Movies: Hussain Ismael

Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is ac...

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes...

The story of Hassan Al-Shahat and his son Shahtout who frequent the religious commemorating ceremonies to display their magic tricks. Hassan is shocked to learn of his wife's unfaithfulness, but he is in for an even more shocking surprise....

This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor....

Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is hav...

Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try to drag her in with them but she refuses. She studies to become a school teacher and decides to move to the countryside away from them, but she finds othe...

Dr. Nagy works in the Paris oasis, but his friend, engineer Wajih, is rebelling against the woman after he is shocked by the betrayal of his wife. David, the school headmaster, searches for the appropriate wife and is chosen on one of the girls of th...

Two college students live together in Cairo. As they fall for their neighbor Mona, they start to compete to win her favor which stirs up trouble....

A man takes an escort to live with him in a rural area and convince them that she is his sister....

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their si...

When an oil engineer starts digging for oil in Luxor he disturbs the spirits of ancient Egyptians buried there. A spirit, Last Bride of the Nile, is sent to get him to stop the drilling....

Ameria is shocked when she finds out her husband is cheating on her, so she decides to commit suicide, but the taxi driver saves her and takes her with him....

Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection....

Three young men spend their summer at a camp in Alexandria until they cross paths with Mona who suggests that they stay at her grandfather's abandoned villa. Abdel Rahman proposes to turn it into a boardinghouse....

Hajj Metwally is keen to acquire money and land. His daughter Naima falls in love with Hassan Al-Maghnawati and he reciprocates her feelings. The two lovers meet repeatedly. Atwa, a relative of Metwally, aspires to marry her. Therefore, when Hassan p...

Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competit...

Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein district in Cairo who lives with his pregnant wife and beautiful sister, soon Ahmed falls in love with Aziza, so he asked Aziza's brother For Her Hand I...

A film producer who agrees with one of the directors to direct a movie, assigning the movie starring to Noussa, then filming is delayed and disputes arise between Noussa and the film's hero, as they both try to manage a mold for the other, so that th...

Gasser, who works in one of the quarries, goes to the prostitute Hamida who falls in love with him. Metwally, who works with Gasser in the quarry, loves her, which leads the two men onto a dangerous path....

Set in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the inv...