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Gamil Ratib
Gamil Ratib ( ar, جميل راتب; 18 August 1926 – 19 September 2018) was an Egyptian actor. He appeared in television and film productions and briefly in theater over a 65-year career. He was known for numerous villainous roles and his appearance in the English-language epic historical drama film ''Lawrence of Arabia''. Biography Born in 1926 in Cairo to an Egyptian family known of their love for arts, Ratib was sent to study arts in Paris. His love of performance came from French theatre, which he studied at the University of France, before making his film debut in 1945. He was a much-awarded actor in both his native Egypt and in France, having worked in both countries, including being given the Legion of Honour. In France, Ratib married a French woman and was given French citizenship. Filmography *1947: '' Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' as Un jeune homme au bal (uncredited) *1956: ''Trapeze'' as Stefan *1957: ''O.S.S. 117 n'est pas mort'' *1957: ''L'Aventurière des Cham ...
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Order Of Merit (Egypt)
The Order of Merit is an Egyptian order of merit The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by K .... History The Order of Merit was founded by the Regent on behalf of King Ahmad Fuad in 1953 as a general award for meritorious service. Classes The order is composed of the following classes of merit: The order is composed of the following classes of merit :Order of Merit
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The Young Wolves
''The Young Wolves'' (French: ''Les jeunes loups'') is a 1968 French-Italian drama film directed by Marcel Carné and starring Christian Hay, Haydée Politoff and Yves Beneyton.Turk p.443 The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Cast * Christian Hay as Alain Langlois * Haydée Politoff as Sylvie * Yves Beneyton as Jean-Emmanuel de Saint-Sever, dit Chris * Maurice Garrel as Ugo Castellini * Gamil Ratib as Prince Linzani * Stéphane Bouy as Riccione, le photographe * Rolande Kalis as Evelyne * Bernard Dhéran as Jean-Noël * Elizabeth Teissier as Princesse Linzani * Serge Leeman as Jojo * René Lefevre-Bel as Gaston, le majordome * Luc Bongrand as Eddie * Elina Labourdette as Madame Sinclair * Roland Lesaffre as Albert * Robert De Niro as Un hippie chez Popov * Jean Panisse as Le garagiste * Marguerite Muni Muni (born Marguerite Muni; 23 June 1929 – 22 August 1999) was a French actress who is best known for her appearances ...
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1993 In Television
1993 in television may refer to: *1993 in Albanian television *1993 in American television * 1993 in Australian television * 1993 in Austrian television * 1993 in Belgian television * 1993 in Brazilian television * 1993 in British television *1993 in Canadian television * 1993 in Croatian television * 1993 in Danish television * 1993 in Dutch television *1993 in French television *1993 in Irish television * 1993 in Israeli television * 1993 in Japanese television * 1993 in New Zealand television *1993 in Norwegian television *1993 in Philippine television *1993 in Portuguese television *1993 in Scottish television *1993 in South African television File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The White House (Moscow), Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Cze ... * 1993 in Swedish television {{SIA ...
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Sherif Arafa
Sherif Arafa ( ar, شريف عرفة) (born on December 25, 1960) is an Egyptian director, writer and producer. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1982. Sharif Arafa participated in the making of many of the movies in the history of Egyptian cinema, such as ''Birds of Darkness'' , ''Mafia (2002 film), Mafia'', ''Halim (film), Halim'' and ''Welad El Am''. He produced several television works such as Tamer we shawkeya an"Lahazat Harega" ''"Critical moments"'' He was famous for his political movies with the writer "Wahid Hame Awards He received many awards during his career such as: *Awards for best director and best film of the Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to play movies with adults, Terrorism and Kebab and The forgotten *Silver Award for best film festival in 1992 Milan African Film and film terrorism kebab *Bronze Award for best film festival in Venice in 1995 for "dark birds *Silver Award for best film festival in Milan in 1995 for "dark birds *The pr ...
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The 3rd Class
''The 3rd Class'' ( ar, الدرجة الثالثة, Transliteration, translit. Al-Darja Al-Thalitha) is a 1988 Egyptian drama/romance movie, starring Soad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki (actor), Ahmed Zaki. Cast *Soad Hosni as Na'ana'a. *Ahmed Zaki (actor), Ahmed Zaki *Gamil Ratib * Sanaa’ Younis * Abdel Azim Abdel Hak See also * Egyptian films of the 1980s * List of Egyptian films of 1988 References *(Al Daraga Al Thalesa
*"الدرجة الثالثة (فيلم(":ar:الدرجة الثالثة (فيلم) 20th-century Egyptian films 1988 films 1980s Arabic-language films {{Egypt-film-stub ...
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The Innocent (1986 Egyptian Film)
''The Innocent'' (Arabic البرئ, pronounced: Alparee') is an Egyptian feature film, released on 15 August 1986, starring Ahmed Zaki (actor), Ahmed Zaki, Gamil Ratib, and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz. Plot The film depicts Ahmed Sabe' El Leil (Ahmed Zaki), a young poor farmer, who is serving his mandatory military year. As a result of his marksmanship, he is chosen as a prison guard. At the prison, he encounters the political prisoners who are treated inhumanely. He follows orders to torture and humiliate the prisoners, and even perform executions, Trucks full of university students who participated in the 1977 Egyptian bread riots, 1977 bread riots are brought to this prison, among them is his old friend from the village, Hussein Wahdan. Through Hussein the young guard discovers how oppressive and corrupt the government is, and Ahmed refuses to torture Hussein. In the final scene, censored in Egypt, Ahmed opens fire indiscriminately on officers and fellow soldiers until he is shot as a ...
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Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films that were listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for lifetime achievement), Chahine was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif. A well-regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work. Chahine gained his largest international audience as one of the co-directors of ''11'9"01 September 11'' (2002). Childhood and early life Chahine (Fr. pronounced Shaheen) was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Melkite Greek Catholic family. His father was an attorney originally from Zahle, Lebanon and was a supporter of the Egyptian nationalism, Egyptian nationalist Wafd Party. His mother, Claire ...
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Adieu Bonaparte
''Adieu Bonaparte'' or ''Bonaparte in Egypt'' ( arz, وداعا بونابرت, translit. Weda'an Bonapart) is a 1985 Egyptian-French historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine and starring Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Patrice Chéreau and Mohsen Mohieddin. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. It was later selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Michel Piccoli as Cafarelli *Salah Zulfikar as Cheikh Hassouna * Patrice Chéreau as Napoléon Bonaparte * Mohsen Mohieddin as Ali * Mohsena Tewfik as La mère * Christian Patey as Horace * Gamil Ratib as Barthelemy * Taheya Cariocca as La sage femme * Huda Sultan as Nefissa * Claude Cernay as Decoin * Mohamad Dardiri as Sheikh Charaf * Hassan El Adl as Cheikh Aedalah * Tewfik El Dekn as Le Derwiche (as Tewfik El Dekken) * Seif El Dine as Kourayem (as Seif Eddina) * Hassan Husseiny as Le père * Farid Mahmoud as Faltaos See also * Salah ...
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L'Étoile Du Nord (film)
''L'Étoile du Nord'' ( en, The North Star) is a 1982 French film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre and based on a novel by Georges Simenon, starring Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cottençon and Julie Jézéquel. It won a César Award for Best Adaptation and Best Supporting Actress, and was nominated for Best Actress, Most Promising Actress and Best Editing. Plot On a ship in the 1930s sailing from Alexandria to Marseille, Édouard Binet, a French adventurer, meets Nemrod Loktum, a shady Egyptian businessman, and Sylvie Baron, a Belgian exotic dancer. Nemrod takes the Étoile du Nord train to Brussels, on which he is robbed and killed. Édouard then takes a room at the boarding house in Charleroi of Madame Baron, Sylvie's mother, with bloodstained clothes and a lot of money that he hides. Despite the suspicions of her younger daughter Antoinette and the other lodgers, the frosty Madame Baron is gradually charmed by the suave Frenchman and believes his stories. The p ...
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Aly Badrakhan
Ali Badrakhan (born April 25, 1946) is an Egyptian film director and screenwriter, the son of the director Ahmed Badrakhan. He worked as assistant to Fatin Abdel Wahab in ''Land of Hypocrisy'' in 1968, and with Youssef Chahine in the films ''Selection'' in 1971 and ''The Sparrow (1972 film), The Sparrow'' in 1974; his first movie was ''The Love That Was'' (1973) by Soad Hosny. Badrakhan collaborated with Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Jahin, and Ahmed Zaki (actor), Ahmed Zaki. Early life Badrakhan was born to Ahmed Badrakhan who is of Kurdish descent and Salwa Allam in Cairo circa 1946. Filmography See also * Cinema of Egypt *Top 100 Egyptian films Bibliography * Laura U. Marks, Hanan Al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image, The MIT Press UK. 2015. *Josef Gugler, Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence, University of Texas Press Austin, USA. 2011, pages 369. *Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard, Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema, Scarecrow Press, UK. ...
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Chafika Et Metwal
''Chafika et Metwal'' ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" ("شفيقة و متولي") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Souad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Ali Badrakhan from a story by Salah Jahin. Credits *music = Fouad Al Zawaheri *montage = Said Sheik *released = 1979 *run-time = 2h.5 minutes *country = Egypt *language = Arabic Plot The film was based on a folktale about brother and sister Shafika and Metwally. Where the wayward sister (Souad Hosni) escapes her petty existence in a small Upper Egyptian village and moves to the city. Chafika's poverty finally takes her to acquire a bad reputation as a belly dancer and kept woman. Badrakhan gave the story an unconventional socio-political edge by setting it at the middle of the 19th century, when depraved Egyptian Pashas stopped at nothing to increase their wealth and influence, even if it meant trading in their own ...
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