Atef Salem

A Knight on Horseback (2001)

Thirty years after WWII ended, the wife of a British officer who died in the war and was buried in El-Alamein comes to visit her husband's grave. When she doesn't find the grave, she starts looking for her husband. ...

Toot Toot (1993)

A mentally challenged woman living through the help of neighboors,been taken advantage of and assaulted by a rich man then left for survival on her own away from people she knew. ...

Al Ragol Yohib Maratein (1987)

Sharif is a journalist and writer who is married to Amani and has a young child. His articles in the fight against political corruption led to his arrest for four years in which his young son drowned. He emerges from the prison, lamenting his wife, whose n ...

The Lost (1986)

In 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 reveng ...

Had Al-Saif (1986)

Kwaml's House (1986)

Farida (Nadia al-Jundi), the owner of the house, decides to demolish the house and build a large residential tower. She does not pay any attention to the house's inhabitants, but her luck falls in love with one of the house's inhabitants. He takes responsi ...

Black Tiger (1984)

An Egyptian goes to Germany to work in a factory and become a boxing legend called black tiger. ...

El-Arafa (1981)

The 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 he ...

The Lover (1980)

Jawdat learns about the relationship between his sister Samia and Hussein. Jawdat succeeds in driving a wedge between them, so Hussein leaves Luxor and travels to Cairo, where he begins looking for work. He finally finds work as a musician in a nightclub. ...

Qaher El Zalam (1979)

The 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 educa ...

Daa El-Omr Ya Walady (1978)

Fatima 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 lif ...

The Quiet Nest (1976)

Samia (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. ...

Legs In Mud (1976)

Fardous 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 l ...

Barefoot on the Gold Bridge (1976)

Camelia 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. ...

And The Time passed (1975)

Madbouly 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 i ...

The Queen and I (1975)

Young People These Days (1975)

Hosni 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 relatio ...

The Grandson (1975)

The 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 pr ...

Where Is My Mind ? (1974)

Aida's marriage is tested by secrets and cultural clash. Starring Soad Hosny, Mahmoud Yassin and Rushdy Abaza. ...

Confused Woman (1974)

A shepherdess falls in love with a wealthy young medical graduate. His mother disapproves of the relationship, so she devises a plan to keep her away from him. The plan succeeds, and the shepherdess is forced to marry an old rich man who loved her, but he ...

The Back Stairs (1973)

The back staircase is used for the building owned by Omar, some residents. His son, Sami, a failed high school student, uses the stairs for his late return. A band uses a band to occupy one of the apartments, and they avoid meeting the doorman who demands ...

My Hippy Wife (1973)

A humble man encounters a group of hippies and develops feelings for one of them. As they get married, they cannot find a place to stay, and he resorts to a friend of his who abhors all hippies. Can their stay at his house alter his prespective? ...

College Girls (1971)

The lives of a group of girls who depart from the strict world of school to the open world of college ...

Womens' Tailor (1969)

Saber 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 fashi ...

The Circus (1968)

One 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 t ...

Khan El-Khalili (1966)

Ahmed 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 ...

The Yemen Revolution (1966)

The film attempted to dismiss the former Yemeni ruler as an ignorant and vicious tyrant through its stereotypical and unreal character traits and settings ...

The Mamluks (1965)

After 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 r ...

A wife from Paris (1964)

Dr. Nagy works in the Paris oasis, but his friend, engineer Wajih, is rebelling against the woman after he is shocked by the betrayal of his wife. David, the school headmaster, searches for the appropriate wife and is chosen on one of the girls of the oasi ...

Fleeing from life (1964)

Dr. Kamal falls in love with Suhair, who works as a hostess in a nightclub. At the same time, Dr. Mahmoud also loves her. Mahmoud precedes his colleague Kamal in declaring his feelings for her and marrying her. ...

Mother of the Bride (1963)

This 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 ...

The Naked Truth (1963)

Amal, a tour guide in Cairo, doesn't want to get married after witnessing her mother's divorce, and has decided that all men are no good. With high hopes, she goes to visit the Aswan High Dam where a tourism delegation is. In a chance encounter, she meets ...

No Understanding (1961)

Mr. Shehata is a family man who lives in Port Said with his tyrannical wife and their children. In a desperate attempt to get relief, he spends most of the time at a coffee shop. The two parents pay no heed to their children's choices in life. What will be ...

A Day of My Life (1961)

An 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. ...

The Seven Daughters (1961)

The 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. ...

Conflict in the Nile (1959)

Naïve 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 i ...

We the Students (1959)

Three 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 ...

Rendezvous with a Stranger (1959)

A 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. ...

Beach of Secrets (1958)

Aliya 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. ...

They Taught Me Love (1957)

Sami 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 h ...

Gharam El Millionaire (1957)

The events revolve around the dancer Salwa, who is considered the first star of the performance troupe she works with. A rumor spreads about Salwa's relationship with a well-known millionaire, and the troupe director seeks to take advantage of that rumor t ...

A Voice from the Past (1956)

Hamdi, a young boy meets his mother in a dream. She tells hims three things that are going to happen in the future. ...

The Scornful Man (1956)

When 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. ...

Miracle from heaven (1956)

A 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 fro ...

Dawn (1955)

Amin is a railway station worker, his daughter Fajr is engaged to his friend's son. When Amin's friend the postman goes to visit him, his leg gets stuck at the railway, Amin becomes torn between saving his friend and sacrificing the passengers on the train ...

Love Crime (1955)

A 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' ...

They Made Me a Criminal (1954)

Sultan 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 rev ...

Laila Min Omri (1954)

As 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 countr ...

The Deprivation (1953)

Fadel 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. ...

Child For rent (1953)

(Zaatar) works with (Mulabbasa) in the acting troupe managed by (Jawhar). When (Jawhar) learns about the story of (Nagati Pasha's) son who disappeared twenty years ago and has not been found, (Jawhar) offers (Zaatar) to impersonate the son, and Zaatar in t ...

Habib qalbi (1952)

Samir and Fathi are friends. Samir is a famous musician and Fathi works as an employee in a humble job. Fathi meets Nahid, who has a beautiful voice and introduces her to his friend Samir in order to discover her. Samir admires her and decides to compose f ...

Qadam Al Kheir (1952)

Ihsan arrives from Lebanon to Cairo, and works with his friend Marzouk in a nightclub. Massoud Bey asks them to perform at his daughter's birthday party. Then he learns that his brother died and Mabrouka, his niece arrives from the countryside, and he trie ...

I Want To Get Married (1952)

The events of the film revolve around the singer (Nour) and her great confusion between (Samir), who loves her with all his heart but does not propose marriage to her, and his rich uncle, who considers her his lover but does not decide to marry her either, ...

According to Your Taste (1952)

On his wedding day,a young man finds himself accused of being the father of a child he knows nothings about. The child's grandfather asks him to marry his daughter, and the young man is trying to find a way to make his bride believe that he's innocent. ...

Al Montaser (1952)

Sohair, a belly dancer, meets Monir, a laborer, and falls in love with him. She strives to turn Monir into a celebrity, and uses a professional coach to turn him into a boxing champion. Monir attracts the attention of Elham, a rich woman who loves to befri ...

My Mother in Law is an Atomic Bomb (1951)

The film revolves around a happy couple, but the wife's mother works to spoil the relationship between the couple, and indeed succeeded in spoiling the relationship and was divorced despite the couple's love for each other, and also succeeded in marrying h ...

Come and Greet (1951)

An Egyptian romantic comedy film produced in 1951, the story and dialogue of Abu al-Saud al-Abiari and directed by Helmi Rafla and starring Farid al-Atrash, Samia Jamal, Ismail Yassin, Abdel Salam al-Nabulsi, Abdul Fattah al-Qasri and Farid Shawqi. ...

Nehayet Qessa (1951)

The work deals with the story of a young writer who writes a story about a girl who loves her cousin and seeks to marry him, but her father opposes this marriage, so she marries another young man in a sham marriage, to please her father, and her relationsh ...

Girls Are Sweet (1951)

Abbas Abu al-Dahab calls his wife Karima after giving birth to three daughters because he dreams of the child who will inherit his work and manage it after him. He will marry another woman called Gamalat. When the father gets sick, the father finds all the ...

A Dancer's Infatuation (1950)

A budding singer falls in love with his colleague in the dance troupe and they agree to get married. A famous dancer joins the troupe and falls in love with the singer, but he rejects her. The dancer decides to take revenge and create a quarrel between him ...

Fatma, Marika & Rachel (1949)

A wealthy boy is involved with three girls from three different religions: Rachel, a Jew that he lies to and claims to be a Jew himself, Marika, a Greek Christian, and Fatma, a Muslim woman whom his father wants him to marry. ...

Hoda (1949)

Hoda, a student, lives in Port Said with her widowed father, Fathy Al-Mahdawi, the owner of a supply and export company. Naima, an employee in the company, tricks Fathy until he falls in love with her and marries her. Hoda objects because of the difference ...

Love and madness (1948)

The film revolves around a young country man who loves singing and only sings at occasions in the countryside, but his uncle hates this hobby, so the young man travels to Cairo to find an opportunity to become a singer. ...

Heaven's Justice (1948)

An honest employee finds himself in a tough situation when he is accused of killing his manager due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. His wife is forced to work at a nightclub to provide for their children. ...

A kiss in Lebanon (1945)

Fathia travels to Lebanon to spend a period of convalescence, leaving her husband Sami behind. Fathia meets an Egyptian young man in Lebanon at the same time that her husband Sami falls in love with the playful Souad and spends time with her. News reaches ...

Majda (1943)

The film's events revolve around Magda, a beautiful girl who is forced to marry a rich man, but she does not love him, so she decides to run away from him on the wedding night, and he decides to take revenge on her and her family. ...

A Knight on Horseback (2001)

Thirty years after WWII ended, the wife of a British officer who died in the war and was buried in El-Alamein comes to visit her husband's grave. When she doesn't find the grave, she starts looking for her husband. ...

Majda (1943)

The film's events revolve around Magda, a beautiful girl who is forced to marry a rich man, but she does not love him, so she decides to run away from him on the wedding night, and he decides to take revenge on her and her family. ...