Omar Guendouz

Acting

Omar Guendouz

Born — Died

1950-03-25 — 2021-09-01

Place of birth

Alger, Algeria

Known for

Acting

Credits

6 titles

Omar Guendouz (Arabic: عمر قندوز), born on March 25, 1950, in the Zoudj Ayoun neighborhood of Algiers, and who passed away on September 1, 2021, in Blida due to complications from the coronavirus, was an Algerian actor. He left his mark on Algerian theater, cinema, and television over the course of a career spanning more than 50 years. A native of Algiers, he grew up in the Zoudj Ayoun neighborhood—a working-class environment that nurtured his early connection to the stage and to comedic performance. He subsequently enrolled at the Algiers Conservatory, where he trained in theater and music, notably studying voice under Mahieddine Bachtarzi. After graduating, Omar Guendouz began his career…

Known for

Serkadji poster
10.0

In 1982, Hadj Rahim directed "Serkadji", a fiction film about the men's quarters of the Barberousse military prison in Algiers, where hundreds of FLN fighters were incarcerated and executed during the war of independence. Algeria between 1954 and 1962.

Serkadji

1982

El Ouelf Essaïb poster
10.0

An Algerian music composer and his friends live a thrilling story, full of twists and turns.

El Ouelf Essaïb

1990

Moussa's Wedding poster
10.0

Moussa, a young Franco-Algerian, returns to Algeria, but adapting to life in his country of origin proves difficult. Just as he is about to leave for France, he is called up for military service, which suits him fine because he is secretly in love with the beautiful Nacira.

Moussa's Wedding

1982

Boualem Zid El Goudam poster
10.0

Two travelers, Boualem and Sekfali, cross the hostile and endless desert. Boualem pulls a cart on which old books, pictures, relics and memories of Sekfali are piled up. Two men, two attitudes towards life, two visions of the world. Where do they come from, where are they going? The journey would be completely calm and happy if each of them were not inhabited by their pasts, determining their different visions of the future. Boualem's childhood was marked by the Algerian war of liberation. His dream is to achieve a socialist society, which is for him the only path to salvation. Sekfali, who tries to dissuade Boualem from continuing the journey, has the attitude of an aristocrat. For him, socialism is a heresy and people do not like responsibility, they only act if a leader gives them the injunction.

Boualem Zid El Goudam

1980

The Cork poster
10.0

On his return to Algeria, Belkacem Hadjadj, a young graduate of INSAS in Brussels, joined Algerian television and signed "Le Bouchon", his first feature in the register of an Italian comedy, around the misadventures of a tenant experiencing a water leak.

The Cork

1980

Film credits

1980s · 4 titles

Serkadji poster
10.0

In 1982, Hadj Rahim directed "Serkadji", a fiction film about the men's quarters of the Barberousse military prison in Algiers, where hundreds of FLN fighters were incarcerated and executed during the war of independence. Algeria between 1954 and 1962.

Serkadji

1982

Moussa's Wedding poster
10.0

Moussa, a young Franco-Algerian, returns to Algeria, but adapting to life in his country of origin proves difficult. Just as he is about to leave for France, he is called up for military service, which suits him fine because he is secretly in love with the beautiful Nacira.

Moussa's Wedding

1982

Boualem Zid El Goudam poster
10.0

Two travelers, Boualem and Sekfali, cross the hostile and endless desert. Boualem pulls a cart on which old books, pictures, relics and memories of Sekfali are piled up. Two men, two attitudes towards life, two visions of the world. Where do they come from, where are they going? The journey would be completely calm and happy if each of them were not inhabited by their pasts, determining their different visions of the future. Boualem's childhood was marked by the Algerian war of liberation. His dream is to achieve a socialist society, which is for him the only path to salvation. Sekfali, who tries to dissuade Boualem from continuing the journey, has the attitude of an aristocrat. For him, socialism is a heresy and people do not like responsibility, they only act if a leader gives them the injunction.

Boualem Zid El Goudam

1980

The Cork poster
10.0

On his return to Algeria, Belkacem Hadjadj, a young graduate of INSAS in Brussels, joined Algerian television and signed "Le Bouchon", his first feature in the register of an Italian comedy, around the misadventures of a tenant experiencing a water leak.

The Cork

1980

Behind the camera