Movies: Salah Mansour

A film that portrays the lives of the members of an Egyptian family: three brothers, their sister Nefeesa and their mother after the father’s death. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good....

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. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his pri...

"Behind the Sun" clearly identifies the time identity of his film. It follows the horrific military defeat of June 1967, when a senior military commander insists on an investigation into the real causes of the defeat, leading to his assassination by ...

Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo....

Thabit and Gamil are unemployed. They con a circus owner who sends his men after them. They escape to Cairo, where they meet an orphan girl who lives with her aunt. The aunt keeps the truth about her niece's father's wealth from her....

Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt....

As Marmar enrolls in the Faculty of Girls, she moves from Beni Suef to Cairo to live with her aunt's family. As her cousin Ahmed falls for her, his father finds them together in her room and insists that Marmar must return home. Marmar's family decid...

Leila Mourad one of the Orient's Divas stars in this classic musical romance as a poor girl who marries a wealthy young man while others try to break them apart....

A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power....

This 1968 film adaptation of Yahya Haqqi's 1943 novel "The Lamp of Om Hashem" explores the liminal space between the modern and traditional worlds. Set in one of Cairo's densely-populated neighborhoods, Sayyida Zeinab, the film showcases beautiful sc...

Directed by Hassan Al Imam....

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman....

Hussein's family objects to his relationship with dancer Suhair, but he marries her, and she gives birth to Amal. Hussein goes to his family to tell them that he had a daughter. On the way to share this news, he is hit by a car. Before he dies, he te...

Salama falls into the clutches of a criminal who falsifies securities, as his financial condition is difficult. He makes a great fortune. He withdraws from the life of his cousin, who loves him, because he cannot confront her, as she represents his h...

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Khurshid tries to marry Bahigha, the daughter Arfy Pasha, who rejects the idea of their marriage for the difference in their social status. Khurshid is able to cause the Pasha to fall into a financial crisis which leads him to have a severe heart att...

A simple girl is seduced by a wealthy young man who leaves her pregnant. She works as a singer but her son dies, then the young man regrets what he did and marries her after many conflicts with the owner of the nightclub where the girl works....

Four months after Ahmed was the chief witness in a murder case, his wife receives a blackmail letter accusing him of the crime....

The story revolves around the girl (Jalila), who lives with her stepfather who asks her to steal from customers in the bar. Jalila runs away from her mother's house and her husband who treats her harshly. After escaping, she is able to find work on t...

Hussein Shaker is a man with dictatorial power, he tries to put one of his colleagues under control but he couldn't because of the man patriotism but then he dies and Hussein tries to destroy the man's whole family....