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A list of films produced in Egypt in 1938. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasheen | Fritz Kramp | Hassan Ezzat, Nadia Nagi, Hussein Riad | Drama, Romance | [1] [2] |
| Yahya el hub | Mohammed Karim | Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Leila Mourad | Drama, Romance | [3] |
Khairy Beshara is an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since the 1970s. He is considered one of the Egyptian directors who re-defined Realism in Egyptian cinema in the 1980s. In a recent book published by Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2007 about the most important 100 films in the history of Egyptian cinema, three of his movies were listed: The Collar and the Bracelet, Bitter Day, Sweet Day, and Ice Cream in Gleem.
The following is a list of Egyptian films. The year order is split by decade. For an alphabetical list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood of the East or Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the FIAPF. There are an additional 12 festivals. Of the more than 4,000 short and feature-length films made in MENA region since 1908, more than three-quarters were Egyptian films. Egyptian films are typically spoken in the Egyptian Arabic dialect.
Mahmoud el-Meligy was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles.
The history of the cinema of Morocco dates back to "The Moroccan Goatherd" by Louis Lumière in 1897. During the French protectorate, films were produced and directed by French filmmakers, and in 1952, Orson Welles directed his Othello in the historic city of Essaouira. Since independence in 1956, Moroccan film directors developed the national film industry. Emergence in the 1970s met with growing international success.
Mohamed Hamed Hassan Khan was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was a pivotal member of the "1980s generation" in Egyptian cinema, along with directors such as Khairy Beshara, Daoud Abd El-Sayed, Atef El-Tayeb, and Yousry Nasrallah. His main aesthetic credo, in line with directors from his generation, was a reinvigorated realism seeking direct documentation of everyday life in Cairo, beyond the walls of the studio. Khan has 4 films in the Top 100 Egyptian films list.
Togo Mizrahi was an Egyptian director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Mizrahi was a prolific filmmaker best known for making popular comedies and musicals. Between 1930 and 1946, he directed 30 Arabic-speaking films and four Greek speaking films, and he produced several films directed by other filmmakers.
Mohanad Mostafa Ahmed Abdelmonem Lasheen is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for the Egyptian club Pyramids FC.
Viva Zalata is a 1976 Egyptian western comedy film directed by Hassan Hafez.
The Killers is a 1971 Egyptian crime thriller starring Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif. The film is written by Mahmoud Abu Zeid and directed by Ashraf Fahmy.
Appointment at the Tower is a 1962 Egyptian film written and directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. It stars Salah Zulfikar, Soad Hosny and Fouad el-Mohandes.
Yahya El Hub is a 1938 Egyptian drama film written, directed by Mohammed Karim. It stars Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Leila Mourad.
