Movies: Tawfiq Al-Deqen

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade....

Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah. But there's trouble on the harbor, and with an old friend....

Zarifa objects the marriage of her daughter Mona from Tahsin, as she wants her married to a wealthy man, while Ashour, Mona's father, supports the marriage. Zarifa dies, and Ashour, Mona and Tahsin settle on a wedding date, only to see Zarifa's spiri...

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...

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effec...

A Man in Our House is a 1961 Egyptian film about the resistance to British rule in Egypt which ended in the exile of King Farouk in 1954 and the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser....

A psychiatrist and his orderly take four male patients to a beach resort in Alexandria to help them integrate into the society and overcome their mental illnesses....

The story of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid (592-642) the greatest military leader in the dawn of Islam during the life of prophet Muhammad and his caliphs Abu Bakr and Omar....

Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their fa...

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of...

A lawyer falls in love with a woman her meets in Faiyum, but she lies to him to test his love....

As Magdy leaves Upper Egypt for a job, he befriends the playboy Sami who impresses him with his many relationships. After a chance meeting with Hanan, Magdy asks for Sami's help to get close to her, something that Sami is happy to provide and support...

A married couple ends up working at the same company where the wife is a general director. This arouses the suspicion of their co-workers who do not know they are married....

"Fasih" plays in his father's lab, the Attar, which causes a demon to appear. The sprite burns, leaving a powder that hides what falls on it. A taqiyya is exposed to this powder and acquires a property that hides the one who wears it. Asfour discover...

Kamal is a university student who is in love with Nora the daughter of a ruthless businessman who rejects him because he is poor and thus plots to keep him away from her. With the help of his friends they try to solve his problem especially after Kam...

Said the officer in Vice Squad is shocked by the decision of his boss to stop the investigation into the case of Alia Hanim because of her connections with officials and turns into a rigid person. When Said has information that some women visit a fla...

An intellectual car breaks down on the road near the house of the simple employee Anwar, so she turns to him to stay with him, and he agrees after insisting, while he was waiting for a visit from the Bashkatib who was going to marry his daughter, whi...

Three young guys Ismail, Refaat and Hamada rob the safe of an antique store. After that, they part, and each of them goes his own way. And when they have new financial difficulties, they meet again and agree to rob a bank together....

Khadija is a young village girl who gets fascinated by the world of parties she observes every night at the lord's mansion. When her mother gets sick, she takes her to Dr. Hassan who asks his friend Mon'em to bring about Khadija's transformation into...

Shaaban works as a photographer in a newspaper, with whom the dangerous criminal Napoleon agrees to take a number of photos to compete with Ibrahim and his gang as they steal a company's treasury in exchange for money to succeed in his mission. Abrah...