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Kamal El Sheikh
Kamal El Sheikh ( ar, كمال الشيخ; 2 February 1919 – 2 January 2004) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987, with eight of them in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. Selected filmography * ''Malak al-Rahma'' (1946 - editor) * ''Al-Manzel Raqam 13'' (1952) * '' Hob wa Dumoo`'' (1955) * '' Life or Death'' (1955) * '' Ard al-Salam'' (1957) * ''Sayyidat al-Qasr'' (1958) * '' Hobbi al-Wahid'' (1960) * '' Lan Aataref'' (1961) * ''Chased by the Dogs'' (1962) * '' Last Night'' (1964) *'' Three Thieves'' (Story 3) (1966) *''The Man who lost his Shadow'' (1968) *'' Sunset and Sunrise'' (1970) *''Whom Should We Shoot? ''Whom Should We Shoot?'' ( ar, على مَن نطلق الرَصاص؟, translit.`Alā mann Notlīq Ar-rasās, IPA ælɑ: mʌn nʊtˤlq ərəsˤʌs is a 1975 Egyptian drama film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. The film was listed in the CIFF To ...'' (1975) *'' The Peacock'' (1982) References External links * 1919 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chased By The Dogs
''Chased by the Dogs'' or ''The Thief and the Dogs'' ( ar, اللص والكلاب, Transliteration, translit. El less wal kilab) is a 1962 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh, based on the 1961 novel ''The Thief and the Dogs'' by Naguib Mahfouz. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Egyptian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Shadia as Nour * Shukry Sarhan as Saeed Mahran * Kamal Al-Shennawi as Raouf Elwan * Samir Sabri as Taleb * Fakher Fakher * Salah Mansour See also * List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * 1962 films 1962 crime drama films Egyptian crime drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peacock (1982 Film)
The Peacock ( Egyptian Arabic: ''الطاووس'' translit: ''Al-Tawous'') is an Egyptian crime thriller film released in 1982. It stars Salah Zulfikar, Nour El Sherief, Laila Taher and Raghda and directed by Kamal El Sheikh. Plot Hussein in a forensic psychologist who was two sister nieces; Nadia and Samiha. Nadia is married to Hamdi and they live with Samiha, Hamdi is secretly in love with his wife's sister but he can't do anything about it, until one day he murder his wife and try to win her sister’s heart but her uncle Hussein knows about the crime of Hamdi and he tries with the help of the police to make him fall into their trap. Cast * Salah Zulfikar as Hussein * Nour El-Sherif as Hamdi * Laila Taher as Nadia * Raghda as Samiha * Salah Rashwan as Nabil * Adel Hashem as the investigator * Muhammad Safwat as Police officer * Fadia Okasha as Enayat * Diaa Al-Mirghani as The pickpocket * Youssef Al-Assal as Receptionist * Ikhlas Hosni * Bassem Sedky * Fouad Atall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whom Should We Shoot?
''Whom Should We Shoot?'' ( ar, على مَن نطلق الرَصاص؟, translit.`Alā mann Notlīq Ar-rasās, IPA ælɑ: mʌn nʊtˤlq ərəsˤʌs is a 1975 Egyptian drama film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. The film was listed in the CIFF Top 100 Egyptian films and was also selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Soad Hosny * Mahmoud Yassine * Gamil Ratib See also * Soad Hosny filmography * List of Egyptian films of 1975 * List of Egyptian films of the 1970s * List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Egypt has submitted films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1958, when Youssef Chahine's ''Cairo Station'' became both the first African and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset And Sunrise (film)
Sunset and Sunrise (Egyptian Arabic: غروب وشروق translit: ''Ghoroub wa Shorouq'') is 1970 Egyptian political film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. The film stars Soad Hosny, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza and Mahmoud El-Meliguy. The film is listed in the Top 100 films in the history of the Egyptian cinema. Plot The events occur in early 1952 where secret patriotic organizations are rising all over the country. One of these organizations is headed by ''Amin Akef'' with the aim of overthrowing the King and his associates including ''Azmi Pasha'' the head of the political police. ''Amin'' is a pilot who has two best friends, ''Essam'' and Samir. ''Samir'' is married to ''Madiha'' who is the daughter of ''Azmi Pasha''. She imagines that she can live outside of her father's control, so she asks her husband to live alone outside the palace walls, but ''Azmi Pasha'' refuses. After the Cairo fire was extinguished in January 1952. ''Azmi Pasha'' reassures that the situation has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Lost His Shadow
The Man who lost his Shadow ( Egyptian Arabic: الرجل الذي فقد ظله translit: ''El Ragol El-lazi fakad Zilloh'') is a 1968 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It is based on Fathy Ghanem’s story under the same name. The film stars Magda, Salah Zulfikar and Kamal El-Shennawi. ''The Man who lost his Shadow'' is a member of the Top 100 Egyptian films list. Synopsis The events of the film occur before the 1952 Revolution, Shawky is a revolutionary who struggles to build a new world. His friend, Youssef, rose in the world of journalism on the shoulders of his teacher, Mohamed Nagy, as he is an opportunist who sold himself in order to achieve his individual ambition and abandoned all human values and traditions with the aim of linking to a higher class represented by the aristocratic Souad. He struggles to build a new world in which his middle class and even the whole country will obtain social justice. Youssef's father assaults his maid, Mabrouka, and afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Thieves (1966 Film)
Three Thieves also known as 3 Robbers (Egyptian Arabic: ثلاثة لصوص translit: ''Thalathat lousous'' french:''Trois voleurs'') is a 1966 Egyptian film. It tells 3 separate stories about three thieves. The film is written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and produced by Salah Zulfikar. Yehia Chahine played the role of the judge. First story: The gold thief Plot The events revolve around Mohsen, an employee who is transferred to Cairo. He searches for an apartment to live in. He finds an apartment, but is surprised by its high price. He requires that he buy meat from the owner of the apartment who owns a butcher's shop. He gets to know the butcher's wife and goes to her apartment and gives him some of her gold. The wife is against someone else who comes to buy another apartment, the wife refuses to meet Mohsen and he decides to steal the wife's gold. Cast * Salah Zulfikar: (Mohsen) * Hind Rostom: (Narges - Madbouly's wife) * Saeed Abu Bakr: (Musad Al-Bawab) * Mohamed Reda: (Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Night (1964 Film)
''Last Night'' ( ar, الليلة الأخيرة, Transliteration, translit. Al-Laylah al-Akheera) is a 1964 Egyptian mystery film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Faten Hamama - Nadia and her sister Fawzya * Ahmed Mazhar - Dr. Ahmed * Mahmoud Moursy - Shoukry * Madiha Salem - Daughter of Nadia * Abdel Khalek Saleh Synopsis Faten Hamama plays a wife who wakes up one morning to discover she is married to her brother-in-law in this suspenseful drama. The confused woman soon learns that fifteen years have gone by and that she was injured in a bomb blast that killed her sister. References External links * 1964 films 1960s Arabic-language films Egyptian black-and-white films 1960s mystery films Films directed by Kamal El Sheikh Egyptian mystery films {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lan Aataref
''I Will Not Confess'' ( ar, لن أعترف, ''Lan Aataref'') is a 1961 Egyptian crime film starring Faten Hamama, Ahmed Mazhar and Ahmed Ramzy. The film is directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh. Plot Amal (Faten Hamama) is the wife of Ahmed (Ahmed Mazhar) who manages a textile factory. One day, she receives a threatening letter directed at Ahmed. The letter reveals that Ahmed committed a murder; he killed a teller to steal the factory's money. Amal remembers that her husband had come to her telling her that he had lost his money, and weeks later had restored his money. One of the factory workers (Salah Mansour) meets Amal and confirms what the letter said, claiming that he witnessed the crime. Amal seeks her brother's (Ahmed Ramzy) support. He goes to the worker and, after a heated and vehement argument, fights with him and eventually kills him. He immediately runs away. Minutes later, Amal reaches the worker's home to talk to him, and finds him dead. She is b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobbi Al-Wahid
''My Only Love'' ( ar, حبي الوحيد) is a 1960 Egyptian drama/romance film directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Omar Sharif, Kamal Al-Shennawi, and Nadia Lutfi. Plot Mona is in a love triangle with Adel (Omar Sharif), an airplane pilot who she loves, and Rushdi (Kamal Al-Shennawi), a family friend of Mona, who she has rejected on several occasions. On the day of Adel and Mona's engagement party, Adel is bringing Mona's friend, Hoda, but there is a car accident on their way. When Mona telephones Adel to see why he is late, Hoda replies, consequently Mona thinks Adel is having an affair with her. She agrees to marry Rushdi, but after their marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ..., he treats her badly. She conceives but after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
