
Acting
Ragaa Hussein
Born — Died
1937-11-07 — 2022-08-09
Place of birth
Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
47 titles
Egyptian actress. She first worked with the Naguib Rihani band, and then worked in film and television since the early 1960s, from her films (mouths and rabbits, Egyptian Hadwat, savages, sons and killers), and in television series (witness and tears, the journey of Mr. Abu El-Ela human, money and sons, Zizinia).
Known for
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
NRDr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
NRTaking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Vegetable Market
2006
8.0Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
1998
7.9The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.
I want to get married
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
لا إله إلا الله
1985
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
6.6The opening of a new swimming pool is the talk of the town – particularly because Sunday has been announced as a day for women.
A Day for Women
2016
8.0Nawara works as a housemaid for a family closely linked to the Mubarak regime. On the eve of the 2011 revolution the family decides, for safety, to leave the country temporarily and ask her to look after the villa. Flush with cash for expenses, Nawara calls her fiancé Mustafa and the two are soon enjoying a taste of life at the top. Her journey from the alleys of her poor neighborhood to the luxury compound brings with it the worries of the people and their simple dreams—and an experience she could never have imagined.
Nawara
2016
3.9A family participates in a competition to win the title of the “Ideal Family” as a solution to their problems.
Mickey's Family
2010
NRMahmoud and Nabila are married couple in their eighties, living alone in their peaceful house. Mahmoud unable to share his wife Nabila their daily life details. Nabila feels so lonely and looks for company.
Affability
2018
2000s · 2 titles
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
NRInfallibility is in the hands of my mother-in-law
مسرحية العصمة في ايد حماتي
2000
1990s · 3 titles
3.6An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.
The Serpent of Death
1990
NRA hooker decides to repent after she gets married and gives birth, but when she discovers that her husband is an addict, she convinces two of her friends to steal some jewelry, but things do not go well after the apartment owner and her child were killed during the robbery. Making her accused of a crime she didn't commit.
Dilapidated Woman
1992
9.0Gharib recalls his life’s journey, which intersects with what the city of Suez experienced over two centuries through the Triple aggression and the Defeat of 1967. Gharib meets Mahmoud, who had been with his father in the people's resistance and they work together in resistance activities.
Little Dreams
1993
1980s · 5 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
صاحب الصورة
1987
6.5After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
An Egyptian Story
1982
4.8Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989
NRMokhtar desperately tries to wed Samia but their inability to find a suitable apartment over the last 8 years stands in the way. His mother-in-law isn't making things any better.
We Share Your Joy
1988
6.7When Shaikhon marries Dalal, a belly dancer, they are blessed with two kids. Shaikhon steals Dalal's money to buy the club where she works. Dalal gets back at him and reports him to the police who have him imprisoned. When he comes out of prison full of vengeance, his past ghosts still haunt him.
Sons and Killers
1987
1970s · 7 titles
6.4Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976
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
NRSeveral models of Egyptian citizens are introduced during the British occupation, from Shukry the army officer who refuses to shoot at student demonstrations, Saad who engages in political activity against the British occupation, to Abdel Azis who loves Raja, the dancer.
Back Streets
1974
7.0A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film introduces a family with 10 kids and lots of problems they get into through a funny story between an Aunt for the kids and her struggle for getting married to the man she loved because of her bother in law who got her married with someone behind her back, using false information.
Mouths and Rabbits
1977
6.9Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
The Sparrow
1972
NRKarima, the cabaret owner who's called 'Queen of the Night', meets Dr. Mahmoud, the university professor, and falls in love with him. Mahmoud is a widower living with his daughter Hoda who is engaged, and when Mahmoud proposes to Karima, both the daughter and her fiancé are against it.
Queen of the Night
1971
6.0Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf. She later takes a factory job and is followed there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to his mother Eqbal she objects because of their social and class differences.
The Savage
1979
1960s · 5 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
المحروسة
1961
NRa symbolic take on the Jewish occupation of Palestine.
The Intruder
1967
10.0Shehata is a committed employee in a private hospital. He lives with his daughter Nemat and his wife. One day Hussein proposes to his daughter, but the problem is that Shehata is unable to prepare his daughter, which prompts him to ask for an advance from the company. After management refuses, one of the bribed employees takes advantage of the opportunity and offers Shehata received a sum of money in exchange for a trust receipt, which he quickly used against him, especially after Shehata discovered that an incident of embezzlement had occurred.
Money and Women
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الفرافير
1964
NRThe story revolves around a bus that gets lost in the desert, and the play presents the human models represented by the bus riders and the mistakes and sins of each passenger. When they are about to die of hunger and thirst, each of them declares his repentance and decides to reform himself, so will their positions change after their salvation?
The Safe Road
1964
Undated · 2 titles
an adaptation of a play by Federico Garcia Lorca. After her husband's death, Bernarda Alba imposes eight years mourning period upon her household as the tradition runs in her family. In a household of 5 girls their mother and their grandma the tension and the deprivation arise as the mourning period isolate them from the rest of the village and deprive them of any male contact.
Bernard Alba's Household
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NRNo synopsis available yet.
الضحك عالمكشوف
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Series credits
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
NRDr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
NRTaking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Vegetable Market
2006
8.0Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
1998
7.9The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.
I want to get married
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
لا إله إلا الله
1985
9.5The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.
The Honey and The Tears
1983
9.5The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.
The Honey and The Tears
1983
6.0A magical Egyptian fantasy from the Alf Leila w Leila series, Aroos El Bahr follows a forbidden love between a human prince and a mermaid princess. Blending folklore, music, and adventure, the story explores sacrifice, transformation, and destiny in a richly imaginative world inspired by timeless Arabian tales.
Alf Liela w Liela - Aroos El Bahr
1985
NRThe story revolves around the Egyptian police officer (Mahmoud Abdel-Zaher), who is transferred to the Siwa Oasis with his foreign wife, Catherine, who is passionate about Egyptian antiquities. Together they begin a new experience where the past blends with the present.
Sunset Oasis
2017
7.7The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals and the impact of the environment on their future.
Rayya and Sakina
2005
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
9.0In a town called Bahtoon Al-Jabal where the Hawara family lives following many fanatic customs. Sheikh Badar breaks the customary traditions and marries his daughter to a man from outside of the family, prompting her brother to try to kill her.
Mountain Wolves
1993
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
5.0When a reckless young man loses all his fortune, all his acquaintances turn their back on him, except for his secretary who takes him in. A while after, the man meets with a friend who offers him a job at a company for private security.
For Security Purposes
2002
8.0After Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750 thousand pounds, and hides with the money in a mental hospital in agreement with the hospital's director alone. But when the director dies, Ibrahim escapes with another to hide from the police and gang that wants the money.
Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
1978
No synopsis available yet.
الكومي
2001
NRNo synopsis available yet.
كفر نعمت
1978
7.0No synopsis available yet.
اللحظات الأخيرة
2000
