Jewish occupation of Palestine.

The Intruder

1967

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool poster
7.0

In a historical story, the film narrates the life story of Bilal bin Rabah, the great muezzin who suffered a difficult life and great torment until the emergence of Islam and the most famous of his Islam at the hands of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool

1953

Ragol Bima'n Al-kalima poster
6.0

Major General Ezz El-Din travels to Tunisia to arrest Mohsen, who left Egypt years ago after being wrongfully accused of killing his daughter. Mohsen lives in Tunisia and is married to Magda. He has become a successful businessman. Mohsen confesses to Ezz El-Din that his daughter Nadia was involved in a relationship with her colleague Nabil, who brought love between them.

Ragol Bima'n Al-kalima

1978