Kanaan Wasfy

Acting

Kanaan Wasfy

Born — Died

1932-09-02 — 2000-08-22

Place of birth

Iraq

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Known for

Saladin poster
7.1

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Saladin

1963

Desire and Loss poster
7.0

Abdullah, a car driver, is accused in the murder of the thug Magdy and a friend of the Ghanaian Nawal. This criminal escapes after he tried to defend himself, but the events follow and he is also accused of killing the Ghanaian Nawal, he lands in one of the villas where Murad and his wife live with their young son, and Abdullah takes from the house residents Hostages so he can escape

Desire and Loss

1972

Prince of Cunningness poster
6.3

This lavish period action-adventure is an Egyptian version of The Count Of Monte Cristo.

Prince of Cunningness

1964

The Most Dangerous Man in the World poster
7.0

Mister X is the head of an international smuggling ring in Chicago and arrives in Cairo to practice his activity. The police know about him and begin to watch him. The police exploit the great resemblance between X and the airport employee Zaki, so they exploit him in their mission, and the events follow in a comic form.

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

1967

الشجعان الثلاثة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الشجعان الثلاثة

1969

Shayatteen El-bahr poster
NR

Hamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.

Shayatteen El-bahr

1972

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1970s · 13 titles

Desire and Loss poster
7.0

Abdullah, a car driver, is accused in the murder of the thug Magdy and a friend of the Ghanaian Nawal. This criminal escapes after he tried to defend himself, but the events follow and he is also accused of killing the Ghanaian Nawal, he lands in one of the villas where Murad and his wife live with their young son, and Abdullah takes from the house residents Hostages so he can escape

Desire and Loss

1972

Shayatteen El-bahr poster
NR

Hamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.

Shayatteen El-bahr

1972

Word of Honour poster
7.0

Salem was arrested for a crime he was not involved in. His brother-in-law Kamel has sinned with a young girl who becomes pregnant, so Salem takes her to have an abortion but she dies during the operation. When Salem knows that his wife is in critical condition,he wants to see her and tell her the truth.

Word of Honour

1973

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

My Son poster
NR

Jaber is a professional hitman who decides to repent, but the gang he is affiliated with refuses to let go of him easily.

My Son

1972

Alshayatin fi 'ajaza poster
NR

While Hamada is in Abu Qir, Awad succeeds in hiding a set of valuable diamonds away from the police in Hamada's camera, and Hamada does not discover this, as he is with his two friends, Galal and Salah, spending some time having fun, but the diamonds turn their time into hell, and a gang begins chasing them in order to obtain those diamonds, led by Awad, who pushes Sonia to bring the diamond from the three friends.

Alshayatin fi 'ajaza

1973

The fox and the chameleon poster
NR

With the jewelry, Naji then betrayed Aziz and handed him over to the police, and Camellia delayed getting her share. Naji had a relationship with his shop worker, Nashwa, and he had previously deprived the hostess, Suhair, of her honor and delayed her marriage.

The fox and the chameleon

1970

حياة خطرة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حياة خطرة

1971

Al-Shaima poster
8.0

Al-Shaima, the sister of the Prophet Muhammad in infancy, except in Bani Saad between her mother, Halima al-Sa’dia and her father, a family that acknowledges to the Prophet the goodness and blessing that has befallen their homes since he came as a baby, except for the stubborn Shaimaa who hates Muhammad hatred and buried hatred, the news of the Islamic call spreads, and Begad is allied with the enemies of Muhammad While Shaima Shadia Bani Saad, she is disappointed with the magic of her voice, Pijad and praises her tribe with the service of fighting Islam, migrating to Medina, and her husband is allied with the Jews from Bani Qurayza and Bani Nadir,

Al-Shaima

1972

Zero hour poster
NR

(Saif) A police officer chases gangs smuggling gems out, and during one of the chases a gang member is killed, tried, and dismissed from servants. The (Murad) gang asks him to work with him and he agrees, and he goes to Lebanon to complete a deal, and the process is completed. The gang is suspicious of (Saif) and that he is still working with the police, kidnapping his son as a hostage, to carry out one of the currency exchange operations for the gang, and the events continue in an exciting atmosphere.

Zero hour

1972

The kidnappers poster
NR

Jalal Abu Al-Majd owns one of the turning workshops, and decides to travel to Germany to buy new machines, to modernize the workshop, and leaves the workshop in the care of his older brother (Sherif), who gets acquainted with (Hassanein) the imposter and his partner (Gina) who delude him to complete a deal of equipment for the workshop for 25 thousand (A pound) Sheriff considers a gain, and upon delivery, (Sherif) discovers that the equipment is nothing but red building bricks. (Sharif) decides to take revenge on (Hassanein) and (Gina) by killing them and recovering his money. (Jalal) returns from Germany and tries with (Sharif) to recover his money.

The kidnappers

1972

The return of the world's most dangerous man poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

The return of the world's most dangerous man

1972

Me, my wife and the secretary poster
NR

(Ahmed Fathi) is a screenwriter assisted by his wife (Hala). He wants her to quit her job and devote herself to helping him with his screenwriting work, but she refuses. His assistant takes advantage of the situation to try to drag him into a relationship and extort his money for her lover. His wife thinks that there is already a relationship between him and his assistant, and she is booked to travel on a train. The train has an accident and everyone thinks that she is dead.

Me, my wife and the secretary

1970

1960s · 14 titles

Saladin poster
7.1

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Saladin

1963

Prince of Cunningness poster
6.3

This lavish period action-adventure is an Egyptian version of The Count Of Monte Cristo.

Prince of Cunningness

1964

The Most Dangerous Man in the World poster
7.0

Mister X is the head of an international smuggling ring in Chicago and arrives in Cairo to practice his activity. The police know about him and begin to watch him. The police exploit the great resemblance between X and the airport employee Zaki, so they exploit him in their mission, and the events follow in a comic form.

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

1967

الشجعان الثلاثة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الشجعان الثلاثة

1969

Fares Bani Hemdan poster
NR

Abu Firas al-Hamdani is a famous Arab poet from the princes of the Hamdani state, as he is known for his equestrian and courage, he lives between the court of Prince Seif al-Dawla, and people love him everywhere. Who competes with Firas for the love of Naglaa.

Fares Bani Hemdan

1966

Al-Hob Sanat 70 poster
6.0

The film revolves around a romantic comedy about Sherif, who has many female relationships, and his cousin Mohsen, who comes from the countryside and always gets into trouble because of his many romantic adventures, while in the end he falls in love with Nora, the simple girl.

Al-Hob Sanat 70

1969

Antar's Daughter poster
8.0

After Antar's death, the men of the Bani Fazaza tribe take revenge on the men of the Bani Abs tribe, leaving no man from them, and Antar's sister can escape and hide Antar's daughter, raising her to hate her father's enemies until she grows up

Antar's Daughter

1964

Princess Of Arabia poster
9.5

Prince Mahboob and his friend Yazid roam the country in search of a bride for his uncle who has a distinctive mark. They arrive in Wardistan, and rescue a woman who is being fought over by thieves, who was none other than Princess Shalia. Her father admires Mahboob's courage and decides to marry him to her, but Mahboob discovers that Shalia is his uncle's longed-for bride.

Princess Of Arabia

1963

Ismail Yassine in Prison poster
7.5

Ismail Yassin is in desperate need for money. He borrows from the wrong people, get framed for murder and goes to prison.

Ismail Yassine in Prison

1960

She and the devils poster
NR

Kamal, a young man who aspires to get rich, joins a smuggling gang so he can marry Warda, the dancer. The gang plans to smuggle a quarter of a million dollars, so Zizo hands Kamal the money and instead of smuggling it, he takes it for himself and hides it in the salt marshes with his lifelong friend, the prince. Zizo begins to chase Kamal and events unfold.

She and the devils

1969

Seraa fil jebel poster
8.0

Salim tries to disrupt the activities of his two brotherly rivals Fouad and Ahmed who work in a workshop they own in the quarries of Abu Zaabal, which raises Salim who wants to control the entire supply of stones, looking for many ways to achieve his purpose, such as terrorizing them with a group of outlaws, and shedding a gas To cause discord between the two brothers.

Seraa fil jebel

1961

Cairo in a Thousand Years poster
NR

A play about the history of Cairo.

Cairo in a Thousand Years

1969

A Bachelor’s Life poster
NR

Omar is a single employee who loves his neighbor Hoda, but her father refuses their marriage. Omar spends a night with his friends at a nightclub and the dancer, Aziza goes home with him. When she tries a drug by accident, she passes out and he thinks she's dead.

A Bachelor’s Life

1963

The Penalty poster
8.7

A historical drama that shows the struggle of the Egyptian people against the British occupation and the numerous sacrifices people made in order to achieve freedom, equality and human dignity in a fight for the country they love dearly.

The Penalty

1965