Waheid Seif

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

The Excavator poster
NR

As 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

Abo El-Ela 90 poster
NR

The 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

النوّة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

النوّة

1991

The Foul Wind poster
NR

In 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

The Fortune and the Progeny poster
8.4

Youssef 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

A Very Crazy Family poster
NR

A 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

Film credits

2000s · 8 titles

Romantic Sayed poster
5.4

A 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

Mr. Abu Al-Araby Arrived poster
5.3

The 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

Her Divorce Lawyer poster
5.8

A 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

Ali Spicy poster
6.0

Ali 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

Look & Admire poster
5.3

After 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

Kimo & his Friend poster
6.5

Two young people from a popular neighborhood in Alexandria, the first singer Kimo, and the second merged with her husband and the university professor.

Kimo & his Friend

2004

I Want My Right poster
6.1

A 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

God Save Gomaa poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

God Save Gomaa

2007

1990s · 5 titles

The servant poster
9.0

Shaheen falsely imprisons Kamel and exploits his son Mahmoud as a servant.

The servant

1990

No artwork available
NR

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

The Assassination of Faten Tawfik poster
NR

Faten 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

اللص poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اللص

1990

Ah and Ah From Sharbat poster
NR

Noha is preparing to marry a young diplomat , but then finds herself charged in a murder case. Her father,the former police officer, discovers that the one behind the crime is her twin sister who he thought died while she's living with a gang. Her father tries to bring her back home.

Ah and Ah From Sharbat

1992

1980s · 27 titles

افتح المحضر poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

افتح المحضر

1986

The Bus Driver poster
7.7

A 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

Asfoor we Daboor poster
NR

The 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

The Beggar poster
6.4

After 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

A File in Vice poster
6.2

Said 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

Conqueror of the Knights poster
NR

The 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

Ramadan On The Volcano poster
6.1

Ramadan 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

El Soghayara poster
5.0

The 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

A Warm Winter Night poster
8.2

Sara 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

Lial poster
4.0

Naima 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

Stranger In My House poster
6.2

Shehata 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

Whatever You Do, It's Always That Way poster
5.0

Ezzat 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

El Shaweesh Hassan poster
NR

Hassan 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

The Devil Sings poster
NR

Asim 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

Banat Haretna poster
NR

The 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

The Iron Lady poster
7.0

Magda 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

Al-Kashash poster
4.5

The 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

House of the Poisoned Family poster
NR

Sina' 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

Mekhemar Is Always Ready poster
NR

Mukhaymar 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

Wikalet El-Balah Market poster
5.0

The events take place in Wikalet El-Balah, where Master Nehmatullah takes controls of the trade in the region by getting rid of her competitors. She marries the poor young Abdullah and makes him in charge of everything which turns the events upside down.

Wikalet El-Balah Market

1982

Wesh El Saad poster
NR

Directed by: Saeed Madbouly (Director) Muhammad Al Sharif (Director) Written by: Naguib Najm (Author) Ahmed Helmy (Author)

Wesh El Saad

1987

They are Gang, Dad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

They are Gang, Dad

1982

Two on the Road poster
6.4

Mamdouh meets with Hanan on a ship heading to Greece, and a romance starts between them, so Mamdouh proposes to Hanan. To his surprise, Hanan returns suddenly to Egypt and asks him not to try to find her again. Mamdouh returns to Egypt to find that she is married to Ezzat Beik, a very powerful man, and a war ensues between Mamdouh and Ezzat.

Two on the Road

1984

A Woman in Jail poster
NR

The employee Ezzat finds the key to the company safe that Khalil is responsible for. He decides to steal it because his wife, Dina, is looking to get rich. He resorts to the key maker Farag to make him a copy of the key. Farag tracks him down and surprises him during the theft and demands half the amount. They clash and the guards arrive, Farag kills one of them and they escape. Ezzat takes the bag and hides it. The dead guard's colleagues testify against Ezzat and he is sentenced to ten years in prison.

A Woman in Jail

1986

4-2-4 poster
5.6

Lions 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

Almoshaghib Sitta poster
NR

The poor young man, Sitta, is forced to do simple jobs as a magician and a robabki seller, but he fails at all of them. After being fired from his last job with the wealthy smuggler, Mamdouh, Sitta buys a piece of furniture in which Mamdouh had carefully hidden three million dollars, because it belonged to one of the big currency traders and his workers sold it while he was in prison without knowing its value. He decides to direct the money to charity and marry his beloved.

Almoshaghib Sitta

1988

The Professor and the Belly Dancer poster
NR

Hashem works as a teacher in the city of Tanta. When some of his students visit the Abbas band that roams the carnivals, he warns them against it. But when he sees the dancer Lula who works in the band, he falls for her and joins them.

The Professor and the Belly Dancer

1983

1970s · 20 titles

Forbidden at the Wedding Night poster
6.9

Zarifa 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

Life Cabaret poster
NR

Ahmed, 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

Karnak poster
6.8

In 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

My Wife & the Dog poster
7.4

Chief 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

Take Care of Your Neighbors poster
6.5

A 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

Watch Out for Zuzu poster
4.7

A 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

Beware, Gentlemen poster
4.5

Antar, 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

Shafiqa and Metwally poster
6.7

The 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

Be Good to Your Parents poster
NR

Saber 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

I Want a Solution poster
7.5

It 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

The Lucky Groom poster
NR

Farid 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

Mean yekdar al-aziza poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mean yekdar al-aziza

1975

Soul lover poster
NR

Aida is a beautiful woman. She falls madly in love with a man who loves her the same way but she faces opposition from her father.

Soul lover

1973

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

Women Catcher poster
5.0

Sharif tries to get Zahra, the girl he has long chased, but he fails to catch her, so he finds himself getting her in another way, which is to marry her, and he actually advances to her and marries her after he is unable to catch her.

Women Catcher

1975

Curse of a woman poster
NR

Engineer Salem kills his wife who cheated on him, and the young maid Amal is the only witness to his crime. He leaves a letter in which he makes everyone believe that he committed suicide after discovering his wife's betrayal, and he flees with Amal to Alexandria. There, he meets the teacher Ismail, and his flirtatious wife tries to seduce him, but he rejects her. Ismail rewards him by facilitating his escape on a ship.

Curse of a woman

1974

The Sinners poster
6.2

Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into account everyone of the guests she hosted at her apartment the night she was killed: her jealous fiancé, a school instructor, a corrupt market manager, one of Sanaa's friends who works as a contractor, and a stud who was Sanaa's secret lover. As the investigation progresses, all the conclusions about the characters are always under question.

The Sinners

1976

And Life Is Back poster
9.0

The story revolves around a couple who separate from each other despite the strong love story that brought them together. They deposit their only son in a boarding school, and the parents visit him at school every week, alternating between them. One day, Alaa goes out and does not find his father waiting for him as usual. A gang kidnaps him from in front of the school. The parents report the incident to the police and search for their kidnapped son.

And Life Is Back

1976

Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat poster
NR

Hassan abandoned his fiancée Laila and married her friend Nargis, who is accused of killing Mustafa after being involved in a sinful relationship with him and gets arrested, prompting Hassan to try to return to his former fiancée Laila after his regret for leaving her.

Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat

1978

The Grandson poster
5.9

The 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

Series credits

The Excavator poster
NR

As 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

Abo El-Ela 90 poster
NR

The 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

النوّة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

النوّة

1991

The Foul Wind poster
NR

In 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

The Fortune and the Progeny poster
8.4

Youssef 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

A Very Crazy Family poster
NR

A 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

Homeless Kids poster
NR

As 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

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey poster
NR

Mr. 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

اجري ..اجري ..اجري poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اجري ..اجري ..اجري

2002

Spider poster
NR

A young scientist arrives in an Egyptian village as a series of mysterious murders occurs, with each victim found decapitated.

Spider

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

عباسية واحد

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ناس و ناس

1989

Forgive me, I didn't mean to poster
NR

The 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

Talamith Akher Zaman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Talamith Akher Zaman

2001

No artwork available
NR

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

قط وفار فايف ستار poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

قط وفار فايف ستار

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

واحدة واحدة يا غزال

1997