Laila Sheir

Acting

Laila Sheir

Born

1940-06-18 (86)

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

An Egyptian actress, born in 1940. After studying at the French Lycée, she worked in the field of fashion shows, after which she moved to the cinema since the mid-sixties through the movie Zizi's Family (1963). She continued in cinema during the 60s through the films Cairo at Night, The Groom Arrives Tomorrow and Outside of Paradise. She continued to take some time away and come back, till she traveled to France to return to the field of fashion, and then returned to Egypt at the end of the 80s, and worked in art intermittently.

Known for

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اليوم المشهود

1991

An Egyptian Story poster
6.5

After 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

The Serpent of Death poster
3.6

An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.

The Serpent of Death

1990

The Giant Hunter poster
NR

Amin is unjustly imprisoned after three of his coworkers, Mahfouz, Shaker, and Anwar, give false testimony against him. After Amin dies in prison, his son Nabil returns from America and discovers that his father was innocent. However, he realizes that proving his innocence is now pointless, so he decides to take revenge on the three coworkers responsible for his father’s imprisonment and eventual death from grief and despair.

The Giant Hunter

1991

The Desert Renegades poster
9.0

In the deserts of the Middle East, circa 1930s, a half-Arab-half-French adventurer named Aldar woos the Princess Yasmin while engaged in selling guns to warring factions.

The Desert Renegades

1965

Days of El Sadat poster
7.8

A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his assassination during the Cairo annual victory parade.

Days of El Sadat

2001

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 6 titles

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اليوم المشهود

1991

The Serpent of Death poster
3.6

An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.

The Serpent of Death

1990

The Giant Hunter poster
NR

Amin is unjustly imprisoned after three of his coworkers, Mahfouz, Shaker, and Anwar, give false testimony against him. After Amin dies in prison, his son Nabil returns from America and discovers that his father was innocent. However, he realizes that proving his innocence is now pointless, so he decides to take revenge on the three coworkers responsible for his father’s imprisonment and eventual death from grief and despair.

The Giant Hunter

1991

The Escape poster
7.4

Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.

The Escape

1991

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After the skilled diver Hassan manages to capture the prince and his gang members, he receives his reward in exchange for informing the police about the prince's gang. The gang members escape during their deportation. The prince burns down Hassan's house, killing his wife and son. Hassan manages to find out where the treasure is. Shams accompanies him with her brother Shukry and his foreign friend Flora, who pays the costs of searching for the treasure.

Jahim 2 (Hurghada)

1990

Nisa Saealik poster
NR

Samia’s husband Adel leaves her for another woman, while her cousin Souad and friend Nawal also become rivals for him, using deception and sorcery to win him.

Nisa Saealik

1991

1980s · 2 titles

1960s · 7 titles

The Desert Renegades poster
9.0

In the deserts of the Middle East, circa 1930s, a half-Arab-half-French adventurer named Aldar woos the Princess Yasmin while engaged in selling guns to warring factions.

The Desert Renegades

1965

Aaela Zeze poster
7.5

The everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in the early 1960's.

Aaela Zeze

1963

Sareq Al-Malyeen poster
NR

Three thieves steal a million liras from the Lebanese National Bank, but one of them decides to escape from his colleagues and take the money alone. He is chased twice by the police to arrest him, and by his colleagues to kill him and recover the money. On his escape journey, he meets a beautiful girl who changes his life and asks him to repent and return the money.

Sareq Al-Malyeen

1968

El Khouroug Min El Guana poster
8.5

Mukhtar is a musically talented individual who is surrounded by bad friends who make him squander his talent. When he falls and marries Annan, she tries to set him on the right path which sets off problems between them. When they get divorced, a repentant Mukhtar tries to get Annan back.

El Khouroug Min El Guana

1967

Shayateen El Leyl poster
NR

Atwa takes care of his little brother until he completes his education. Atwa works in a factory and has physical strength, which he exploits by working as a pimp on Imad al-Din Street. Rawhiyya, who lost her entire family at the hands of the British occupation, recognizes him. Atwa works as a spy for one of the princesses to convey news of the guerrillas, and Rawhiyya leaves him. When you know that.

Shayateen El Leyl

1966

The Groom Arrives Tomorrow poster
NR

Anayat Hanim succeeded in having a clothing factory after the death of her husband, allowing her to live with her three daughters Samira, a bachelor of commerce, Kawther who cares only about physics, Laila who is not yet 14 years old and very lazy and dreams of the day he will marry so as not to go To school. Haj Awadallah owns a factory that he manages himself and supplies Hanayat Hanim with the finest fabrics, and thus a close relationship developed between them. Since he is single, he suggested to Annayat Hanim that they marry but they delayed the response and justified that she must marry the two girls first. Haj Awad asks his brother Fathallah and his friend Mamdouh to advance the brothers' sermon and send a telegram to Annayat Hanim telling her that the groom will arrive tomorrow.

The Groom Arrives Tomorrow

1963

The Quail and Autumn poster
7.7

Eissa Al-Dabagh is a member of a washed-out political party that was defanged by the 1952 revolution. When he meets the prostitute Riri, he tries to use her to chase the mirage of the power and control he once had. But when he discovers that she is pregnant, he kicks her out.

The Quail and Autumn

1967