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Mahmoud Zulfikar
Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. He was a major figure in Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in the Egyptian cinema, he was known for his boldness and adventure with the new talents he presented to the Egyptian audience, later, he was nicknamed the "Talent Finder". Zulfikar was able to go beyond the limits of the film location with accurate calculations and through his imaginations, he could make his scripts alive. This earned him in Egypt the nickname of "The Event Maker". Early life Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar was born on February 18, 1914 in Tanta, Egypt. His father, Ahmed Mourad Bek Zulfikar, served as a senior police commissioner in the Ministry of Interior (Egypt), Ministry of Interior and his mother Nabila hanem Zulfikar wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanta
Tanta ( ar, طنطا ' , ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia Governorate, it is a center for the cotton-ginning industry. One of the major railway lines goes through Tanta. Annual festivals are held in Tanta for one week beginning on 11 October celebrating the birthday of Ahmad al-Badawi, a revered Sufi figure of the 13th century, who founded the Badawiyya Tariqa in Egypt and is buried in Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque, the main mosque of Tanta. Tanta is known for its ''sweet'' shops and roasted chickpeas. Overview The older name of the city is Tandata () which comes from its Coptic name. With its large cotton plantations, in 1856, Tanta became a stop on the railway network, primarily for the benefit of exporting its cotton to European markets. The area around Tanta was mostly fields but Tanta had gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Hands (film)
Soft Hands ( ar, الأيدي الناعمة, translit.''al-aydi al-nā'ima'') is a 1963 Egyptian comedy film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It is based on a play of the same name by Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim (1953). The film features an ensemble cast that includes Sabah, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Mazhar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Laila Taher. ''Soft Hands'' was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. ''Soft Hands'' is a member of the Top 100 Egyptian films list. The plot involves a formerly landed aristocrat dispossessed by the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The plot follows the aristocrat's struggle coming to terms with the reality of needing to work for a living, after being stripped of all landownership. He meets a similarly jobless doctorate in the Arabic language, who similarly, is also not willing to accept a job below his stature. Both must adjust to the new social and political realities in a new Nasserite socialist Egypt. Synopsis A former princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featureless Men
Featureless Men (Egyptian Arabic: رجال بلا ملامح translit: ''Regal bila Malameh'' aliases: Faceless Men) is a 1972 Egyptian film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, stars Salah Zulfikar and Nadia Lutfi. The film was shot in 1970, released in theaters in 1972. It is Mahmoud Zulfikar’s final film and was released posthumously. Synopsis The events revolve around (Ahmed) who just finished his college in engineering. He gets to know the night girl, (Laila), and falls in love with her and tells his father that he'll marry her. But his father refuses as she's not at his social level and threatens him and events escalate. Main cast * Salah Zulfikar as Ahmed Fouad * Nadia Lutfi as Laila * Mahmoud El-Meliguy Mahmoud el-Meliguy ( arz, محمود المليجي, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the lat ... as Ahmed's father, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Splendor Of Love
The Splendor of Love (Pseudonym, aliases: The Beauty of Love Egyptian Arabic: ''روعة الحب'', Transliteration, translit. ''Rawa'et Al Hubb'') is a 1968 in film, 1968 Egyptian film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. Synopsis The young girl Hayam marries the author Mahmoud Salem, who has always read in his eyes the ideas and opinions contained in his books. Then, Hayam returns and runs away from the house while he is chasing her. During the escape, an attractive young man, Ahmed appears to her, whom the Maadi girls love. Almost settled on the airport grounds and at the end, everyone dies. Crew * Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Writer: Hala El Hefnawy * Screenwriter: Mohamed Abu Houssef * Producer: Farouk Naguib * Studio: Ramses Naguib * Distribution: ** Cairo Distribution company (domestic) ** Arab Cinema Corporation (worldwide) Cast Primary cast * Rushdy Abaza as Ahmed * Naglaa Fathi as Hayam * Yehia Chahine as Mahmoud Salem * Abdul Moneim Ibrahim as Hassan * Madiha Hamd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghla Min Hayati
''Aghla Min Hayati'' ( English: Dearer than my Life Egyptian Arabic: ''أغلي من حياتي'') is 1965 Egyptian romantic drama film based on Fannie Hurst's novel Back street and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. Plot Ahmed and Mona live a strong love story since childhood in Marsa Matrouh, and the only witness to their love was Naguib's uncle.. Ahmed proposes to Mona, but her father refuses his request on the pretext that Ahmed is still a student and that he has a long time to study abroad and that Mona is engaged to another person, Ahmed despairs Mona's father agreed to marry and travel abroad to complete his studies. As for Mona, she did not marry the other person. When he learned about her love story for Ahmed, and during Ahmed's travels, Mona learned that he married his son, the manager of the company in which he works, then Mona's father died, so she left Marsa Matrouh and worked in Cairo as a teacher. Ahmed has returned from abroad afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Men Only (1964 Film)
''For Men Only'' ( arz, للرجال فقط , translit.Lel Regal Fakat) is a 1964 Egyptian romantic comedy film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. Cast * Nadia Lutfi as Elham/Mustafa * Soad Hosny as Salwa/Hassan * Hassan Youssef as Fawzi * Ihab Nafea as Ahmed * Amal Ramzy as Fekria * Youssef Shaaban as Amin * Souheir Magdy See also * Cinema of Egypt * Lists of Egyptian films * List of Egyptian films of 1964 * List of Egyptian films of the 1960s Below are lists of films produced in Egypt in the 1960s. *List of Egyptian films of 1960 *List of Egyptian films of 1961 *List of Egyptian films of 1962 *List of Egyptian films of 1963 *List of Egyptian films of 1964 *List of Egyptian films of 19 ... References External links * For Men Only on elCinema 1960s Arabic-language films 1964 films 1964 romantic comedy films Egyptian romantic comedy films Films directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar Egyptian black-and-white films Films shot in Egypt {{romantic-comedy-film-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Woman (film)
The Unknown Woman (aliases: The Anonymous Woman, arz, المرأة المجهولة, al-marʾa al-majhūla, El-Mara'a el-Maghola, Al-Murra Al-Maghoola, El murra el maghoula) is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It is based on the play ''Madame X''. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola. It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only African film to ever achieve that. Plot Fatima marries Dr. Ahmed and they give birth to Samir. She goes to visit her friend Souad, the police attack the place because it is suspicious and arrest everyone, including Fatima, she gets released but Ahmed divorces her. Fatima is forced to work as a singer in a Cabaret, the thug Abbas asks Fatima for a sum of money (a royalty) in order to protect her. Selling the lottery tickets, her son Samir becomes a famous lawyer, Abbas gets out of prison, and threatens Fatima in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Ard El Tayeba
''El Ard el Tayeba'' (aliases: ''The Good Land'' or ''The Good Earth'', ar, الأرض الطيبة, translit. ''Al-Ard Al-Tayyiba'') is a 1954 Egyptian film written, directed by and produced by Mahmoud Zulfikar. Synopsis Saadia discovers that she is the daughter of a rich man and has a huge inheritance after his death. Her stepmother Baheega hates her, specially after Saadia became a rich girl. Baheega plots to kill Saadia to win her inheritance with the help of her lover and her brother. Here come the good man Hussein to rescue her. Crew * Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Story: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Youssef Gohar * Production: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Editing: Albert Naguib * Production company: Amir Film (Mahmoud Zulfikar) * Distribution: National Company for Distribution and Trade Main cast * Mariam Fakhr Eddine as Saadia * Kamal El-Shennawi as Hussein Heshmat * Hussein Riad as El Pasha * Zuzu Madi as Baheega * Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy as Zaki * Sor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl From Palestine
''A Girl from Palestine'' (Egyptian Arabic: فتاة من فلسطين translit: ''Fatah Min Falastin'') is a 1948 Egyptian film directed by and starring Mahmoud Zulfikar. Plot During 1948 Arab–Israeli War, an Egyptian fighter pilot stubbornly defends the Palestinian land against the Israeli enemy. In the same air raid, his plane crashes in a Palestinian village, and Salma the Palestinian finds him injured in his foot. She hosts him in her home and works to heal his wounds, which brings the Egyptian and Palestinian hearts closer. Then the film exposes the stories of the Palestinian guerrillas who prefer death to the Zionist occupation, and then we know that Salma's house is nothing but a center for the guerrillas' weapons. The Egyptian pilot admires the girl Salma and her courage until they exchange love and marry in a Palestinian wedding that the guerrillas seduce in the Palestinian popular manner, and the Egyptian pilot returns to complete his mission in defending Palestine. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Zulfikar, 1968
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My Father Deceived Me
My Father Deceived Me (aliases: My Father Tricked Me ar, خدعني أبي, translit. ''Khadaini abi'') is a 1951 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It stars Mahmoud Zulfikar, Sabah and Taheyya Kariokka. Plot Kawthar is a girl who works in the telephone service, and is in love with Mamdouh, a poor young man. Mamdouh proposes to marry Kawthar, but her father refuses and sees that she must marry Shaaban, the rich man, and under her father's pressure, Kawthar marries Shaaban, and lives in his villa in which she resides with him and his daughter who has a mental illness. One of the misfits tries to kill Shaaban, but by chance Mamdouh saves him from fate, and Shaaban could not reward him except by entrusting him with managing the casino he owns, in a confrontation between Kawthar and the villa's maid, the maid declares to her that she is Shaaban's wife, and this is a secret between them, and she also told her that Shaaban, this rich man, is nothing but a forge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
