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Faten Hamama

Faten Hamama

Oyuncu · 1931 – 2015 · El Mansoura, Egypt

Faten Hamama (May 27, 1931 - January 17, 2015) was an Egyptian actress and producer. Dubbed "The Lady of the Arabic Screen", she was born in El Mansoura, Egypt. Her legendary journey started as a secret statement between a six-year-old girl and her father after they watched a film in their neighborhood theater, at which leading actress and producer Asya Dagher was present. Faten told her father that she felt the audience was applauding her as the leading actress, and her father hugged her with a vision of helping his daughter become a movie star. She won a contest for the most beautiful child in Egypt, and her dad sent her picture to director Muhammad Karim (a pioneer of Egyptian cinema). Karim was looking for a child for his new film with Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Faten auditioned for and got a role in this movie, Yom said (1940) ("A Happy Day"). She impressed the filmmakers so much during shooting that she was actually given more lines and scenes in the picture than were scripted initially for her. Karim put her under contract, and four years later he gave her a role in a film with Mohamed Abdel Wahab again, Russassa fil Kalb (1944) ("A Bullet in the Heart"). With her third movie with Karim, Dunia (1946), Faten showed filmmakers and audiences alike that she was an actress ready for bigger roles. Her father, along with her family, moved to Cairo to help her in her career. She also began studying her craft at the High Institute of Acting in 1946. Faten left Egypt from 1966-1971 because she resisted the political pressure that was applied to her. She divided her time between Lebanon and London, England. During this period Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser asked some prominent critics and writers to try to persuade her to return to Egypt, saying that "Faten Hamama is a national treasure". Her return to Egypt in 1971 breathed life back into Egyptian cinema. She insisted that her films reflect the values of society through family relationships. Her first film upon return was Witch (a short film) with Salah Zulfikar. Her role in Emberatoriet Meem (1972) ("Empire M") as a widow with six children and the struggles she endured to raise them made the film a success both critically and financially, and she earned a special award from an organization in the Soviet Union when the film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival. Her film Orid Hallan (1975) ("I Need a Solution") which was produced by Salah Zulfikar was not only a big hit but resulted in changes to Egyptian marriage and divorce laws. Faten Hamama is the fourth Pyramid in Egyptian cinema, a legend in her platinum anniversary, the diamond that remained shining and kept glowing over the decades on the silver screen.

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  • Film8.5

    El tarik el masdud

    The Barred Road

    1958 · 2 votes

  • Film7.0

    Orphans' money

    1952 · 1 votes

  • Film6.9

    The Blazing Sun

    صراع في الوادي

    1954 · 43 votes

  • Film6.5

    Struggle in the Harbor

    صراع في الميناء

    1956 · 17 votes

  • Film7.4

    Our Best Days

    أيامنا الحلوة

    1955 · 10 votes

  • Film8.2

    The River of Love

    نهر الحب

    1960 · 4 votes

  • Film5.2

    Shadow of Treason

    1963 · 5 votes

  • Film6.3

    Bitter Day, Sweet Day

    يوم مر.. يوم حلو

    1988 · 6 votes

  • Film5.1

    Cairo

    1963 · 9 votes

  • Film7.8

    The Nightingale's Prayer

    دعاء الكروان‎

    1959 · 31 votes

  • Film6.8

    Land of Dreams

    أرض الأحلام

    1993 · 6 votes

  • Film6.3

    Empire M

    امبراطورية ميم

    1972 · 11 votes

  • Film6.3

    Sleepless

    لا أنام

    1957 · 14 votes

  • Film7.7

    The Sin

    الحرام

    1965 · 15 votes

  • Film7.0

    Ways of the Heart

    القلب له أحكام

    1956 · 1 votes

  • Film10.0

    Aisha

    عائشة

    1953 · 1 votes

  • Film7.2

    Son of the Nile

    ابن النيل

    1951 · 12 votes

  • Film6.8

    Sayedat el kasr

    سيدة القصر

    1958 · 5 votes

  • Film8.0

    People's secrets

    أسرار الناس

    1951 · 1 votes

  • Film7.2

    No Time for Love

    لا وقت للحب

    1963 · 2 votes

  • Film6.4

    The Open Door

    الباب المفتوح

    1963 · 9 votes

  • Film6.0

    Baba Amin

    بابا أمين

    1950 · 10 votes

  • Film6.5

    Appointment with Life

    موعد مع الحياة

    1953 · 2 votes

  • Film8.5

    The Road of Hope

    طريق الأمل

    1957 · 2 votes

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  • Dizi8.7

    Cinépanorama

    1956 · 3 votes

  • Dizi9.0

    Conscience of Teacher Hekmat

    ضمير أبلة حكمت

    1991 · 1 votes