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Hasan El-Saifi

Hasan El-Saifi

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Biography

Hasan El-Saifi (1927–2005) was an Egyptian film director, film producer, and screenplay writer. He worked on nearly 150 Egyptian films. He has various name spellings in English due to transliteration, most commonly Hassan el-Saifi, Hassan El-Seify, and Hassan al-Saifi. Hasan El-Saifi was born on January 13, 1927, in Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt. El-Saifi started his career in film in 1946, by working as an assistant director under Helmy Rafla, and Anwar Wagdi. By 1952, El-Saifi was able to establish his own film production company. His first directed film was named, Bear Witness, People (released 20 April 1953 in Egypt). His most notable film he directed was Samara (1956), starring Taheyya Kariokka and Mohsen Sarhan. In the 1970s, he moved to Lebanon (an area later known as Syria) for a few years, where he directed several films. He died on March 25, 2005, in Cairo, after suffering from a heart attack.

Known For

Ismail Yassine in Prison
7.5

Ismail Yassin is in desperate need for money. He borrows from the wrong people, get framed for murder and goes to prison.

Ismail Yassine in Prison

1960
House No. 13
7.7

Sherif visits a psychiatrist for his illness who exploits him to commit a murder by hypnotism.

House No. 13

1952
What Do Girls Want ?
1.0

Layla refuses to get married because she believes all men are liars especially after her sister's tragic suicide on her wedding day when her fiancé left her. Layla's father decides to put an end to her stubbornness and sends a letter that explains her problem to Ahmed who works as an editor for the local newspaper. His friend Kamal, a womanizer wants to settle down and find a wife. Ahmed suggests that Kamal should meet with Layla and ask for her hand in marriage, and both of them get engaged. When Layla discovers more on Kamal's past, she breaks off the engagement and the problems commence.

What Do Girls Want ?

1980
Shantat Hamza
N/A

Hamza is a small employee who works as a collector and is characterized by his honesty, and finds himself in a predicament he was not waiting for, when some thieves hid an amount of money they stole from a rich man in his bag, while the police were chasing them, and after escaping from the police, they searched for Hamza and chased him without knowing in order to get them back. The money they stashed.

Shantat Hamza

1967
Poor Millionaire
10.0

The mayor sends Jaafar Effendi (with Ismail Yassin in turn) and with him 500 pounds to take him to Cairo to buy a net for his son. But he is robbed by a thief (Abbas Abbas, for his part). He is forced to work in a hotel. There, he meets a girl (Fayza Ahmed), who works in the communications department at the hotel, and they are very impressed.

Poor Millionaire

1959
Forbidden at the Wedding Night
6.8

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 spirit appearing to them trying to spoil their plans.

Forbidden at the Wedding Night

1975
The Bravest Man in the World
7.0

A cowardly, weak-eyed man loses his glasses in the street and suddenly a lion appears in front of him and is believed to be a sheep. He decides to imprison it in a butcher shop to discover that he is imprisoned a lion.

The Bravest Man in the World

1968
Hadi Badi
N/A

Dr. (Saber) returns from abroad after completing his studies, accompanied by his wife, Dr. (Laila). He agrees with her to hide their marriage from his family. He agrees with his uncle (Khader) to marry his daughter (Sobhiya). Dr. (Jalal), Laila’s uncle, sympathizes with (Saber). He advises him to marry Subhiya out of fear for his uncle's health, and events escalate.

Hadi Badi

1984
El Maganeen Fi Naeem
7.5

A madman exposes humanity’s insanity. Andeel leaves a mental hospital after 10 years of treatment are over to face the world again. Whenever he reveals that he used to be a mental patient, he is faced with aggressive suspicion, cruelty and rejection. When a shop owner refuses to hire him, he yells that he is the only one with an official certificate that proves he is actually sane. We follow his miserable search for a job and watch situations in which, over and over again, he gets very close to a decent life just before his unrestrained tongue reveals a side of his madness that freaks people out. Andeel is an honest, kind person who’s good at what he does, but people’s uncontrollable fear of madness makes them want to get rid of him and the uncomfortable state he puts them in, probably because of how normal he seems, just like them, yet how crazy he is, like they fear they might be.

El Maganeen Fi Naeem

1963
El-Ardhahalgi fi Qadhiyyat Nasb
N/A

When Samir graduates from university, and is confronted with the reality that his job will not provide him with enough income, he decides to work in other jobs. While his fiancée struggles all the time until a producer asks her to work with him in advertisements.

El-Ardhahalgi fi Qadhiyyat Nasb

1987
Habib el-Rooh
8.0

The famous artist Youssef Fahmy discovers Laila's talent for singing. He encourages her to sing professionally against the wishes of her husband, Wahid, with whom she was living happily, which complicates their relationship.

Habib el-Rooh

1951
The Flirtation of Girls
7.1

Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.

The Flirtation of Girls

1949
El-Ukhwah el-Ghuraba
N/A

Years pass since Abdel-Wadood and Aziza's marriage, but they do not have children. He marries Laila and they have a son, Omar. He is surprised when Aziza gives birth to their only son, but he abandons her. The two brothers become university students without knowing the truth about their relationship. They both fall in love with their colleague, Alfat, who prefers Wahid, who hides his love for her due to the social difference between them. Abdel-Wadood regrets his behavior with Aziza and Wahid and reveals the truth about his brother to Omar.

El-Ukhwah el-Ghuraba

1980
Please, kill me
5.5

The events of the film take place in a comedic sarcastic framework when a young man thinks that he will die within a few weeks, and decides to get rid of his life quickly, and agrees with a thief who came to steal his house to kill him inattention in exchange for an amount of money, then the doctor assures him of his safety, so he tries to escape From the thief who chases him everywhere to implement the agreement, and at the same time he falls in love with a beautiful girl and decides to join her, and the events and paradoxes follow

Please, kill me

1965
Nas haysa wnas laysa
N/A

A criminal escapes from his guard. The policeman searches for him and chases him with the aim of returning him to his cell to avoid legal accountability and preserve his job. The gang learns that the policeman is chasing their criminal, so the gang decides to get rid of him so that their secret is not revealed. The gang also tries to kidnap the policeman.

Nas haysa wnas laysa

1986
Ebn El-Hetta
10.0

Exploiting the great resemblance between Ashour El-Aaghati and actor Farid Shawky, director Mahmoud Al-Badrawi decides to use him in many scenes. At the same time, Ashour relates to his neighbor Najat and decides to marry despite all the attempts of the master, the owner of the cafe, to stand in the way of their love. At the same time, a painful accident occurs to the artist Farid, leading to his death, and director Mahmoud decides to use Ashour as an alternative, declaring that the actor will not die.

Ebn El-Hetta

1968
The Three Madmen
N/A

No description available.

The Three Madmen

1970
My Heart is My Guide
7.0

No description available.

My Heart is My Guide

1947
The Den of the Wicked
5.0

A gang that smuggles money abroad always manages to escape the grip of the police, where methods of escape and concealment are high in it, the police decide to push one of its own elements, one of the men known to this gang to work with them from within and can reach the influential elements And effective

The Den of the Wicked

1972
Tuha
N/A

Master Toha had eleven ex-husbands, but she wants to marry Rashad the driver, who refuses to marry her. Toha attempts to pressure him through his sister but he also refuses, eventually deciding to hire a killer to get rid of him unless he submits himself.

Tuha

1958