Stephan Rosty
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Stéphane de Rosti was born in Alexandria. His father, Stéphane Rosti senior, an Austrian Baron, who married an Italian, bought her palace in Shoubra and decided to live there. As...Read more the mother was about to give birth to her child, the father returned to Vienna in obedience to his Aristocratic family. When Stéphane Rosti was born, she gave him his father’s name. He lived with his mother in Shoubra, and went to al-Khedeweyya school. When he got his school certificate, he decided to try to meet his father. At the same time, he got in touch with an Austrian ballet dancer in “Teatro Abbas” with whom he travelled to Vienna. He managed to meet his father there but eventually fell from favor because of his relation with the dancer, in addition to his Artistic tendencies. It was in Europe that Stéphane met the director Muhammad Kareem, was studying cinema in Germany at the time, who helped him to return to Egypt. In 1917, Rosti met Aziz Eid who was about to form his own theatrical troupe. Later, Rosti together with Nagueeb al-Rehaany presented the operetta “Al-‘ashara al-tayyeba i.e. Ten of hearts (1920)”. It was his activity in Ramsis troupe that made his colleague ‘Azeeza Ameer decide to let him complete what was considered the first Egyptian feature film “Nedaa Allaah i.e. The call of God (1927)”, eventually changed to “Laila” in 1927. The Turkish director Wedaad ‘Orfy was supposed to direct the film but he clashed with Azeeza Ameer. In addition to “Laila”, Rosti directed five films and was co-writer of six others. However, his reputation rests heavily on his acting career. Even though he was famous for playing the villain, he used to interpret such roles with a unique sense of humor that made the audience sometimes actually like and sympathize with his character. He succeeded in combining the villain and comedian, to become a comic villain. He used to take part in the writing of his character and add some words that usually became a feature of his character. It is a measure of his success that some of his lines are still remembered until this very day. Would always be remembered also for his unique accent and tone of voice especially when playing a foreigner. In 1936, Stéphane Rosti married an Italian lady called Marina, they stayed together until he died on 12 May 1964, while shooting the last scenes of “Hekaayaat noss al-leil i.e. Midnight tales”.
Shore of Love
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Adel is a wealthy young man who lives in luxury and hangs out with dancers. On the beach of Marsa Matrouh, he meets school teacher Laila. They fall in love and get married. They return to Cairo to face the plots of Adel's ex- girlfriend and his aunt who wanted him to marry her daughter.April s Fool
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Ismail has a desire to seize his Turkish wife’s money, so he claims that he has children from a previous wife who died, and that he cannot support them. But Ismail does not realize that this little lie has led him into an endless series of lies, where he tries every time to get out and escape. From every lie to a bigger lie, and every time the wife deals with him in good faith.The Night Train
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Samia's father has financial problems that urge him to sell the house. Upon learning of the family's adversity, Adel, Samia's beloved, decides to pay their debts. As luck would have it, he has a tragic accident, and when he recovers, he discovers that Samia has had a husband.Lady Fairooz
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Fayrouz Hanem is a minor girl, but at the same time she is the owner of property that she inherited from her late father and mother. She has been appointed as a guardian for her money, and some poor people live in her property, but the guardian wants to evict them for not paying the rent, so Fayrouz sympathizes with them and stands next to them, and they therefore stand up to the guardian who He wants to steal the underage girl's money and steal it from her.The Flirtation of Girls
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The unfortunate Arabic language teacher Hamam's luck finally changes, when the opportunity comes to him to be the tutor of the daughter of a wealthy pasha. He falls for her, but when he finds out that she's in love with a reckless man, he tries to save her from him with the help of an officer.God Is on Our Side
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Officer Emad says goodbye to his sweetheart Nadia as he goes to fight in the Palestine war. As the army suffers from a crippling defeat and rumors of bad weapons abound, Emad asks Nadia to search her father s papers for proof, since her father is one of the men who were involved in the weapon deals.Brides for Auction
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A father wants to marry his three daughters to wealthy men in order to guarantee them a happy life and a secure future. However, this idea was not accepted by his children, so the eldest daughter decides to run away from her home and follow a young man whom she loves, while the second one follows the path of vice and ends her life as an inmate in a hospital. Mental illness. The third one works in a company as a typist. She meets her colleague, an engineer who works in the company, and they agree to get married.The Straight Road
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A good man who loves his family and devotes himself to taking care of them. A woman intercepts him and takes him into her love. This changes his circumstances and he is distracted by her from his family. He neglects his work and his life is upended. He ends up killing this woman who killed him and betrayed him. Then he immigrates to Sinai, where he lives for a few years. When He returns to his family and finds that the children have grown up and married.Khada ani Aby
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(Mamdouh Raafat) is a visual artist who draws in a way that no one understands. His fiancée (Kawthar Amin) stands next to him and encourages him, despite her father’s objection to her proposing to him. He seeks to marry her to a rich man. Mamdouh is forced to leave her and is forced to work with a nightclub owner who discovers that he has married From his former fiancée (Kawthar),and events continue.King of Petroleum
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The events of the film revolve around a veterinary doctor who decides to go to the countryside to practice his work and settle there in the countryside. The doctor proposes to the daughter of one of the rich people of the village, but the girl’s father agrees to the engagement, but on the condition that the doctor gives up the piece of land that he owns because the girl’s father believed that this land was there. oil.Ahl Al Hawa
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The film's events revolve around a famous dancer who works for money and also likes to have relationships with rich men in order to satisfy her love for money. Indeed, after a long time, she meets a rich man during her trip to Lebanon, marries him, and leaves all the men for his money.Ways of the Heart
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The poor girl, a medical student, falls in love with her rich colleague, who does not feel her and underestimates her feelings at first. He falls in love with her after he sees the sincerity of her feelings towards him, and asks her to marry, but there are those who stand in wait for them to spoil that marriage.Nasheed El Amal
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Ismail divorces his wife Amal, leaving her alone in the face of life's troubles along with her daughter Salwa. Fate drives her to meet Doctor Assem, who discovers her singing talent, and helps her find a job. But meanwhile, Ismail appears back in her life, with no intention to leave soon.Mr. Omar
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Jaber (Naguib Al-Rayhani) works as an employee in Omar Al-Alfy's estate, and is expelled from his job after he discovers a lot of manipulation and forgery in the estate's revenues and expenses. After he travels to Cairo in search of work, pure coincidence leads him to reach the home of Omar Al-Alfi's family, which prompts family members to think that he is their long-absent son (Omar) due to the great similarity between them.The Funny Crime
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A comedy about a television director who gets provoked by his uncle to avenge his dead father, but he prefers to let things go and get married to Layla. But he then gets informed that one of the members of the family who killed his father was released form prison and is planning to kill him.Believing in God
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As a gambling thief is chased by the police, he sells his infant child to his old girlfriend who passes the boy as her own as the child s real mother raises her other daughter. Years go by and the son meets his sister. They fall in love without knowing that they are related.Bulbul Effendi
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When Kawakeb leaves the studio during filming, her body double Batta who looks just like her takes on the role. When Kawakeb s husband suffers from a heart attack after she tells more him that she is leaving with her lover, his daughter begs Batta to pretend to be Kawakeb.Hell Of Jealousy
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Engineer Nabil Kamal El Shinnawy is married to Awatef Zahret Al Ola . He meets Thoraya Amira Amir , a belly dancer, who, after a fight with her lover Mamdouh Mahmoud El Meligy asks him to help her pack her things. Mamdouh appears suddenly at the house and confronts Nabil, and events take an irreversible turn.