Abdel Halim Hafez

Abdel Halim Hafez

Born: June 21, 1929
Died: March 30, 1977
in Al-Helwat, Al-Sharkia, Egypt
Born Abdel Halim Shabaana (عبد الحليم شبانة) in al-Halawaat, Sharkeyya (Delta of Egypt), graduated from the Higher institute of Arabic Music - Composing Department in 1948. For four years, he taught music for school children in Tanta, Zagazeeg and finally Cairo. In 1959, he resigned and joined the Cairo Radio Orchestra as an oboe player. His first radio broadcast song was “Lekaa". His first appearance on the silver screen was in “Lahn Al-Wafaa”. Abdul Haleem joined “Sawt al-Fann” production company, with the world famous composer Abdul Wahhaab and director of photography Waheed Fareed, which produced a great number of films and audio works. His acting was characterized with simplicity and spontaneity. Haleem did not only sing in Egypt, but also in all of the Arab countries and some European countries. Almost all of the composers of the Arab world composed the music of his songs. His patriotic songs outnumbered 300 songs and poems. All the Arab audiences still remember some of his famous scenes on the silver screen. Abdel Halim never married, yet rumors say that he was married to superstar Soaad Hosny.

Movies for Abdel Halim Hafez...

The Farewell Song
Title: The Farewell Song
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Documentary tribute to the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez produced in 1977 consisting of archive images of the singer during his visit to Paris in September 1974, joined by fictional scenes which take the form of a journalistic investigation. A little-known film in the filmography of Ahmed Rachedi who during this Parisian period will direct another feature film that we would very much like to see again: "A Finger in the Gear" (1973), on a screenplay by Rachid Boudjedra. The credits and some images of "La chanson de l'Adieu", released in France in December 1981 in the famous Luxor hall in Paris where more than 5,000 spectators came to see it.
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My Father Is on the Tree
Title: My Father Is on the Tree
Character: Adel
Released: February 17, 1969
Type: Movie
A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.
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Maa'boudat Al-Gamahir
Title: Maa'boudat Al-Gamahir
Character: Ibrahim
Released: January 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Famous star Suheir falls in love with a rising actor called Ibrahim and they intend to get married. However, her producer who gets overly jealous hires a woman to ruin Suheir and Ibrahim's relationship by claiming she is Ibrahim's wife.
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Adham Al-Sharqawi
Title: Adham Al-Sharqawi
Character: Singer
Released: June 28, 1964
Type: Movie
The story of the Arabic Robin Hood, the legendary local hero Adham Al-Sharqawi who persisted in resisting the British occupation for years and tried to alleviate the suffering of the people of his village.
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Alkhataya
Title: Alkhataya
Character: Hussein Medhat
Released: March 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Hussein and Ahmad are brothers. Hussein falls in love with a colleague, but his father mysteriously decides that Ahmad should marry her instead.
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A Day of My Life
Title: A Day of My Life
Character: صلاح
Released: February 8, 1961
Type: Movie
An unexpected love affair quickly blossoms between aspiring down-on-his-luck reporter Salah (Abdel Halim Hafez) and the subject of his first newspaper scoop, a pretty young heiress (Zubaida Tharwat)who's soon to be forced into an arranged marriage.
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The Girls in Summer
Title: The Girls in Summer
Character: محمد
Released: March 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Loyal to her husband suffers from a weak personality due to strict upbringing, which exposes her to falling into the trap of her husband’s friend. There is another husband who falls in love with the maid and wants to get close to her very much, but he is afraid for his reputation, so he treats her very harshly and harasses her. There is the shy young man who falls in love with her. He falls in love with his neighbor, but she is not convinced by him because of his great shyness.
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Love Story
Title: Love Story
Character: Ahmed Sami
Released: January 2, 1959
Type: Movie
The real version of the famous US hit movie "Love Story" remade in 1971, but with a swap of roles and happier ending.
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Ismail Yassine Is a Military Policeman
Title: Ismail Yassine Is a Military Policeman
Character: Himself
Released: November 10, 1958
Type: Movie
A man loves a dancer in a nightclub and decides to marry her , but he wants her to quit her work. The owners of the nightclub conspire against him by making him join the military police so the dancer can return to work.
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The Love Street
Title: The Love Street
Character: Men'em
Released: October 13, 1958
Type: Movie
A poor graduated singer struggling to get his chance, disguises into an old music teacher to work in a girl's school. A bet is launched between two of the leading students to trap this teacher into their affection.
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Fata Ahlamy
Title: Fata Ahlamy
Character: Adel
Released: December 22, 1957
Type: Movie
The film revolves around: Adel (Abdel Halim Hafez) a boy left his father a great building, fades away in the bar, and in the health of Kiki (Farida Fahmi) .. Equally rival is Noufal Syriacusi (Abdel Salam Nabulsi) Zaki Ibrahim al-Thara, Nawfal takes the money and sends it to bottles of champagne under Kiki's feet. Adel visits his uncle (Hassan Fayiq) and sees for the first time his daughter (Siham), the meeting between Adel, and his uncle ends with a fury, Adel Fattzura (Siham), meets Siham at her cousin's house in Nouvelle, She loves Nofal, Adel hears a lot about the hopes (Mona Badr), the daughter of the housewife in which Nofal works. He suddenly visits her and finds her a nice girl.
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The Empty Pillow
Title: The Empty Pillow
Character: Salah
Released: January 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his nights thinking about her and looking to her face in the “empty pillow” next to him. When she marries someone else, he is devastated and her memory haunts him no matter where he goes.
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Girls of Today
Title: Girls of Today
Character: Khaled
Released: November 11, 1956
Type: Movie
A romantic tale about friendship, sacrifice and true love. Two best friends meet two sisters, Salwa who’s gentle and well-mannered and Laila who’s outgoing and lively, but one of them gets engaged to the wrong sister.
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Dalila
Title: Dalila
Character: Mahmoud Fathi
Released: October 15, 1956
Type: Movie
Poor young man Mahmoud Fathi electrician and loves music and composing, live in the same House orphan girl Delilah who loves him and trading love, in its composition towards renewal and which does not correspond to respond, he discovers that his girlfriend is sick with TB and to cure her needs a large amount so he agrees to sing Method does not satisfy him to provide, the girl decides to sacrifice herself, committing suicide to free him from this situation and to live his art. Captured by a wealthy Lady insists, intellectual Hanim resume career.
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Appointment with Love
Title: Appointment with Love
Character: Samir
Released: March 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Faten Hamama plays Nawal, a journalist who meets Samir, a young man whom she encourages to pursue a singing career. His career takes off while Nawal's health deteriorates.
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Nights of Love
Title: Nights of Love
Character: Ahmed Mumtaz
Released: October 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Ahmed Mumtaz is an employee who invents a kind of fabric that does not burn. When he shows it to his boss, the latter shows it to his boss and takes credit for it. Ahmed goes to meet the general manager, and falls for his daughter who thinks that he's a millionaire.
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Days and Nights
Title: Days and Nights
Character: يحيي
Released: September 8, 1955
Type: Movie
An athletic young man falls for a beautiful woman with a troubled brother. Handsome Yehia (Hafez) may come from a troubled background, but he's always strived to make the best of his life. When Yehia falls for the beautiful Samia (Iman), he believes he has finally found the woman with whom he could spend the rest of his life. Trouble soon arises, however, when Samia's delinquent stepbrother begins doing everything in his power to sabotage the couple's relationship.
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Our Best Days
Title: Our Best Days
Character: Ali
Released: March 7, 1955
Type: Movie
A poor girl lives on the rooftop of a building. Three young neighbors fall in love with her. The decide to help her when they discover that she is seriously ill and in need of an urgent operation.
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Melody of Devotion
Title: Melody of Devotion
Character: Galal
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
The famous musician, Allam, is the son of his friend Jalal, who loves to sing. Jalal recognizes the singer Siham and connects the love between them and agree to marry. Allam suffers from a knot that has been associated with him for years when he was betrayed by the woman he loved and who does not trust women. But he feels love about arrows and tries to win them. Opposes her marriage to Jalal and at the same time admits her love, Jalal asks Siham, to sacrifice her love for fear of Allam from another shock. However, Allam is aware of the error of what is presented to him, he grows arrows in years, as well as attached to the glory and love for her. Bless their marriage and prepare for the new operetta.
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Title: أرجوك لا تفهمني بسرعة
Character: سامي صالح
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV