Layla Karim

Acting

Layla Karim

Born 1926-05-06 · Egypt

She was born on May 6, 1926, and although she started her acting career at the age of 29, she played for a while the role of the young woman in films like Empty Pillow and Ismail Yassi in the Fleet. In 1960, she played the role of a mature woman in Ladies’ Barber and A Letter from An Unknown Woman with Farid El Atrash in 1962.

Acting credits

Agony of Love poster
7.0

Amal marries the train driver Mahmoud, who treats her harshly. She feels neglected despite her husband's presence, Mahmoud travels to another city and asks his assistant Hassan to look after his wife. During his absence, Amal expresses admiration for Hassan's morals, which soon turns into a special love.

Agony of Love

1960

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

Ismail Yassine In the Navy poster
7.8

The film revolves around a young man who falls in love with his cousin, but her mother rejects this love and marriage, and tries to marry her to an older and wealthy man, to ask her cousin to volunteer in the fleet to help speed up the marriage.

Ismail Yassine In the Navy

1957

Ladies Barber poster
8.3

The film revolves around three friends, one of whom decides to develop his father's shop for shaving. It is divided into three sections: one for men, the other for women and the third for animals. The first customer is a maid and her mistress is married. After that, he married a rich master to avenge her ex-husband.

Ladies Barber

1960

Letter from an Unknown Woman poster
7.0

A famous singer, who is known for being a womanizer, meets his neighbor who is enamored with him and sleeps with her. When she gives birth, she has to leave her past behind and forget about her flippant ex-lover to look after her son.

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1962

Ismail Yassine Is A Military Policeman poster
7.0

A man loves a dancer in a nightclub and decides to marry her , but he wants her to quit her work. The owners of the nightclub conspire against him by making him join the military police so the dancer can return to work.

Ismail Yassine Is A Military Policeman

1958