Ali Oraby

Acting

Ali Oraby

Born 1930-05-17 · Egypt

Acting credits

I Am Free poster
6.7

Part of a trilogy by Salah Abu Seif about women’s empowerment. The film takes place in late 1940s / early 1950s urban Egypt, and tells the story of a young woman’s search for personal freedom and a fulfilling identity as a young modern Egyptian.

I Am Free

1959

A Man in Our House poster
6.8

Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy assassinates a pro-colonial Prime Minister but is arrested and hides with a fellow university student, who initially refuses but eventually accepts him. Abdul Hamid Khatib meets Samia and her cousin, and Ibrahim uses the situation to hasten Samia’s marriage, which she rejects. Nawal, the youngest daughter, becomes the liaison between Ibrahim and his colleagues, helping him escape. Abdul Hamid tries to inform the political police of Ibrahim’s location, but Samia stops him. The head of the political police suspects them and punishes them to find Ibrahim. Ibrahim refuses to leave the country, returning to fight colonialism and participating in an operation.

A Man in Our House

1961

Diary of a Country Prosecutor poster
7.3

Based on the novel by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, 1937, Diary of A Country Prosecutor records the daily activities and tribulations of a public official appointed to act as a village justice in the countryside.

Diary of a Country Prosecutor

1969

Girls' Secrets poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Girls' Secrets

1969

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

Seraa All Mohtafeeen poster
NR

Gharbawi Bey, owner of a fishing fleet in the Abi Qir area of Alexandria, is in fact a smuggler who is monitored by the detective and recruited for him by the only officer who disguises himself as Dr. Fathi, trying to get close to Leila, the smuggler's daughter, according to the plan set forth by the chief of the detective.

Seraa All Mohtafeeen

1969

Rassif Nemra 5 poster
8.8

Sergeant Khamis, who works in the Coast Guard, succeeds in aborting a drug smuggling operation, so the smuggling gang tries to buy his integrity in order to make things easier for them, but he in turn refuses, so they resort to a plan to kill him in order to remove him from their path, but they fail and they kill his wife by mistake, and events escalate.

Rassif Nemra 5

1956

Between Heaven and Earth poster
8.6

In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

Between Heaven and Earth

1959

Gharamiat emaraa poster
8.0

A beautiful woman looking for a rich husband but her greed causes her in problems .

Gharamiat emaraa

1960

Lady Aziza poster
6.8

Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein district in Cairo who lives with his pregnant wife and beautiful sister, soon Ahmed falls in love with Aziza, so he asked Aziza's brother For Her Hand In Marriage but he refused & accused he is only interested in her money.

Lady Aziza

1961

The Postman poster
6.7

Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.

The Postman

1968

House No. 13 poster
7.7

Sherif visits a psychiatrist for his illness who exploits him to commit a murder by hypnotism.

House No. 13

1952

لا تذكريني poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لا تذكريني

1961

شجرة العائلة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

شجرة العائلة

1960

The Beast poster
7.1

Abdel Sabour was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.

The Beast

1954

Gharam Al-Asyad poster
7.0

Two wealthy brothers have feelings for the stableman's daughter. When the younger son tries to rape her, the girl runs away from the house. A fashion designer takes her in and she becomes a famous model until the older brother runs into her.

Gharam Al-Asyad

1961

Dala ilbanat poster
6.0

An intellectual car breaks down on the road near the house of the simple employee Anwar, so she turns to him to stay with him, and he agrees after insisting, while he was waiting for a visit from the Bashkatib who was going to marry his daughter, which caused him many problems with him. He returns to her to ask her to intervene to convince the bachkateb and tell him the truth of the situation, but Fikri admires him, but her bacha father keeps her away from him and claims that he is threatened with bankruptcy.

Dala ilbanat

1969

Lion of the Night poster
NR

The police chases the drug dealer Sbe Aallayl, and he hides the drugs in Salwa's car. But when the car breaks down, Hassan the mechanic comes by and repairs it and hides the drugs. Sbe Aallayl's gang kidnap Salwa to give them back the drugs she knows nothing about.

Lion of the Night

1971

Bab Sharq poster
NR

A police officer and a prosecutor investigate a murder case involving high-ranked businessmen in Alexandria.

Bab Sharq

1989

Heart of the Night poster
7.7

Ja'far rebels against his controlling grandfather and marries the shepherdess Marwanah. When his grandfather kicks him out, Ja'far is unable to support himself and Marwanah so he leaves her and marries the wealthy lady Huda, but he begins to struggle to prove himself.

Heart of the Night

1989

Banat bahari poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Banat bahari

1960

Thaman Al-Hob poster
9.0

Alawi Bey squanders his wealth and seizes his late brother's estate and property. He did not know that his brother had married Souad after his wife's death. Souad files a lawsuit against him to recover the inheritance. Alawi believes that the best way to preserve the wealth is for his son Salah to marry Souad. Souad impersonates Enayat, the lawyer's fiancée.

Thaman Al-Hob

1963

Utmost Joy poster
NR

A group of Egyptian soldiers returns from the Yemen War, including Men'em who promises his friends a grand wedding. As Sheikh Hassan claims to be an acquaintance of artists, he gets in trouble when it is discovered that belly dancer Nagwa Fouad doesn't know him.

Utmost Joy

1963

Struggle with death poster
NR

Three people ( a police officer, a dancer, and a soccer player) have an accident across the desert road. They're taken to the hospital in critical condition. The doctors are able to rescue them by transplanting them new hearts. The police officer has the heart of a pickpocket and the dancer has the heart of a wrestler.

Struggle with death

1970

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