Zaki Rostom ( arz, زكي رستم) (1903–1972) Zaki Moharram Mahmoud Rostom was an Egyptian

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. A

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known for portraying intimidating and often

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s, Zaki is regarded as one of the influential and important actors of Egyptian cinema. Zaki Rostom was born on March 5, 1903, to an aristocratic family of prominent position in

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, where his father and grandfather were

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s of Egypt, and his grandfather also served in the Egyptian army. His father was appointed minister in the era of

Khedive Ismail Isma'il Pasha ( ar, إسماعيل باشا ; 12 January 1830 – 2 March 1895), was the Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain. Sharing the ambitious outlook of his gran ...

, and died when Zaki was still a young boy. He was brought up by a friend of his father, Mustafa Nageeb, the father of the Egyptian artist Soliman Nageeb ( arz, سليمان نجيب (1892–1955), where a strong relationship started between him and some artists of the theater at that time, including fellow actor Abdel Wareth Assar (1894–1982). His hobby of acting started when he was a student in the

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; in 1924 he joined the National theater group, and in 1925 joined the Ramses theater group. Rostom's best known roles include an aristocrat tyrant husband in the Egyptian adaptation of ''

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''; Ezz El Dine Zulficar's ''The'' ''River of Love'' (1960), a powerful brutal landlord in

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films that were listed ...

's ''Struggle in the Valley'' (1954), a bully merchant opposite

Farid Shawki Farid Shawqi Mohammad Abdou Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي محمد عبده شوقي) (July 30, 1920 in El Sayyeda Zainab – July 27, 1998 in Maadi); known as Farid Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي) was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter and film ...

in ''

The Tough ''The Tough'' ( arz, الفتوة ) is a 1957 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Farid Shawqi * Taheya Cariocca * Zaki Rostom * Tewfik El-Dekn * Mimi Shakeeb * F ...

'' (1957), a sneaky drug lord in ''Pier No. 5'' (1957), and the loving father opposite

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who played the villain role in '' Me and My Daughters'' (1961). He was chosen by the ''

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'' French magazine in the mid 1940s as one of the best ten international actors. In the last 10 years of his life he suffered from hearing impairment and severe depression. He lived in isolation and spent his time reading until he suffered a heart attack and died on February 16 of 1972 at the age of 68 years.

Filmography

*''Zeinab'' (1930) .... Hassam *''Dahayat, El'' (1933) ... a.k.a. The Victims (International: English title) *''Kaferi am khatiatak'' (1933)... a.k.a. Pay for Your Sins (International: English title) *''El-ittihâm'' (1934)... a.k.a. The Accusation (International: English title) *''Layla bint el sahara'' (1937)... a.k.a. Leila, Daughter of the Desert (International: English title) *''El-charid'' (1942)... a.k.a. The Wanderer (International: English title) *''El-muttahama'' (1942)... a.k.a. The Suspect (International: English title) *''Hadamat beyti'' (1943)... a.k.a. I Ruined My House (International: English title) *''Haza ganahu abi'' (1945) ... a.k.a. This Was My Father's Crime (International: English title) *''Suq al-Soda', al-'' (1945) .... Abu Mahmud ... a.k.a. Black Market *''El-hanim'' (1946) *''Dahaya el madania'' (1946) ... a.k.a. Victims of Modernism (International: English title) *''Ab, El'' (1947)... a.k.a. The Father (International: English title) *''Ghurub'' (1947)... a.k.a. Sunset (International: English title) *''Ana al maadi'' (1951)... a.k.a. I Am the Past (International: English title) *''Awladi'' (1952) ... a.k.a. My Children (International: English title) *''Aisha'' (1953) .... Madbouli (the father) *''Siraa Fil-Wadi'' (1954) .... Taher Pasha ... a.k.a. Struggle in the Valley ... a.k.a. The Blazing Sky ... a.k.a. The Blazing Sun *''Hub wa demoue'' (1956)... a.k.a. Love and Tears (International: English title) *''Rasif rakam khamsa'' (1956) ... a.k.a. Platform No. 5 (International: English title) *''Fatawa, El'' (1957) ... a.k.a.

(International: English title) *''Emraa fil tarik'' (1958) ... a.k.a. A Woman on the Road (International: English title) *''Malak wa shaitan'' (1960) ... a.k.a. Angel and Devil (International: English title) *''Aaz el habaieb'' (1961) ... a.k.a. I Want Love (International: English title) *''Nahr el hub'' (1961) .... Taher Pasha... a.k.a. The River of Love (International: English title) *'' Ana wa Banati'' (1961) .... Mahmoud... a.k.a Me and My Daughters (International: English title) *''Haram, El'' (1965) ... a.k.a. The Sin (International: English title) *''Aguazet seif'' (1967) .... Farid

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rostom, Zaki Egyptian male stage actors Egyptian theatre people Egyptian male film actors 1903 births 1972 deaths Male actors from Cairo 20th-century Egyptian male actors

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