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Ahmed Zaki

Ahmed Zaki (November 18, 1949 - March 27, 2005) was a leading Egyptian film actor who was characterized by his talent, skill, and ability to impersonate. Dubbed "The Emperor", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest male actors in the Arab world. Zaki has starred in six films that have been listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films. Ahmed Zaki was born to a poor family in Sharqia, Egypt. His father died a few years after his birth, his mother remarried, and he was brought up to live with his grandfather. Zaki fell in love with acting when he was still in school, his headmaster saw his creative ability and pushed him to follow his passion. He would later travel to Cairo and earn his degree from the Cairo Higher Institute for Drama Studies in 1974. While studying, he first debuted in the stage play Hello Shalaby (1969). He also starred in very successful comedy plays such as School of Mischief (1973) and No Longer Kids (1979). Early in his career, he struggled with producers and directors as they believed he did not have the appearance to appeal to audiences. When he got objected by the film distributor to star in Al Karnak (1975) after he was cast as the character Ismail, he entered a severe depression. He did not overcome it until after poet and playwright Salah Jahin supported him, as Jahin was convinced of his talent and would later write films and a TV show Zaki starred in. Many of his films had a strong political message that exposed governmental and police corruption. Two of his greatest successes were playing Egypt's presidents in two popular movies that became landmarks of Arabic cinema. He played Gamal Abdel Nasser in Nasser 56 (1996) and Anwar Sadat in Days of Sadat (2001). He also portrayed other prominent Egyptian figures such as writer Taha Hussien. Zaki was a method actor who immersed himself profoundly in his roles, absorbing every aspect of the character he was portraying whether he was fictional or real in origin. In 1983, he married actress Hala Fouad but the marriage did not last. She gave birth to his only son Haitham Zaki in 1984, who would also grow up to be an actor until his sudden and tragic death in 2019. His former wife died in 1993 after a battle with breast cancer. He was a known heavy smoker. In 2005, Ahmed Zaki died of lung cancer during the shooting of Sherif Arafa's biography Halim (2006), in which he portrayed the legendary singer Abdel Halim Hafez, a role he's always dreamed to play. His son Haitham was roped in to fill the scenes and play the lead on behalf of his father. Years after his passing, he is remembered with great reverence and fondness within the film industry and outside it, his contributions seen as monumental by his contemporaries as well as the generations that followed. Born : 18th-Nov-1949

Movie Credits

Jail Cell

A doctor finds herself criminally involved in a baseless crime after a minor accident causes unbelievable mischief and trouble. She spends her days in police stations, security services and hospitals waiting for her lawyer to prove her innocence.
Released : 2nd-Jan-1984

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No Longer Kids

The play tells the story of four siblings trying to stop their father from leaving his family for another woman after one of them accidentally finds a love letter from an unknown woman to their father.
Released : 8th-Jul-1979

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Bedour

Sewer worker Saber learns about the role of the woman who decides to repent. He claims to the people of the neighborhood that he is his cousin and lives in the house of the teacher Nusa. Mimu, one of the gang members, arrives at her house to greet the warm people, but they do not give up. Saber's grievance is finally accepted. October is victory and transit, Saber returns from the battle injured and warm people celebrate his marriage in part.
Released : 14th-Oct-1974

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The School of Mischief

This play takes place in a school that consists of five rebellious students grouped together in one class, who have failed, for over a decade, to graduate. The principal decides to hire a new female teacher, hoping that she can improve the behavior of these students. Effat, the new teacher, takes on the task and plans on turning them into model students.
Released : 15th-Jun-1973

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Star Maker

The famous star Siham attends a theatrical performance, where she meets the actor Saeed, and they fall in love and marry. Siham pushes him to the world of cinema to be a famous star. This event turns saeed's life permanently.
Released : 14th-Nov-1977

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My Son

Jaber is a professional hitman who decides to repent, but the gang he is affiliated with refuses to let go of him easily.
Released : 6th-Nov-1972

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Hello Shalaby

a comedy play about a struggling theater cast seeking funding to show one of its plays, they stay in a hotel waiting for the financier, but they don`t have money to pay the hotel bill, which gets them in many troubles
Released : 13th-Aug-1969

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Cairo in a Thousand Years

A play about the history of Cairo.
Released : 1st-Jan-1969

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Victims Hotel

a TV movie based on an Agatha Christie's novel
Released : Unknown

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Shafiqa and Metwally

The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather, whereupon Shafiqa is forced to succumb to the temptations of Diab, the district chief's son. As their sinful relationship is revealed, she is forced to leave for Asyut, where she becomes the mistress of Al Tarabishi, the supplier of slaves.
Released : 27th-Nov-1978

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The Wife of an Important Man

When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
Released : 11th-Jan-1988

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Land of Fear

A story about a police officer who was assigned to a secret mission as an undercover drug dealer, with the license to kill, deal in drugs, and do whatever is required for his identity to remain secret, with the ultimate purpose of reporting back to his supervisors. Gradually, after years of losing grip over his mission and purpose, realising that being a drug dealer has become his true identity, and that he hasn't heard back once from his supervisors, he then goes and tries to contact them back, only to realise that the designated postman had never delivered back any of the reports to his supervisors, let alone is aware that they exist.
Released : 15th-Mar-2000

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Days of El Sadat

A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his assassination during the Cairo annual victory parade.
Released : 26th-Jun-2001

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Black Tiger

An Egyptian goes to Germany to work in a factory and become a boxing legend called black tiger.
Released : 13th-Jun-1984

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Al Basha

A police officer finds himself worthless as he soon realizes there's no way he could put an end to a businessman associated with running a prostitution ring.
Released : 1st-Nov-1993

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Against the Government

After being fired by the prosecution office, Mostafa becomes a personal injury lawyer and takes advantage of people's pain for profit. But his life turns upside down when his only son falls victim to a car accident.
Released : 11th-Jun-1992

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Sons of Silence

As the war of attrition with Israel reaches its peak, and while Magdy is waging his war on the front, his journalist fiancée is waging a brutal war against the utilitarian editor-in-chief, whose true identity she later discovers.
Released : 16th-Nov-1974

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The Shepherd and the Women

The widowed Wafaa lives with her teenage daughter Salma and her sister-in-law Azza in her late husband Kamel's remote house. When Kamel's former cellmate comes to offer his help, the three women are hesitant to accept at first, but they end up falling for him and competing for his affection.
Released : 14th-Oct-1991

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Market of The Fish

A widow bullied by traders in the fish market from further commercial aims after the death of her husband,a worker stand by her side and help then married her,but does the money and power change him ?
Released : 12th-Jan-1986

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The Third Man

(Kamal Hussain) is a fighter pilot discharged from military service. After his wife leaves him, he works on a helicopter in an oil company. A big drug dealer tries to lure him to transfer a major shipment, while he informs his boss at work , cooperating with the drug dealer in order to implicate him.
Released : 10th-May-1995

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Mr. Karate

Salah moves to Cairo to work as a guard in a garage and falls in love with Nadia, who works at a video store. He is obsessed with the films she has at her store and decides to learn karate.
Released : 24th-Mar-1993

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Four On An Official Mission

Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.
Released : 28th-May-1987

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The Escape

Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.
Released : 16th-Apr-1991

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A Dinner Date

This movie revolves around the story of an innocent girl (Nawal) who was married to a rich and possessive man who still wants her back after their divorce; however she meets a hair stylist (Shoukry) and falls in love with him. They get married but her first husband starts torturing Shoukry so he can leave Nawal but he refuses. Eventually, acts of revenge begins from both Nawal and her ex-husband.
Released : 16th-Nov-1981

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A Bird on the Road

Faris works as a regional car driver, and he loves Esmat who works in a garment shop. Ismail is the personal driver to wealthy man Gad, he asks Faris to fill in for him and he meets Fawzia,Gad's wife who married him against her will, and soon he falls in love with her.
Released : 14th-Sep-1981

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The Egg and the Stone

A philosophy teacher finds himself and his ethics surrounded by a corrupt society, and as he's mistaken for an exorcist and fortune-teller. He uses logic and psychological tricks to practice wizardry, until he masters it and controls people, meanwhile losing his ethics.
Released : 26th-Apr-1990

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Sleepless Eyes

Ibrahim, the owner of a large car workshop, marries a poor girl called Mahasen, which his brothers fear because of their fear of sharing their inheritance. At the same time, Ismael feels a lot of hatred and hatred toward Ibrahim, who works for him in the workshop, The problems all the time with the pros, but soon change the relationship between Mahasen and Ishmael.
Released : 5th-Oct-1981

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Alexandria… Why?

Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
Released : 23rd-Aug-1979

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Dreams of Hind and Camilia

Hend is a young widow who works as a maid, she meets Eid the conman who goes to prison and leaves her pregnant. While Camellia is a divorced maid who supports her unemployed brother and his family in exchange for letting her sleep over in his apartment.
Released : 7th-Apr-1988

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Love Above Pyramid's Plateau

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.
Released : 2nd-Jan-1986

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The Beginning

After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all, an overpaid lawyer, declares himself a dictator of the nearby oasis and names it after him.
Released : 15th-Aug-1986

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The Innocent

A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that political activists are his homeland enemies, but not for so long.
Released : 2nd-Jan-1986

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Nasser 56

Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.
Released : 5th-Aug-1996

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The Bey Doorman

Abdel Samea goes to Egypt with his wife and children looking for a job so he works as a doorman, and by being smart he works as a broker until he makes a lot of money
Released : 31st-Aug-1987

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Albarnas

A Young woman fall in love with a poor musician and because she was from the royal family she escaped with him then they get married after then they became so poor and she had to work as a servant in her house and make degrading works for The Guests and after her death her son wanted to take revenge from her family as they were the main reason for her death.
Released : 1st-Jan-1984

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The Dancer & the Drummer

After having trouble with the dancer who worked with him for several months, the drummer Abdo discovers a young dancer Mabahig who lives with her sister and her brother-in-law. He trains her till she becomes a famous dancer.
Released : 27th-Feb-1984

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The Champion

On the eve of the 1919 revolution in Egypt, the friendship between Houda al-Najjar, who likes boxing, Petro, who likes to sing, and the good worker of the printing press, believes in revolution. Fatima, the sister of Houda, is in love with Hussain, and they marry. The revolution takes place, and Houda dreams of shaking hands with its leader, Saad Zaghloul, and dreams of participating in the 1924 Olympics as a boxer. Hasan is imprisoned for his involvement in resisting the British occupation, and Huda is married to a neighbor of Hanifa. Hassan was killed by the Israeli occupation forces and Houda was able to participate in the Olympics
Released : 7th-Apr-1997

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Houseboat No. 70

Documentary filmmaker Ahmed El Shazly is working on a new film about a cotton gin. When a worker who reveals to him what's happening in the gin is killed, Ahmed and his sweetheart are determined to uncover the truth.
Released : 22nd-Apr-1982

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Halim

The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.
Released : 12th-Jul-2006

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His Excellency the Minister

A mix-up leads Ra'fat Rostum to a ministerial seat that he was never meant to have. As he successfully holds onto his office for a long time, he starts having violent nightmares and asks his office manager, Ateya, to accompany him to the North Coast in an attempt to stop the nightmares.
Released : 5th-Dec-2002

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The Emperor

The story deals with the journey of Zinham, a young man who fled Egypt from Upper Egypt in search of a living, climbs up in organized crime and drug smuggling. His friend, Ibrahim, takes part in the crime journey. When he becomes one of the biggest drug smugglers (heroin) Who is in control of her market in Egypt in alliance with an Israeli smuggler, marries a dancer after he gets rid of Slim, the drug dealer who worked for him at the beginning of his career. He turns to liquidate everyone who stands in his way. He becomes drug addict and kills his close friend. (Ibrahim), after doubting the betrayal of his wife dancing with him.
Released : 19th-Nov-1990

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Al-Batniyya

It tells stories of webs of drug dealing, rivalry, revenge and murder among the residents of al batneyya, a place so corrupt and well bonded among each other, even the police struggles with it.
Released : 25th-Aug-1980

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Alley of Love

The encounters and relationships that a brothel hotel witnessed, from a well known man in power, ambitious cunning youngster, to chivalrous college professor, despite such corrupt business ,true love found a place in some hearts.
Released : 11th-Jul-1983

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Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. Tahani clashes with the aristocratic society around her as love blossoms between her and the son of a famous businessman
Released : 24th-Nov-1998

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Hysteria

Zain, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Music, lives with his mother, his brother Ramzi and his sister Houria, who suffers from living conditions after the death of their father 15 years ago, and while the family refuses to marry the neighbor of their neighbor, Rizk, Zain welcomes his belief that they love each other sincerely. Poor physical condition and his desperate attempts to work on the subway as a singer in front of passers-by or working with a submerged orchestra, Fawzia bint Radwan Pasha is in love with Zain but her rich father refuses to marry Zain poor.
Released : 28th-Jan-1996

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Kaborya

Hassan Hudhud is a poor boxer who dreams of championships and glory. He accidentally takes part in a match at the mansion of a wealthy man who admires him. He soon gets rich and moves into the mansion.
Released : 27th-Aug-1990

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The Lady's Driver

A Lady of the royal family live and breed on the ruins of the past, her husband, son and daughter suffering from her domination and control. When she got a new driver to work with, all the family members will have different life.
Released : 12th-Dec-1993

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Lobster

Abbas is an interior architect living in Hurghada. He gets into a quarrel with Ismat, the owner of the villa which Ahmed is working on, that ends with her causing him a permanent disability. When he decides to sue her, her mother Zohira convinces her to marry him.
Released : 20th-Feb-1996

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Abo Dahab

Abo Dahab is a poor baker who goes to prison instead of his corrupted boss. When he gets out, he discovers that his employer did not fulfill his promise by supporting his family during his incarceration so he assaults him and gets fired from his job. While unemployed, Abo Dahab meets Haridi a drug dealer who hires him and later on gets killed by him and becomes one of the richest drug dealers.
Released : 26th-Apr-1996

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One Woman Is Not Enough

Journalist Hossam is involved with three different women at the same time. Amira, the charming journalist who's well connected, Reem his rebel revolutionary secretary, and Hanadi the simple lady who's the victim of the collapse of a building.
Released : 1st-Jan-1990

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An Affair

A psychopath woman seduces a married man to sleep with her so she could threaten him later and ruin his perfect marriage so she could get him for herself.
Released : 23rd-Sep-1996

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TV Credits

الأيام

- The series chronicles the life of Taha Hussein, The Dean of Arabic Literature, as he leaves the countryside to get a better education, and then leaves Egypt to France where he meets Susan whom he marries later.
Released : 1st-Jan-1979

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الرجل الذي فقد ذاكرته مرتين

رأفت الجوهري/حمدي عبدالرحيم/سامي عبدالرحيم/فرج -
Released : 9th-Sep-1981

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من أجل ولدي

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Released : Unknown

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حكايات هو وهي

- A drama consisting of several separate episodes, each episode discusses a different issue of men and women and their relationship with each other.
Released : 20th-May-1985

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الصراع

مهران -
Released : 15th-Oct-1980

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