Most Popular Naguib Mahfouz Trailers
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29 April 1992
In the palace of a Pasha, the maid Shalabya and the driver Ali fall in love, but the Pasha fires them when he finds out.
11 August 1947
Two chemists working at the same laboratory compete over the heart of the daughter of the laboratory owner.
10 November 1980
Leila is a successful lawyer, she marries a wealthy illiterate contractor, Fathi, as each of them has a different culture.
19 January 1981
Mahrous joins the supporters of the teacher Abbas Fatwa Bulaq neighborhood, which pledges his former bully teacher Memon to avenge him from the teacher Atwa, who injured him in one of the battles and caused his inability to move, bully Abbas asked Mahrous to kill his fiancee Hamida metal jewelry salesman in order to kill the feelings of love refused Mahrous He escapes from the neighborhood and no one knows about his whereabouts except his friend Bayoumi, who recommends Hamida.
23 February 1952
In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Police work to unravel its secrets.
14 January 1973
The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their impact on their maturity and life paths.
22 September 1969
When her stepfather tries to rape her, Amal kills him and flees. She finds refuge in the house of the fine artist Ahmed Khaled who falls for her, but his protégé, the sculptor Sherif, also falls for her and competes with Ahmed to win her favor.
21 September 1963
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world.
02 January 1955
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha.
13 October 1969
Zuhra has nothing to do but to runaway after her family forced her to marry an old rich man. She goes to Alexandria where she works in a motel and there she meets people with different ideologies and thoughts about life.
24 September 1984
Abu Sereeh agrees with his mistress, Fardous, to make Alaa, the son of her wealthy employer Hikmat, fall for her to blackmail him.
31 December 1966
10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin.
18 October 1954
Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of him.
02 January 1959
Three students, Adel, Hassanein, and Samir, face personal struggles. Adel is rejected by his father for loving his neighbor’s daughter, Hassanein seeks revenge for his father’s murder, and Samir deals with parental neglect after his parents’ divorce.
07 May 1956
When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him. He decides to commit suicide by hanging himself but his attempt fails.
08 January 1990
The corrupt lawyer Mohaseb Awadallah exploits the small thief Salah to steal important documents from the safe of an investment company.
29 December 1969
When it gets dark each evening a virtuous young lady transforms into a notorious flirt but remembers none of it the next day.
02 January 1986
In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission.
23 November 1970
Atiat is an orphan who grows up in a palace under the care of a wealthy woman. When the woman discovers that Atiat lost her virginity, she kicks her out, unaware that her own nephew, Fou'ad, is responsible.
19 June 2012
Fouad is a very ambitious young man who meets the experienced and much older businessman, Gaber. Fouad becomes certain that Gaber will help him fulfill his dreams and goes with him to a trip but he rediscovers many of the facts he didn't know before.
17 February 1986
Tensions rise in the house of Suleiman Al-Nagy, the defender of the weak, because his son's wife, Radwana, fell in love with his other son Khider.
12 February 1968
The film combines 3 separate stories .. The first story (Dunia Allah) to Naguib Mahfouz and starring Salah Mansour and Nahed Sharif .
31 October 1966
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well.
02 January 1986
The film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage. Through their small incomes, and the ordeal of finding a house in crowded Cairo, so it follows a young couple's longing for their simpliest dreams - to be together.
10 June 1948
The knight and poet Antar fights for his love, Abla.
15 March 1971
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect.
12 November 1962
This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang.
05 March 1954
Abdel Sabour was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police.
05 May 1995
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City.
19 August 1985
In the fourth story of the epic of Harafish, Samaha Al-Nagy grandson of Ashour al-Nagy decides to marry Mahlabia.
20 August 1973
The story revolves around Omar Al-Hamzawi, a lawyer who lives with his wife Zainab and their two daughters Jamila and Buthaina.
01 January 1958
An impostor recently got out of prison only to get back into crime life as he embezzles women by deceiving them with black magic.
31 October 1960
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.
01 July 2009
Shawky, a man in his sixties, decides one day to enjoy his life as he pleases, no matter the consequences.
25 February 1963
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
07 July 1983
An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.
07 January 1975
Adel is a director of a company and is married to Nabila, the daughter of Medhat, the owner of the company.
30 July 1981
A rivalry between the region's bosses shows the misuse of power and rank and its consequences even against a young couple who dared to rebel against planned but unwanted marriage to one of them, a story of injustice and abuse .
15 November 1971
Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fueled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.
13 June 1972
Forbidden Photos: First Story (Forbidden)
01 January 1965
A story about the impact of social customs and traditions on the behavior of Egyptian society
08 January 2005
A short feature about a prostitute named Dunia who spends the night with Amir, a rich man who loves Cairo at night.
20 September 1982
The events take place in Wikalet El-Balah, where Master Nehmatullah takes controls of the trade in the region by getting rid of her competitors.
18 June 1985
(Zahira) is a poor girl who lives with her rich relative (Aziz Al-Naji). His wife (Alfat) wants to get rid of Zahira, so she facilitates her marriage to (Abdo), a simple baker.
14 December 1964
The carefree existence of a spoiled man comes to an end when his mother is arrested. With no education or tangible skills, the man’s only salvation lies in finding his mysterious, rich father whom he has never met.
09 November 1959
In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.
29 April 1957
Haridy arrives at the vegetable market in search of a job opportunity, he works for Master Abu Zaid and after a while he separates and marries Hossnyia.
10 March 1958
A lawyer tries to realize what crime is, and whether it is inherited or as a result of upbringing and the environment, and the lawyer comes up with a criminal and decides to treat him well and prepare him with all the appropriate circumstances.
19 February 1979
The film tells the story of the life of Ambed Arab literature Taha Hussein since his childhood in one of the villages of Minya, where he was able to overcome all difficulties despite being blind to leave his mark on literature, cultural scene and the educational system.
06 November 1972
Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students.
29 December 1975
In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.
17 June 1980
As a mentally unstable man goes to the house of a female official of ill repute, she asks him to hide, after which she gets murdered.
09 December 1958
Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers.
19 November 1951
With her husband terminally ill, a wife becomes the target of her husband's friend who wants her money so bad that he kills his friend and proposes to his newly-widowed wife.
02 January 1959
Part of a trilogy by Salah Abu Seif about women’s empowerment. The film takes place in late 1940s / early 1950s urban Egypt, and tells the story of a young woman’s search for personal freedom and a fulfilling identity as a young modern Egyptian.
22 April 1958
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.
08 November 1954
A son succeeds his father as a ruffian in the Al-Husayniyah area. As conflict arises between the young man and the current thug, who competes with him over the same girl, the thug plots to put the young man in prison for several years.
23 September 1976
Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into account everyone of the guests she hosted at her apartment the night she was killed: her jealous fiancé, a school instructor, a corrupt market manager, one of Sanaa's friends who works as a contractor, and a stud who was Sanaa's secret lover.
24 June 1994
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death.
02 March 1964
The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.