Directing
Atef Salem
Born — Died
1921-07-23 — 2002-07-30
Place of birth
Sudan
Known for
Directing
Credits
42 titles
Atef Salem is a famous Egyptian director, born in Sudan to Egyptian parents. He enriched Egyptian cinema with many notable films. Among his famous films are Mother of the Bride (1963) and its sequel, The Grandson (1975). He began his artistic career as an actor in the movie Magda (1943), then worked as an assistant director for several directors, then as a director. He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist Naguib Mahfouz. His 1967 film Khan el Khalili was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known for
7.2Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the "Bride of the Nile."
Conflict in the Nile
1959
3.0Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a poor man is sent to prison after stealing a loaf of bread. He escapes and becomes rich, but this does not protect him from people's disdain as they know where he came from.
Les Misérables
1978
NRFardous is in prison for stealing a watch. She shares a cell with Samia, who works in a show band and is wrongly arrested in a brothel and Mona who accidentally killed a child with her car. When Fardous comes out, she works in Asfour's poultry farm, but leaves it when he and his son compete to marry her.
Legs In Mud
1976
9.0When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him. He decides to commit suicide by hanging himself but his attempt fails. However, he finds hidden money in the ceiling and becomes rich.
The Scornful Man
1956
NRSamia (school teacher) and Murad (movie writer) met in alexendria by accident . After they date for sometime ,they get married. their new life together came with consequences they have to deal with.
The Quiet Nest
1976
NRAs a girl falls in love with an agricultural engineer, they sleep together and she gets pregnant. The Engineer must go to Europe for work but leaves behind a document admitting his paternity of the baby. As the girl gives birth, her father flees the country with her to avoid a scandal.
Laila Min Omri
1954
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.2Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the "Bride of the Nile."
Conflict in the Nile
1959
3.0Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a poor man is sent to prison after stealing a loaf of bread. He escapes and becomes rich, but this does not protect him from people's disdain as they know where he came from.
Les Misérables
1978
NRFardous is in prison for stealing a watch. She shares a cell with Samia, who works in a show band and is wrongly arrested in a brothel and Mona who accidentally killed a child with her car. When Fardous comes out, she works in Asfour's poultry farm, but leaves it when he and his son compete to marry her.
Legs In Mud
1976
9.0When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him. He decides to commit suicide by hanging himself but his attempt fails. However, he finds hidden money in the ceiling and becomes rich.
The Scornful Man
1956
NRSamia (school teacher) and Murad (movie writer) met in alexendria by accident . After they date for sometime ,they get married. their new life together came with consequences they have to deal with.
The Quiet Nest
1976
NRAs a girl falls in love with an agricultural engineer, they sleep together and she gets pregnant. The Engineer must go to Europe for work but leaves behind a document admitting his paternity of the baby. As the girl gives birth, her father flees the country with her to avoid a scandal.
Laila Min Omri
1954
6.0Fatima gets involved with the crook Abbas who lures her in with wealth before he gets arrested. Fatima meets Dr. Ahmed and he marries her despite her past, and she gives birth to Samir. When Abbas comes out of jail, he looks for Fatima, which turns her life into a nightmare.
Daa El-Omr Ya Walady
1978
5.9The film's events revolve around a family consisting of seven children, and the work discusses the problems of each son, such as Nabila, whose husband refuses to have children and threatens to separate her when he learns of her pregnancy, as well as the problems of university students between ambition and love. The film reviews the difficulties that parents face in bearing the burdens of their children.
The Grandson
1975
NRWhen Essam refuses to marry Aziza who is pregnant with his baby, Aziza dies in childbirth and asks her old neighbor to look after her child, Hedaya. Years pass by, and the girl grows up and gets unknowingly involved with her father's family.
Storm of Tears
1979
7.5Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of him. Contrary to Sultan's expectations, the uncle sent him to an orphanage. When he leaves the orphanage, Sultan fails to find an honest job, and he vows revenge.
They Made Me a Criminal
1954
7.5Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of him. Contrary to Sultan's expectations, the uncle sent him to an orphanage. When he leaves the orphanage, Sultan fails to find an honest job, and he vows revenge.
They Made Me a Criminal
1954
6.7Three students, Adel, Hassanein, and Samir, face personal struggles. Adel is rejected by his father for loving his neighbor’s daughter, Hassanein seeks revenge for his father’s murder, and Samir deals with parental neglect after his parents’ divorce. Samir’s relationship with a maid leads to complications, prompting him to seek help from a dancer, Gamalat, for an abortion. The trio robs a bar for abortion money but finds it insufficient. Saidyh dies during the abortion, and Gamalat’s call to neighbors and the police results in their arrest and a fifteen-year prison sentence.
We the Students
1959
7.0A classic Egyptian film noir starring Omar Sharif who is trying to find out the mysterious circumstances under which his brother was killed. This gem also features the belly dancer Samia Gamal and features some of her famous exotic dancing tableaux.
Rendezvous with a Stranger
1959
NRSaber Effendi works as a tailor for men, but his major problem is that he suffers from a great depression because of his lack of fashion and refuses to develop his ideas about fashion until his wife, Huda, who works in a Syrian magazine interested in fashion, suggests that he change his activity to become a tailor for women rather than men. Implementation plan.
Womens' Tailor
1969
6.9This magnificently madcap comedy classic stars Egyptian film legends Tahiya Karioka and Emad Hamdi as Zeinab and Hussein, overworked parents who get little relief from the never ending demands of their seven mischievous children. When their eldest daughter, Ahlam, meets a dashing young man at a party, it's love at first sight and wedding plans must quickly be arranged. As preparations get underway, Zeinab and Hussein are soon overwhelmed by the elaborate and costly requests made by the groom's extravagant family. While tending to the needs of their other six children, Hussein and Zeinab must consider unconventional means to obtain the funds for a ceremony that the newlyweds will be proud of.
Mother of the Bride
1963
NRThe events of the film revolve around the university student (Samia Abu Al-Saad), who is arrested because of her political activities. During her imprisonment, (Samia) gets to know a police officer named (Magdy), who hides her in his house, and when the head of intelligence finds out what (Magdy) is doing with this girl He calls his father and warns him not to interfere in what does not concern him. She is transferred to the prison hospital, but she succeeds in escaping again.
El-Arafa
1981
NRThe film tells the story of the life of Ambed Arab literature Taha Hussein since his childhood in one of the villages of Minya, where he was able to overcome all difficulties despite being blind to leave his mark on literature, cultural scene and the educational system.
Qaher El Zalam
1979
8.0Sami comes from the countryside to Cairo to join a girls' school. There, he admires his student Nawal, but he is ashamed to be honest with her about his feelings for her. At the same time, Mamdouh tries to make Nawal love him, whom he meets by chance, so he turns to his friend Sami to help him write a book. Love letters, creating a love triangle.
They Taught Me Love
1957
8.0An unexpected love affair quickly blossoms between aspiring down-on-his-luck reporter Salah (Abdel Halim Hafez) and the subject of his first newspaper scoop, a pretty young heiress (Zubaida Tharwat)who's soon to be forced into an arranged marriage.
A Day of My Life
1961
NRHosni does not find a suitable time to spend at home to consider the affairs of his house, wife and children, as he is the editor-in-chief of one of the well-known magazines, writes about youth issues, but he finds himself immersed in work and in a relationship with his secretary, Suheir, without knowing that she is secretly married to his son Khaled, except That the October war erupts and Khalid invokes with others, the father discovers the extent of his mistake and his wife returns to the house while sending his son before his martyrdom a letter to his father recommending him to his wife Suheir.
Young People These Days
1975
6.2Aida's marriage is tested by secrets and cultural clash. Starring Soad Hosny, Mahmoud Yassin and Rushdy Abaza.
Where Is My Mind?
1974
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Had Al-Saif
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Queen and I
1975
NRThe lives of a group of girls who depart from the strict world of school to the open world of college
College Girls
1971
7.0In order to provide a home for her and her family, Zainab goes to work in an Arab country, and send her savings to her husband, she returns to discover that her husband divorced her and got married in her apartment. She collapses and decides to take revenge.
The Lost
1986
10.0After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump the people and organize popular resistance to eliminate them and get rid of the ruling Circassians and the commander of his bodyguards Aybak, joins Alhabiban Ahmad and Qamar resistance despite suffering colors they receive, designed Ahmed to avenge the death of his mother on their hands, achieved guerrilla dream he is condemned the country's young people from Egyptians are free.
The Mamluks
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
باي باي ياحلوة
1975
5.5One of the traveling circus troupes in the Egyptian villages suffers from many problems due to the small number of spectators and its failure to keep up with the times. The son of the troupe owner, who has finished his studies, comes and tries to develop the troupe, canceling some shows and adding others. He faces opposition from the old members, but he succeeds with the help of all of them.
The Circus
1968
5.5One of the traveling circus troupes in the Egyptian villages suffers from many problems due to the small number of spectators and its failure to keep up with the times. The son of the troupe owner, who has finished his studies, comes and tries to develop the troupe, canceling some shows and adding others. He faces opposition from the old members, but he succeeds with the help of all of them.
The Circus
1968
NRAhmed is forced to interrupt his studies in order to support his family and for his younger brother (Rushdi) to continue his studies. He moves his family to the Khan Al-Khalili neighborhood, meets the residents of the Khan, and gets to know more about the teacher, Nono, who lives his life up and down. Rushdie continues his studies despite the frivolous life of entertainment he lives, and Rushdie becomes the only thing that Ahmed has achieved in his life.
Khan El-Khalili
1966
10.0Fadel raises his daughter Mona alone after her mother leaves them for work. One day Mona accompanies him to his job, but causes an accident. Feeling guilty, she runs away, prompting her father to search for her.
The Deprivation
1953
10.0Fadel raises his daughter Mona alone after her mother leaves them for work. One day Mona accompanies him to his job, but causes an accident. Feeling guilty, she runs away, prompting her father to search for her.
The Deprivation
1953
NRMadbouly works at Al-Basha mansion with his wife and two sons. Al-Basha has a playboy son named Mohsen who commits a murder and asks his father to find someone to take the fall instead of him. He negotiates with Madbouly to go to prison instead of Mohsen in exchange for money . Madbouly agrees and events escalate.
And The Time passed
1975
NRMadbouly works at Al-Basha mansion with his wife and two sons. Al-Basha has a playboy son named Mohsen who commits a murder and asks his father to find someone to take the fall instead of him. He negotiates with Madbouly to go to prison instead of Mohsen in exchange for money . Madbouly agrees and events escalate.
And The Time passed
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ونسيت أني امرأة
1994
8.0A lawyer defends his friend, but loses his innocence document at the bar and the friend is convicted. The lawyer gets involved in a relationship with a mistress and leaves his wife, whom he blames for losing the document. Mistress is murdered and the wife's lawyer is accused of killing her. He comes back to his senses and tries to prove his wife's innocence.
Love Crime
1955
7.5Camelia loves acting, gets to know the director and producer Ahmed Sameh, who agrees with her to star in his new movie. Aziz, the influential man, approaches her, but she repels him. She agrees with Ahmed to marry, and Aziz threatens to kill him.
Barefoot on the Gold Bridge
1976
7.5Aliya goes back to Port Said to find her brother, who's unknowingly been killed by Mamduh. To keep her quiet, Mamduh poses as her "guardian" while actually getting her in the perfect place to be killed. However, Aliya and Mamduh fall in love.
Beach of Secrets
1958
8.0A young employee prepares to travel to Alexandria to work as a singer in one of its clubs, but his friends take him to Ras El Bar, and in the summer resort he meets a young woman who made him stop traveling, as he caught a cold while trying to save her from drowning. She had pretended that she was about to drown, and a very fast love developed between them. And her uncle sees them.
Miracle from heaven
1956
8.0The story of an iron-willed man who looks after his seven daughters after the death of their mother, as his three older daughters, Ahlam, Wedad, and Salwa, fall in love and suffer the agonies of it, only for their dad to try to save them the heartache.
The Seven Daughters
1961


