Acting

Abdel Aziz Ghonaim

Egypt

Acting credits

Jamila, the Algerian poster
7.2

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Jamila, the Algerian

1958

The Thug poster
6.8

Haridy arrives at the vegetable market in search of a job opportunity, he works for Master Abu Zaid and after a while he separates and marries Hossnyia. Haridy forms an alliance against Abu Zaid, but he soon becomes more powerful and his condition turns to worse.

The Thug

1957

Scandal in Zamalek poster
9.0

A man and his sister-in-law are suspects in a murder; they do not know that the man's wife is involved.

Scandal in Zamalek

1959

Soultan poster
8.0

The story revolves around Sultan, the poor child who grows up and becomes a military correspondent at an elite brigade. He enjoys the sympathy of the police officer, the son of the general, unlike the rest of the house.

Soultan

1958

Bit of Fear poster
6.9

Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.

Bit of Fear

1969

Bahia poster
10.0

The story of the conflict between one of the poles of feudalism and his oppression to peasants by burning their crops and lands until they're unable to pay their debts. When Bahia's father confronts him, the feudal lord tries to rape her, but Yassin stands up to him.

Bahia

1960

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

Curse of a woman poster
NR

Engineer Salem kills his wife who cheated on him, and the young maid Amal is the only witness to his crime. He leaves a letter in which he makes everyone believe that he committed suicide after discovering his wife's betrayal, and he flees with Amal to Alexandria. There, he meets the teacher Ismail, and his flirtatious wife tries to seduce him, but he rejects her. Ismail rewards him by facilitating his escape on a ship.

Curse of a woman

1974

The End of Love poster
NR

Fatima loves her neighbor Ahmed very much, so she helps him with what she can from her salary, and she sticks to this love even after he is arrested and serves his sentence in prison for participating in the robbery of one of the shops, and after he gets out of prison, Fatima helps him find work in one of the factories, so he falls in love with, The factory owner's daughter sought after by many, and over time begins to evade his love for Fatima for the sake of Soissons.

The End of Love

1957