Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company ( ar, شركة أفلام عز الدين ذو الفقار,

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: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films) is a film production company founded in

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by Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar and

Salah Zulfikar Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...

in 1958. It operated in the

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and

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since 1958 until 1963.

History

In 1958, the Zulfikar brothers;

Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Ezz El-Dine Ahmed Mourad Zulficar (Egyptian Arabic: عز الدين ذو الفقار, ; October 28, 1919 – July 1, 1963) was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer known for his distinctive style, which blends romance and ...

and

established a film production corporation under the trade name of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films. Salah took over the administrative side. The Zulfikar brothers produced their first film; ''

Among the Ruins Among the Ruins ( arz, بين الأطلال, translit. Bain El Atlal) is a 1959 Egyptian romance film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and produced by the Egyptian film producer Salah Zulfikar. The film is based on a n ...

'' (''Bain Al Atlal'') (1959) starring

Faten Hamama Faten Ahmed Hamama ( ar, فاتن حمامه ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was o ...

Emad Hamdy Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actress Nadia E ...

and Salah Zulfikar. The film was directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and was commercially and critically successful, and was listed later in the Top 100 Egyptian films. Their second venture was ''

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'' (''Al Ragol Al Thani'') (1959) directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, featuring Salah Zulfikar in two roles alongside

Rushdy Abaza Rushdy Saiid El Bughdady Abaza ( arz, رشدي سعيد البوغدادي أباظة) (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry. He ...

Samia Gamal Samia Gamal ( ar, سامية جمال, born as Zaynab Khalil Ibrahim Mahfuz, 5 March 1924 – 1 December 1994) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress. Biography Born in the small Egyptian town of Wana in March 1924, Samia's family moved ...

and

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. The film was a box-office hit. In 1960, they produced '' Angel and Devil'' (''Malaak wa Shaytan'') starring

and directed by

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 * '' Mala ...

. The film was another breakthrough to Rushdy Abaza after his success in ''The Second Man.'' Followed by ''The Holy Bond'' (''Al Rabat Al Moqaddas'') (1960) starring

, Salah Zulfikar,

, and directed by their older brother

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 figur ...

, the film later became an Egyptian cinematic classic. Their next venture was Tewfik Saleh's ''

Struggle of the Heroes Struggle of the Heroes (aliases: Clash of the Heroes translit: ''Sira’ Al-Abtal'' Egyptian Arabic: صراع الأبطال) is a 1962 Egyptian film directed by Tewfik Saleh. It is listed in the Top 100 films in the Egyptian cinema of the 20th c ...

'' (1962) (''Sir'a Al-Abtal''), which was later listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films. The company’s final venture was ''Black Candles'' (''Al-Shomoo' Al-Sawdaa'') (1962) featuring Nagat,

Saleh Selim Saleh Selim ( ar, صالح سليم) (11 September 1930 - 6 May 2002) was the 10th president of the Egyptian Al Ahly Sporting Club. He also was a famous Egyptian football player and actor. He was nicknamed El Maestro because of his way of lead ...

and

Fouad El-Mohandes Fouad Zaki Mohamed el-Mohandes ar, فؤاد زكي محمد المهندس; known as Fouad el-Mohandes (or Fuad el-Mohandess; ar, فؤاد المهندس; September 6, 1924 – September 16, 2006) was an Egyptian stage and screen actor, and st ...

, the film was a financial and critical success.

Films

Feature films

Legacy

In 1996, in the centenary of

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, two productions of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films were listed in the Top hundred Egyptian films of the 20th century.

References

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