
Acting
Waheid Seif
Born — Died
1939-03-20 — 2013-01-19
Place of birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
77 titles
An Egyptian actor specializing in comedic roles, he held a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Alexandria University. During his university years, he joined the Alexandria theater troupe and performed in numerous plays. He moved to Cairo in 1968 and made his cinematic debut in 1971 with the film *Zawjati wal-Kalb* (My Wife and the Dog); he subsequently rose to fame, appearing in dozens of productions across film, theater, and television. His most notable works include *Shari’ Mohamed Ali*, *Al-Mal wal-Banoun*, *Mohami Khol’*, *Sayed El-Atefy*, and *Ayez Haqqi*. He passed away in January 2013 at the age of 73, following a long battle with illness. He was married three times; his first…
Known for
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اجري ..اجري ..اجري
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
النوّة
1991
NRAs the Israeli forces occupy Sinai prior to the War of Attrition, they use an excavator to dig deep in the land, under the pretext they're searching for oil. When the Egyptian authorities discover their true intentions, they try to stop the excavator from reaching Bab El-Mendab.
The Excavator
1996
NRThe idealistic rural man Abo El-Ela resumes his journey with his family, as he struggles to fight corruption and greed around him while trying to keep his loved ones away from trouble.
Abo El-Ela 90
1996
NRIn Alexandria, a girl goes out to work in trade in order to provide for her siblings and afford their education, an endeavor that leaves her exposed to a lot of difficulties as she tries to keep the family together.
The Foul Wind
1991
NRAs a senior at the AUC prepares his graduation project about street children, he meets a homeless girl who offers him a unique insight into the lives and problems of street children, and the factors that made them what they are.
Homeless Kids
2006
Film credits
2000s · 8 titles
5.4A musical comedy telling the story of a mother who is trying to raise her son Sayyed after her husband's death. However, her son faces problems whether at college or with his uncle.
Romantic Sayed
2005
5.3The film revolves around a young man named "Abu Arabi" who works in commerce, but does not succeed. However, he wants to marry a girl called "Mahja", but her father refuses because he wants to marry his daughter to a clothing vendor.
Mr. Abu Al-Araby Arrived
2005
5.8A wealthy woman who owns a designer cloth factory, goes to a lawyer asking to be divorced from her 3 months husband because he snores.
Her Divorce Lawyer
2002
6.1A down-to-earth, struggling taxi driver (Ramzi) discovers, by sheer chance, that his country's constitution grants him a share in the nation's entire public property. He proceeds to collecting power-of-attorney documents from over 50% of the population in order to literally sell out the country so that he could get married.
I Want My Right
2003
4.8The film revolves around the families of Shehata Hussein and Salim Abu Nawas (Salah Eidullah and Izzat Abu Auf), one of whom belongs to Zamalek football Club and the other to Al-Ahli football Club. Both families have a lot of hostile feelings because of their extreme football fanaticism. Abeer Abu Nawas (Bushra) is in love with Hassan Ibn Shehata (Ahmed Azmi), which puts this story of love in front of the obstacle of football fanaticism of both families.
Al-Zamahlawia
2008
4.3No synopsis available yet.
God Save Gomaa
2007
6.0Ali 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
5.3After having no job, Medhat goes to work in a hotel in Sinai and he helps his friend Majid to get a job there. When Majid saves the life of an American tourist, she gives him third of her wealth before she dies, provided that he implements the will for the benefit of Israeli authorities.
Look & Admire
2001
1990s · 4 titles
Millionaire Bahgat, the owner of an investment company, plots to frame four of his employees for a crime they did not commit. However, they manage to escape. Sana, the lawyer and fiancée of one of them, sets out to prove their innocence and is joined by Colonel Adel after his investigation uncovers evidence implicating Bahgat. But higher authorities order Colonel Adel to stop investigating Bahgat’s illegal activities. Convinced of Bahgat’s guilt and the young men’s innocence, Colonel Adel decides to resign and join forces with Sana in her mission to expose the truth.
Chasing the Forbidden
1993
9.0Shaheen falsely imprisons Kamel and exploits his son Mahmoud as a servant.
The servant
1990
NR(Ibrahim), the sea is a good character and loves the daughter of his aunt (Huda), but progress (strange) colleague of the fierce Navy to her speech, although he is a woman and the wife of many women's adventures, and also advances (Shalduma) the rich butcher to marry Huda also changed his name to (Shoshu) , But Huda is about Ibrahim's love only, and a drug gang is exploiting a stranger to promote her poisons at home using beautiful girls.
El Tayeb Wil Sharess Wil Wahsh
1990
NRFaten Tawfiq TV presenter. Her husband, the businessman, is killed by the instructions of some corrupt officials in the field of importation. Faten seeks to uncover these corrupt people, coincidentally meets Ali Hawara, an archive officer at an open-minded company, with documents in his hand condemning these bad guys. Faten filmed a ring with an official and faced with these documents. The video and documents suddenly disappear. Faten and Ali get the video and documents again. The bandits chase them to prevent Faten from reaching the television building for the radio station and is assassinated.
The Assassination of Faten Tawfik
1995
1980s · 31 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
افتح المحضر
1986
6.4After 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
NRThe plot revolves around their attempts to be together. Farouk, seeking to find a way to Shiki’s heart, plays the rebab, but his efforts are in vain. In the end, he decides to take his own life, but even that brings him no relief. In the finale, the couple realizes that their love was just an illusion created by the music, and they decide to part ways for good.
Asfoor we Daboor
1989
NRThe film follows the dramatic and suspenseful love story of Mokhtar and Rawda, who decide to get married despite Rawda’s father Fares refusing to approve of their marriage. After the wedding, Fares is kidnapped for ransom. When Mokhtar succeeds in rescuing him, Fares changes his mind and finally agrees to the marriage.
Conqueror of the Knights
1988
7.7A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.
The Bus Driver
1982
5.0The story of the small play revolves around the husband’s preoccupation with his wife and daughter, because of work, money collection, and his friend who suffers from his wife’s preoccupation with him all the time to take care of her public and external appearance without caring for him.
El Soghayara
1982
8.2Sara and Mohy hold the Koran and then travel with her father, the great contractor Mounir Rahmi to Aswan.There she discovers that her father does not want to complete the wedding procedures and seeks to marry her to another young man she does not like.He flies to Cairo. After the father announces a financial reward for those who find it, Mamdouh makes sure that Sarah exchanges feelings of love and agree to marry after trying to convince Mohi divorce.
A Warm Winter Night
1981
6.2Shehata Abu Kaff, goes to Cairo to play for Zamalek club. The club buys him an apartment, but the owner sells the apartment to him and to another lady.
Stranger In My House
1982
6.2Said the officer in Vice Squad is shocked by the decision of his boss to stop the investigation into the case of Alia Hanim because of her connections with officials and turns into a rigid person. When Said has information that some women visit a flat and practice fornication , he tries to prove the charge against them even by falsification.
A File in Vice
1986
6.1Ramadan is a poor young employee who wants to marry his fiancée Alia but can't afford it. He plans to steal and hide the employees' salary bag, then turn himself in and serve his sentence so that he can get married after. Upon his release, he finds out that another gang stole the money bag.
Ramadan On The Volcano
1985
NRDirected by: Saeed Madbouly (Director) Muhammad Al Sharif (Director) Written by: Naguib Najm (Author) Ahmed Helmy (Author)
Wesh El Saad
1987
NRAsim is a novelist who is busy writing a new novel at the urging of the publisher. Imad is chasing him and deluding him that he derives his ideas from him, and that there is a hidden force between them that transmits his ideas to Asim Lutfi’s mind, causing him to suffer a psychological condition that stops him from writing, he travels to Alexandria to complete the story, Imad contacts him and provides him with some evidence that proves the mental telepathy between them, which confirms that Emad is the author of all works published by Issam and were the reason for his fame.
The Devil Sings
1984
NRAfter finishing her studies abroad , Hanan (Laila Alawi) returns to the home of her wealthy father Salem (Ahmed Mazhar), who's married to Inayat (Souad Hussein). She meets Ahmed (Iman El Bahr Darwish) who works for her father and her stepmother tries to get rid of him so that Hanan marries her son.
A Tale in Two Word
1985
NRHassan Shawish simple hope to find an apartment and marry his fiancée, which competes to win her cousin is well. In his work, he has to sneak into a drug gang and his life changes afterwards.
El Shaweesh Hassan
1988
4.5The play is about a simple, poor man who decides to steal a million pounds from a wealthy businessman, and go to jail to hide from him.
Al-Kashash
1983
NRSina' learns of the numerous affairs her husband Shakir has had with other women. At this time, she gets to know Hashem, and they become increasingly close. Hashem learns of the dysfunctions within Sina’’s family and tries to take advantage of this for his own interests, specially after meeting Arfan, the husband of Sina’s sister. Arfan uses Sina’s sister’s money for his own projects, and tries to pressure his daughter Hoda into marrying a rich Arab man.
House of the Poisoned Family
1986
NR(Al-Darmali) asks for a gift from (Safwat) to give it to his fiancee, so he involves (Safwat) in dealing with (Badawi) the dealer of stolen goods, then the events escalate to (Al-Darmali) be involved in events in which he did not expect to be involved.
Hob Wa Takhshiba
1987
5.6Lions Football club Abdul Ghaffar (Amin Al Hunaidi) decides to be a football team of his factory workers, but the disease is severe and recommends his son Mansour (Younis Shalabi), to take over the management of the factory and the team to succeed him and face financial problems, so Mansour turned to his manager and his friend (Samir Ghanem), To develop a plan for the advancement of the team will they succeed?
4-2-4
1981
NRFathy is a journalist who is married to Suheir, a successful TV presenter. Fathy suffers from failure because none of his articles are published. He tries to achieve fame by committing a fake murder and provides the police with an unknown mutilated body that he took from an undertaker.
All Is Well
1984
NRThe film revolves around Aziza, Gamalat and Lawahez (Boussy, Elham Shaheen and Dalal Abdel Aziz), three friends from a working-class neighborhood who work in the bag trade with Mrs. Nazaga. A disagreement occurs between them and they leave work with her, so a famous bag trader and her assistant Harbi exploit them to travel to Europe under the pretext of buying evening dresses. In reality, drugs are smuggled in their bags without their knowledge, and on one of their trips they are arrested.
Banat Haretna
1987
5.0Ezzat and Hassan are friends and co-workers. Hassan admires Soad but he can't tell her about his feelings because of his shyness. He asks his friend Ezzat to tell her instead, but things don't go as expected. Ezzat also receives letters from an unknown person threatening to kill him.
Whatever You Do, It's Always That Way
1982
NRMukhaymar does not succeed in any job, whether as a lawyer or even an electrician, so he decides to travel to Cairo to search for a new opportunity. On the train, two thieves take advantage of him and put the money of their thefts in his bag, and drive him to a hotel near the station so that they can get the money, but the money suddenly disappears, which changes the course of events.
Mekhemar Is Always Ready
1982
6.5A train driver kills his wife for cheating on him with his assistant whom he tries to kill as well. They get into a fight and fall from the train, leaving the panicked passengers heading to a disaster.
The Train
1986
7.7A doctor finds herself criminally involved in a baseless crime after a minor accident causes unbelievable mischief and trouble. She spends her days in police stations, security services and hospitals waiting for her lawyer to prove her innocence.
Jail Cell
1984
7.0Magda marries her lover Hassan, but on the first day of the honeymoon the market breaks into it, and it breaks in front of him. She begins in her husband's papers, recognizes the image of a murderer through his voice, and begins to take revenge.
The Iron Lady
1987
NRMohsen struggles to revive his father's tannery but debt accumulates as Khalil monopolizes the leather trade in the neighborhood.
Walls of Tanneries
1983
NRDrug 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
NRCaptain Rateb falls seriously ill. Tawfiq, the port worker, offers to let him pass a bag of drugs through customs in exchange for a large sum of money. He agrees to secure his children's future, but regrets it and throws the bag into the sea. Gang members kidnap him and he is surprised to find out that his friend Nazih is the leader of the gang. Rateb manages to escape, and Nazih threatens to kill his three children after kidnapping them if he does not return the bag to him.
Al Ashqia
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
They are Gang, Dad
1982
4.0Naima escapes from her stepfather's house, and works in Sherazade's nightclub who gives her the artistic name 'Layal' and she becomes a famous dancer. She falls in love with journalist Galal and hopes to marry him.
Lial
1982
8.0Soria works in the theatrical troupe "Asfour Troupe" and marries the director, Essam, despite the actor Shaker being in love with her. Essam travels abroad, and the ship he's on sinks. After the legal waiting period for a missing spouse passes, Soria marries Shaker. Essam suddenly returns, shocking everyone with his reappearance. He is unaware that his wife married his friend during his absence. Soria is torn – Essam insists on reclaiming her, while she feels affection for both husbands. Sensing Soria's inner conflict, Shaker divorces her and marries his colleague Sanaa. Meanwhile, Essam returns to Soria once again.
Bride and two grooms
1982
1970s · 16 titles
NRAhmed, a taxi driver, returns a forgotten handbag to Yasmine, a nightclub singer, earning her gratitude. As she's pressured by her boss and pursued by Mokhtar, her son Ezzat runs away. Bringing Ezzat back, draws Ahmed and Yasmine closer.
Life Cabaret
1977
6.8In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.
Karnak
1975
7.5It is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a divorce, but he refuses. She is forced to go to court and file a divorce. Doria falls into the maze of the courts and is exposed to a series of problems and obstacles that undermine her dignity. Things get complicated when the husband comes with false witnesses testifying against her in secret. She loses her case after more than four years.
I Want a Solution
1975
6.5A married couple on their honeymoon lives in an eccentric apartment as they discover that they have peculiar neighbors who share their apartment illegally. The double stay at the apartment brings a series of ironic events.
Take Care of Your Neighbors
1979
6.9Zarifa objects the marriage of her daughter Mona from Tahsin, as she wants her married to a wealthy man, while Ashour, Mona's father, supports the marriage. Zarifa dies, and Ashour, Mona and Tahsin settle on a wedding date, only to see Zarifa's spirit appearing to them trying to spoil their plans.
Forbidden at the Wedding Night
1975
4.5Antar, the poor garbageman, falls in love with the daughter of a prominent lawyer, who is a resident at one of the buildings he's working in. Thinking that she's a maid, he proposes to her but her father insults him and throws him out. Antar decides to take revenge in his own way.
Beware, Gentlemen
1978
4.7A girl leaves behind her past life as a dancer working in Mohammed Ali Street and enters college. Her ambition is to acquire knowledge and to leave behind her former life. She finds herself in a relationship with a young man from an affluent background and thus becomes conflicted between her two lives.
Watch Out for Zuzu
1972
NRThe 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
NRSaber works as a courier in a government department. He seeks to raise the amount of embezzlement, so as not to imprison his son.
Be Good to Your Parents
1976
7.4Chief Morsy is a lightkeeper staying at a faraway lighthouse. He marries So'aad and shortly returns to the lighthouse where he recounts to Nour his adventures with women. When he sends his wife a letter with Nour, Morsy grows suspicious of his wife's fidelity. Suspicions nourished by his jealousy.
My Wife & the Dog
1971
NRThe story of the death of the Egyptian scientist Rauf is spreading after his disappearance, but his daughter Shahira cooperates with the journalist Sami Wahdan in search of her father, to find him hiding in Beirut for fear of secret papers that include all his research that some criminal gang wants to steal from him.
The Invisible Trick
1979
6.7The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather, whereupon Shafiqa is forced to succumb to the temptations of Diab, the district chief's son. As their sinful relationship is revealed, she is forced to leave for Asyut, where she becomes the mistress of Al Tarabishi, the supplier of slaves.
Shafiqa and Metwally
1978
5.9The film's events revolve around a family consisting of seven children, and the work discusses the problems of each son, such as Nabila, whose husband refuses to have children and threatens to separate her when he learns of her pregnancy, as well as the problems of university students between ambition and love. The film reviews the difficulties that parents face in bearing the burdens of their children.
The Grandson
1975
NRFarid is a student at the College of Veterinary Medicine. He has a love story with Samira, his cousin. Three girls are trying to obtain a marriage contract to guarantee a job outside Egypt, but they can only find Farid. Farid marries the four of them, including the club owner, under the urging of his financial circumstances.
The Lucky Groom
1974
NRThe orphan little girl Sokar lives with the gang headed by Atris and Zakia who train children to beg and pickpocket. Atris tells Zakia that Sokar is the daughter of a wealthy man and that her uncle incited Atris to get rid of her to inherit his brother. What will become of the poor girl?
Behold How Bold Is Sokkar
1977
7.2The people of the town agree to buy a plow, they collect the money and task Rajab to go to Cairo to buy it. Once he arrives, he meets the professional pickpocket Bulbul who steals the money. Rajab tries to look for the thief and recover the money at all costs.
Ragab on a Hot Tin
1979
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اجري ..اجري ..اجري
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
النوّة
1991
NRAs the Israeli forces occupy Sinai prior to the War of Attrition, they use an excavator to dig deep in the land, under the pretext they're searching for oil. When the Egyptian authorities discover their true intentions, they try to stop the excavator from reaching Bab El-Mendab.
The Excavator
1996
NRThe idealistic rural man Abo El-Ela resumes his journey with his family, as he struggles to fight corruption and greed around him while trying to keep his loved ones away from trouble.
Abo El-Ela 90
1996
NRIn Alexandria, a girl goes out to work in trade in order to provide for her siblings and afford their education, an endeavor that leaves her exposed to a lot of difficulties as she tries to keep the family together.
The Foul Wind
1991
NRAs a senior at the AUC prepares his graduation project about street children, he meets a homeless girl who offers him a unique insight into the lives and problems of street children, and the factors that made them what they are.
Homeless Kids
2006
NRA social drama that depicts the life of the family of Hob, a bank manager, and his wife Wahba, a housewife, in a family setting that reflects their struggles with their children and their families, as well as many comic situations that occur along the way.
A Very Crazy Family
2007
8.4Youssef Ibn Abbas wants to marry Salama's daughter Ferial, but they clash with the family's rejection despite the strong friendship between Abbas and Salama. Youssef discovers that his father and Salama were working for Khawaja raising his wealth from smuggling antiquities outside Egypt, after Al-Khawaja's death, he takes the money while Abbas refrains and tries to keep his children away from Salama's sons.
The Fortune and the Progeny
1992
NRMr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry carries a lot of good values for a life that is close to the utopian city. When he retires, he decides to live his life helping his relatives after he adopts the daughter of a friend from work and goes to Cairo.
Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey
1986
No synopsis available yet.
عباسية واحد
1997
NRA young scientist arrives in an Egyptian village as a series of mysterious murders occurs, with each victim found decapitated.
Spider
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
قط وفار فايف ستار
2000
No synopsis available yet.
ناس و ناس
1989
NRThe husband of the businesswoman (Gulnar) dies in a plane crash, and she later discovers that he is married to her close friend. She suffers a nervous breakdown that leads to her being admitted to the hospital. Then she marries (Marzouq), the accountant in her company, and then problems occur between them and events unfold.
Forgive me, I didn't mean to
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Talamith Akher Zaman
2001
The mother separates from her husband and a divorce occurs between them, so the mother takes one of the twin sisters, and the father takes the other. The two sisters grow up far from each other, and each of them develops a different personality from the other as a result of the separation of the father and mother, so one of them is dominated by feelings of selfishness and greed, while the other sister works hard in her education and tries to achieve her ambitions.
Girls of My Life
2007
No synopsis available yet.
واحدة واحدة يا غزال
1997

