Hussein al-Imam

Acting

Hussein al-Imam

Born — Died

1951-02-08 — 2014-05-17

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Hussein is an actor, a musician and a producer. He is the son of director Hassan el-Emam and has sung at several events. Hussein is married to the female artist Sahar Ramy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and he has had a brilliant performance on the 2002 comedy show “Hussein ‘ala al-Hawaa” (“Hussein On the Air”) which was followed by “Hussein fee al-Studio” (“Hussein in the Studio”) in 2003.

Known for

Al-Gama'a poster
7.0

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Al-Gama'a

2010

Hawanem Garden City poster
NR

In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.

Hawanem Garden City

1997

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

أحزان مريم poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أحزان مريم

2006

Good Mood poster
8.0

The drug dealer, Afandina, tries to monopolize the drug trade in his neighborhood, but he has a tough rival in Al-Noah and his son Bara'a, who want to take revenge on Afandina for killing Gharib Al-Noah.

Good Mood

2013

Words on Paper poster
8.0

When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

Words on Paper

2014

Film credits

2000s · 7 titles

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story poster
6.3

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

2009

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

One-Zero poster
5.6

Many characters of different backgrounds with various problems have their lives intertwine, as they come together through the one thing that unites them; their love of Egypt as Egypt wins the African Cup.

One-Zero

2009

Son of Wealth poster
5.0

Farid 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

The Red Rose poster
NR

A love story between (Salah) and (Gamila) ends and years later they meet again after she married Azmi al-Damanhuri,one of the big smugglers. (Gamila) tries to get back with (Salah) but he refuses and Azmi finds out about them and goes through a psychological conflict with them.

The Red Rose

2000

Like That in Zamalek poster
NR

Nizar is a young broke aristocrat who lives off women. He uses a man he met called Saeed in a scam to steal an old millionaire's fortune for his wife Rukaiya, while the millionaire wants to leave his wealth to his missing son in Lebanon who's wanted by the mafia.

Like That in Zamalek

2002

Moments of Femininity poster
1.8

A depiction of the lives of four young girls, Mona, Amira, Layali and Salma, who have developed intimate friendships over the years. When they finish their studies, they part ways as each pursues a different path, and each encounters obstacles along the way.

Moments of Femininity

2008

1990s · 13 titles

Ice Cream in Glim poster
7.2

Seif works in a video rental store, and lives with a group of young men aspiring for a better life. Seif tries to prove himself worthy by showcasing his singing talent, to the disappointment of the store's owner who fires him. Seif ends up in jail, where he meets a leftist student and poet, who introduces him to an infamous old composer, and they form a trio and take their art to the streets.

Ice Cream in Glim

1992

Lobster poster
5.4

Abbas is an interior architect living in Hurghada. He gets into a quarrel with Ismat, the owner of the villa which Ahmed is working on, that ends with her causing him a permanent disability. When he decides to sue her, her mother Zohira convinces her to marry him.

Lobster

1996

Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine poster
7.2

This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.

Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine

1991

The Chicest Man in Roxie poster
5.4

Hassan and Rabea are two young men living in the Roxy area of Cairo. Rabea succeeds as a popular singer with the help of his good friend Hassan.

The Chicest Man in Roxie

1999

Kaborya poster
5.0

Hassan Hudhud is a poor boxer who dreams of championships and glory. He accidentally takes part in a match at the mansion of a wealthy man who admires him. He soon gets rich and moves into the mansion.

Kaborya

1990

Ballo Ballo poster
NR

In the framework of a comedy revolves around theatrical play some people working within the circus and link them to some of the positions of comedian and theatrical show where they know a rich girl was connected with the circus in the university period, talking many comedy events

Ballo Ballo

1995

Stories of an Estranged poster
8.0

Between the Setback of 1967 and the glorious October War, Abdel Rahman feels despair following the defeat of his homeland as he witnesses the changes that occurred to the people and their journey from despair to determination to restore their land and dignity.

Stories of an Estranged

1992

O Lovely Life poster
7.0

Batta, Sakina, and Nawal .. Three friendly girls, neighbors from one lane, with similar difficult social conditions and also the dream of marriage before spinsterhood.

O Lovely Life

1996

Silence! poster
7.0

The married couple Hommos and Halawa perform their choreographic show in the street, to the amusement of a record label owner who records a song for them. When a famous singer called Ghandour steals their song, they embark on a journey to take revenge.

Silence!

1991

Silence of Sheep poster
NR

Dr. Gomaa devises a special invention for the manufacture of medicines from medicinal herbs. His son, Dr. Hossam, is preparing to marry his colleague Huda, but Hossam is surprised by his father's death and stealing his invention. He decides to take revenge on the murderers after a journey of searching and investigation.

Silence of Sheep

1995

El-Kafeer poster
NR

The Egyptian intelligence service uses the Egyptian young man Akram, who is renowned for his genius in the field of aeronautical engineering. In order to study and know the secrets of the "Al Kafir" plane, the intelligence officer, General Yehya Iham Akram, is trying to go to France to repair the Concorde. Akram convince them at the airport that he arrived from Rome wrong but that the Israeli intelligence prepares him easy prey and recruit him after being brutally tortured, and his coach Margo, who is in love with him, and turns Margo on her device and decide to secede, and trial, is handed over to others, and Akram Aflat of Mossad men , And hijack the plane Alkafir and then destroy it and jump Parachute to be picked up by the Egyptian intelligence.

El-Kafeer

1999

Pizza Pizza poster
NR

The story revolves around three friends who went to their fourth boyfriend and worked on opening a pizza restaurant.

Pizza Pizza

1998

Chocolate Coated poster
NR

The film revolves around a gang planning an armed robbery of a bank. During the execution of the operation, they cause the death of many of the bank's patrons, and they succeed in escaping, but problems arise between the gang members, and they begin to get rid of each other one by one because of their greed for a larger share of the spoils, while the gang leader thinks of getting rid of everyone to seize it for himself.

Chocolate Coated

1994

1980s · 7 titles

The Pursued poster
NR

In the fourth story of the epic of Harafish, Samaha Al-Nagy grandson of Ashour al-Nagy decides to marry Mahlabia. But Al-Qalali the bully of the neighborhood wants to marry her. When Samaha and Mahlabia try to escape, the men of Al-Qalali kill Mahlabia and frame Samaha, who flees to Upper Egypt.

The Pursued

1985

The Slaughterhouse poster
NR

Teacher Abu Halqa succeeds in buying all the animals from the markets to become the only teacher in the slaughterhouse. Teacher Najm reluctantly agrees to make peace with Teacher Abu Halqa and also agrees to the marriage of his daughter Safaa to Abu Halqa's second son, the engineer Alaa. On the wedding night, Teacher Najm agrees with one of his men to kill Omar, Teacher Abu Halqa's first son.

The Slaughterhouse

1982

Alfarysa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alfarysa

1986

Do not wrong women poster
NR

Fatima works as a maid in the villa of the wealthy Hamouda, kills him and turns herself in to the police. During the interrogation, she refuses to disclose the motive for the murder. During the investigation, lawyer Ahmed discovers that Hamouda was killed with three bullets, while Fatima admits that she shot him with one bullet.

Do not wrong women

1980

The Berry and the Cane poster
3.0

Set in old Cairo, Hassouna (Hamdy Gheith) is a mean thug who collects money from people for protection. He prosecutes Ashour El Nagy's (Ezzat El Alaily) family, who transform from wealth to poverty. Hassouna forces Ashour to divorce his wife and leave the neighborhood, and then tries to marry her.

The Berry and the Cane

1986

The Snakes poster
NR

Shedid, a contractor who owns a large company in Alexandria where his brother works, discovers during digging at one of the sites a Pharaonic cemetery. He tries to keep the contents of the cemetery for himself to smuggle it abroad and everyone starts betraying one another out of greed.

The Snakes

1986

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

1970s · 9 titles

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

Bamba Kasher poster
7.0

The diplomat Mahmoud marries the dancer Bamba and she gives birth to a daughter, Laila. His father, Ra'fat Pasha, forces him to divorce her and takes his granddaughter to raise. Bamba becomes a famous dancer, and her home becomes a meeting place for wealthy men including Ra'fat, who falls for her.

Bamba Kasher

1974

Hob Fauq Al-Burkan poster
NR

Ahmed and Nawal's half-brother (Hussein) steals Ahmed's money to spend on the dancer (Dusa). Nawal pawns jewelry with (Umm Jaber), the moneylender, in order to give (Hussein) the money. Ahmed goes to retrieve Nawal's jewelry, and at the same time, Hussein kills Umm Jaber. Ahmed runs away from the house in panic. Nima sees him leaving and thinks he is the killer. As she goes down to catch him, she falls and loses her sight. Ahmed feels guilty, so he marries her.

Hob Fauq Al-Burkan

1978

Prayer of the oppressed poster
NR

Manar marries a wealthy man while she is in a relationship with Medhat. He sends her letters in the name of Nabila, her brother Sharaf's wife, but divorces her when he gets his hands on one of them. He suspects his paternity of Mervat and hands her over to a teacher who runs a pickpocket den.

Prayer of the oppressed

1977

Wantaha Al-Hob poster
NR

Ahmed is engaged to Souad, and on the wedding night, Souad is shot dead by a stray bullet. The wedding turns into a funeral, and Ahmed suffers from severe depression. Souad's father grieves over the death of his eldest daughter, so before his death, Ahmed recommends his younger daughter Zizi to him and asks him to marry her, but he refuses. He lives on the memory of his beloved Souad, while raising her younger sister Zizi. His feelings for her, who greatly resembles his late sister, grow stronger. An internal conflict begins between longing for his beloved and her sister.

Wantaha Al-Hob

1975

Meet poster
NR

Three young fresh graduates who cannot adapt to their society and feel alienated, (Kamal) the young scientist who does not adapt with the few possibilities to do research that benefit his country, (Mustafa) the young man concerned with the issues of the country who collides with the opinions of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper in which he works as a journalist, (Nabil) In front of him, manifestations of corruption and embezzlement continue in the hospital in which he works, and he is unable to do anything, so they feel despair, and he decides to emigrate.

Meet

1977

El-Ganna Taht Qadmeha poster
NR

(Zainab) works in a factory to raise her daughter (Nemat) and son (Hussein), but she refuses to marry (Ayoub). The factory owner tries to trap Zainab, but she pushes him back. So Ayoub decides to burn the factory, rob and kill its owner, the crime succeeds, he changes his personality, and becomes rich, and (Zainab) is accused of the crime and imprisoned, (Hussein) grows up, and becomes a lawyer, while (Nemat) works as a tailor, and she believes that getting rich by any means is the solution. (Zainab) escapes from prison to meet her children, and searches for evidence of her innocence, which is a letter hidden by her brother (Ahmed).

El-Ganna Taht Qadmeha

1979

Queen of Tarab poster
NR

The movie "Sultana of Tarab" is an Egyptian biographical musical film that tells the story of the legendary Egyptian singer Mounira El Mahdeya who was widely known as the "Sultana of Tarab"

Queen of Tarab

1979

Badia Masabni poster
NR

The life story of the artist Badia Masabni, from her childhood, through her rape in her hometown in Lebanon, her migration to Egypt, her work as a dancer, her marriage to Najib Al-Rihani, her work as an actress, their divorce, the withholding of taxes on her theater, her selling of the theater to the dancer Biba, her escape with her money to Lebanon, her birthplace, and her death alone.

Badia Masabni

1975

Series credits

Al-Gama'a poster
7.0

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Al-Gama'a

2010

Hawanem Garden City poster
NR

In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.

Hawanem Garden City

1997

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

أحزان مريم poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أحزان مريم

2006

Good Mood poster
8.0

The drug dealer, Afandina, tries to monopolize the drug trade in his neighborhood, but he has a tough rival in Al-Noah and his son Bara'a, who want to take revenge on Afandina for killing Gharib Al-Noah.

Good Mood

2013

Words on Paper poster
8.0

When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

Words on Paper

2014

6 Tahrir Square poster
NR

The series revolves around a group of young people who live in the same hostel in Tahrir Square, and experience many funny and comedic situations during their stay together.

6 Tahrir Square

2009

Behind the camera

The Chicest Man in Roxie poster
5.4

Hassan and Rabea are two young men living in the Roxy area of Cairo. Rabea succeeds as a popular singer with the help of his good friend Hassan.

The Chicest Man in Roxie

1999

The Chicest Man in Roxie poster
5.4

Hassan and Rabea are two young men living in the Roxy area of Cairo. Rabea succeeds as a popular singer with the help of his good friend Hassan.

The Chicest Man in Roxie

1999

Kaborya poster
5.0

Hassan Hudhud is a poor boxer who dreams of championships and glory. He accidentally takes part in a match at the mansion of a wealthy man who admires him. He soon gets rich and moves into the mansion.

Kaborya

1990

Like A Matchstick poster
7.0

A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.

Like A Matchstick

2016

Like A Matchstick poster
7.0

A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.

Like A Matchstick

2016

Like That in Zamalek poster
NR

Nizar is a young broke aristocrat who lives off women. He uses a man he met called Saeed in a scam to steal an old millionaire's fortune for his wife Rukaiya, while the millionaire wants to leave his wealth to his missing son in Lebanon who's wanted by the mafia.

Like That in Zamalek

2002