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Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the 1957 book The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian.
The 1927 film Laila was the first Egyptian feature-length film, produced by and starring Aziza Amir, one of the pioneers of the Egyptian film industry. Bahiga Hafez played the lead role and created the soundtrack of Zaynab , the 1930 film based on a novel of the same name by Mohammed Hussein Heikal and produced by Youssef Wahbi and directed by ...
The film, which also starred Bushra and Nahed El Sebai, prompted a national dialogue about sexual harassment. It was a domestic box office success and became one of Egypt's most successful movies abroad, having been shown in over 60 countries. [15] [16] Karim won the Best Actress award for her role at the Arab Film Festival in 2011.
Subsequently, the Pakistan and Egypt ban of the film was raised in the US Department of State’s 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom, reporting that “the PTA asked social media platforms to take down the trailer of the movie, Lady of Heaven for sacrilegious content.” [51] and “Islamic scholars, and Salafist Imams called for a ...
The following is a list of Egyptian films. The year order is split by decade. The year order is split by decade. For an alphabetical list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films .
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s 100 , [1] Greatest Egyptian Films is a list compiled in November 2006 by a committee formed by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which includes Ahmed El Hadari as the committee head, with the membership of Samir Farid and Kamal Ramzi.
The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. [4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Egypt for review by the academy for the award by year.
Six of her movies are listed in the top 100 Egyptian movies of the 20th century. In April 2015, Shadia became the first actress to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Egyptian Academy of Arts. She was given the nickname "Idol of the Masses" following her successful movie "Ma'budet el Gamahir" (Idol of the Masses).