Maher Essam

Maher Essam

Born: October 5, 1979
Died: June 17, 2018
in Egypt
Maher Essam was born in Imbaba. He started his acting career when he was only 5 years old with the famous director Youssef Chahine. Hassan Abd El Salam cast him in the adapted play “Zoqaq El Madaa.”

Movies for Maher Essam...

Qarmat in Trouble
Title: Qarmat in Trouble
Character: عزوز - من الخرتية
Released: January 16, 2019
Type: Movie
Qarmouti builds a graveyard for his ancestors, and makes it a paid tourists attraction; this causes him lots of problems with the government. Meantime, a journalist videos an antiquities smuggling operation and the tape ends up with Qarmouti who finds himself chased by the smugglers.
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We're Sorry, Sir
Title: We're Sorry, Sir
Released: May 9, 2018
Type: Movie
A drama that depicts the life of a group of young people as they decide to be of use to society, but their benevolence is met with malevolence and threats.
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Professional Guys
Title: Professional Guys
Character: حلي
Released: September 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Seba'y is an unsuccessful football coach in the Dokki Sports Club. As he tries to marry his sweetheart Osha, his final chance to prove himself to her father lies in coaching the women's football team, but he discovers a lot of corruption by an important official in the Egyptian Football Association.
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A Girl from Dar El Salam
Title: A Girl from Dar El Salam
Released: May 21, 2014
Type: Movie
The film follows Manal, a young girl living in the poor town of Dar Elsalam in Cairo. After she graduates from a commerce secondary school, she decides to find a job and live individually. When a firnd offers her a job as a maid in an old man's house, her life turns upside down after the man sexually assaults her, and she finds herself forced to marry him.
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Salem: His Sister's Father
Title: Salem: His Sister's Father
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Salem is a poor street vendor who has been taking care of his sister since their parents died. After the 25th of January revolution, his life turns into a nightmare when he gets into trouble with both thugs and policemen.
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The Bulbul's Nest
Title: The Bulbul's Nest
Released: October 13, 2013
Type: Movie
A comedy about a taxi driver who wants to achieve his goal of becoming a famous singer. He finds himself inside the world of nightclubs and befriends a belly dancer who helps him on his way to stardom where he faces fierce competition.
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Lion Heart
Title: Lion Heart
Released: August 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Kidnapped as a child and raised in the circus, a young lion tamer's tough side emerges when he gets entangled in an underworld murder mystery.
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Title: Naji Attallah's Squad
Released: July 20, 2012
Type: TV
A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.
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18 Days
Title: 18 Days
Character: Essam
Released: September 6, 2011
Type: Movie
10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.
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Title: Nour Maryam
Released: August 1, 2011
Type: TV
The events revolve around the conditions of corruption during the period of the previous regime and attempts by righteous people to confront it, as Nour (Youssef Al-Sharif) is trying hard to achieve his goal regardless of the means, while Dr. Maryam (Nicole Saba) is trying to confront this corruption.
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Title: Al-Gama'a
Released: August 1, 2010
Type: TV
Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.
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Title: Abouda Is a Trademark
Released: August 22, 2009
Type: TV
The series follows a young man named Abouda who is facing many financial difficulties in life and is unable to prepare his marital apartment, until he suddenly finds himself coming into a great fortune.
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Azazeel
Title: Azazeel
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
With a wicked magic spell, the devil (Azazel, the son of Satan) is prepared to harm an innocent girl (Rawan Fouad). Crazy, but the childhood lover (Ayman Ismail), who has the chance to detect touch is known news, and together the two lovers unite to defeat the devil (Azazel).
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عدى النهار
Title: عدى النهار
Character: Farid
Released: September 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The events of the series take place in the period from September 1966 until September 1967, and goes through the causes of the 1967 defeat and its impact on Egyptian society in all political, economic and social fields.
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Chaos, This Is?
Title: Chaos, This Is?
Released: November 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.
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A Lineage issue
Title: A Lineage issue
Character: Essam
Released: February 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A family consisting of a husband, wife, and seven half-siblings. Each of them has his own problems, and the time in which they live is completely different from the time of the father and mother, and therefore a clash of ideas occurs between everyone.
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The Gate of the Sun
Title: The Gate of the Sun
Character: Selim
Released: May 18, 2004
Type: Movie
Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village in northern Palestine to a refugee camp in Lebanon. Some vow to continue the struggle, most simply struggle to survive. Unsparingly detailing the impact of the nakba (disaster) on Palestinian life and society and the refugees' often-contentious relationship with their reluctant Lebanese hosts, Gate of the Sun spans generations, mixing personal stories with historical events.
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عودة مدرسة المشاغبين
Title: عودة مدرسة المشاغبين
Released: October 15, 2002
Type: Movie
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11'09''01 September 11
Title: 11'09''01 September 11
Character: Palestinian (segment "Egypt")
Released: September 4, 2002
Type: Movie
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Silence... We're Rolling
Title: Silence... We're Rolling
Released: October 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, and the director, Ezz-ElDin who deeply loves Malak.
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High School Freshmen
Title: High School Freshmen
Released: March 6, 2001
Type: Movie
When Surgeon Hamza commits a mistake that leads to the death of a child, he's sentenced to jail and prevented from practicing his profession. The widow Rawia enters his isolated life after meeting her in an auction and then he meets three young teenagers who find refuge in him.
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Closed Doors
Title: Closed Doors
Character: عوضين
Released: September 8, 1999
Type: Movie
During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.
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Title: Blessed Signs
Released: May 13, 1987
Type: TV
Abo El-Maaty buys a piece of land to cultivate it. A film crew comes to shoot near the farm, but the film star Salwa has an accident and Abo El-Maaty takes her to his farm to take care of her. She discovers that no one there knows who she is and becomes impressed by the simple life they're living.
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The Tiger and the Female
Title: The Tiger and the Female
Released: February 14, 1987
Type: Movie
Officer Wahid is assigned to work undercover to enter the ring of the largest drug trafficker, he uses the help of the repentant night girl Naima, to impersonate the long-disappeared daughter of the drug leader, who welcomes them into his home before his sister discovers the truth.
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The Sixth Day
Title: The Sixth Day
Released: September 29, 1986
Type: Movie
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
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Title: Dream Travel
Released: August 19, 1986
Type: TV
As Mr. Anis retires from his job at the railroad, he is soon devastated by the utter loneliness he has to live with. Seeking companionship and intimacy, he turns his house into a motel, not for material gain, but for human interaction, for company and friendship.