Hussein al-Imam

Acting

Hussein al-Imam

Born 1951-02-08 · Egypt

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.

Acting credits

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

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

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

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story poster
6.5

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

Samir Abu el Nil poster
4.8

Samir Abo El-Nil (Ahmed Makki) lives in a local neighborhood where he gets into problems with its residents because of his stinginess . When his cousin Hussein Abo El-Nil (Hussein Al-Imam) leaves him a fortune , he starts a satellite channel where he discusses his relations with those around him.

Samir Abu el Nil

2013

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One-Zero poster
5.5

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

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

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

Behind the camera

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

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

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

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