Writing

Farouk Saaed

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

24 Hours of Love poster
5.5

After six months at sea, three navy officers return home for a short 24-hour leave, hoping for warmth and affection from their wives. Instead, they're met with cold shoulders and mistrust.

24 Hours of Love

1974

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

Virgo poster
6.0

Fahmy is an ardent believer in horoscopes and manages his life according to them. When a fortune-teller convinces him that his life is connected to a Virgo who has a black birthmark, he discovers that the girl in question is Nana, his friend Adel's fiancée.

Virgo

1970

Rape poster
6.7

Depicts the escape of a poor innocent girl fleeing from three savage rapists.

Rape

1989

Wild Flowers poster
NR

The story discusses the issue of immigration among young Egyptians in the 1960s and 1970s. As Nader and Amira prepare to emigrate abroad, they begin to rethink it after seeing the patriotic feelings of foreigners, who are residing in Egypt, for their countries

Wild Flowers

1972

Schoolgirl's notes poster
8.0

A coming of age story about a dreamy girl.

Schoolgirl's notes

1962

El Hedek Yefham poster
6.1

Gaber the thief steals the stuff of sheikh ashour and goes disguesed as the sheikh to other village to collect donations

El Hedek Yefham

1986

The Circus poster
5.5

One of the traveling circus troupes in the Egyptian villages suffers from many problems due to the small number of spectators and its failure to keep up with the times. The son of the troupe owner, who has finished his studies, comes and tries to develop the troupe, canceling some shows and adding others. He faces opposition from the old members, but he succeeds with the help of all of them.

The Circus

1968