Salah Zulfikar (1926–1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer,[1] who appeared in over 100 feature films, several short films, stage, television and radio serials. Zulfikar's film debut was in 1956 in a leading role becoming one of the most dominant leading men in Egyptian cinema. He starred in action, crime, war, drama, horror, romance, and romantic comedies. [2]
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| Filmography: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Feature films | 135 | |
| Short films | 4 | |
| Stage | 23 | |
| TV series | 58 | |
| Broadcast series | 26 | |
| Film production | 14 | |
Salah Zulfikar's film debut was in Wakeful Eyes (1956) alongside Shadia, and his successful career in film lasted into the 1990s. His film production career started in 1958, and he produced fourteen feature films. On the stage, Zulfikar's debut was in 1964’s A Bullet in the Heart based on Tawfik El Hakim’s novel, alongside Laila Taher. Afterwards, he starred in more than twenty plays in Cairo theatres. In television, his debut was in 1969's The Man with Five Faces, throughout his career, Zulfikar starred in more than fifty miniserieses.
He participated in over 250 artistic projects either cinematic, televised, radio or stage. He was a film producer and film, stage, television, and radio actor.[3]
Salah Zulfikar produced five films and starred in ten, two of which as an actor and a producer with a total of thirteen films listed in the top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema. Zulfikar played all kind of roles in an impressive career spanning over thirty seven years.[4]
Feature films
editSelected works
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Role(s) | Director | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | |||||
| 1956 | Wakeful Eyes | Uyoun Sahrana
عيون سهرانة |
Salah | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar | |
| 1957 | Return My Heart | Rod Qalby
رد قلبي |
Hussein Abdel Wahed | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar | |
| 1958 | Jamila, the Algerian | Gamila
جميلة |
Azzam | Youssef Chahine | |
| 1959 | Light of the Night | Nour El Leil
نور الليل |
Samy | Remon Nassour | |
| Forbidden Women | Nessa’ Moharramat
نساء محرمات |
Ahmed | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| Among the Ruins | Bain El Atlal
بين الأطلال |
Kamal | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar | Also producer | |
| The Second Man | El Ragol El Thany
الرجل الثاني |
Kamal/Akram | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar | Also producer | |
| 1960s | |||||
| 1960 | Love and Adoration | Hob hatta El Ebada
حب حتي العبادة |
Hussein Abdel Hamid | Hassan Al Imam | |
| Angel and Devil | Malak wa Sheitan
ملاك وشيطان |
Shawkat Selim | Kamal El Sheikh | Guest appearance, also producer | |
| Money and Women | Mal wa Nesaa
مال ونساء |
Hussein | Hassan Al Imam | ||
| A Scrap of Bread | Louqmat Al-Aych
لقمة العيش |
Mohsen | Niazy Mostafa | ||
| Woman's Secret | Serr Emra’a
سر امرأة |
Ahmed | Atef Salem | ||
| I Accuse | Inni Attahim
إني أتهم |
Salah | Hassan Al Imam | ||
| Holy Bond | Al Rabat Al Moqadas
الرباط المقدس |
Refaat Hamdy | Mahmoud Zulfikar | Also producer | |
| 1961 | Wahida | Wahida
وحيدة |
Magdy | Mohammed Kamel Hassan | |
| Rendezvous with the Past | Maww’ed Maa Al Maady
موعد مع الماضي |
Hamdy | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| A Storm of Love | Asefa min Al Hob
عاصفة من الحب |
Hamed | Hussein Helmy El Mohandes | ||
| The Path of Heroes | Tareeq Al Abtal
طريق الأبطال |
Mamdouh | Mahmoud Ismail | ||
| Me and my daughters | Ana wa Banaty
أنا وبناتي |
Samir | Hussein Helmy El Mohandes | ||
| That’s What Love Is | El Hob Keda
الحب كده |
Hamdi | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| 1962 | A Date at the Tower | Maww'ed Fil-borg
موعد في البرج |
Adel Refaat | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar | Also producer |
| All my Children | Kolohom Awlady
كلهم أولادي |
Salem | Ahmed Diaa Eddine | ||
| The Comic Society for Killing Wives | Gamaeat Qatl al-Zawgat al-Hazleya
جمعية قتل الزوجات الهزلية |
Mahmoud | Hassan El Sefy | ||
| The Cursed Palace | Al Qasr Al Malaaoon
القصر الملعون |
Hassan | Hassan Reda | ||
| 1963 | Saladin the Victorious | Al Nasser Saladin
الناصر صلاح الدين |
Isaa Al Awam | Youssef Chahine | |
| Soft Hands | Al Aydy Al Naema
الأيدي الناعمه |
Dr. Hamouda | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| 1964 | Runaway from life | Hareb Min Al Hayah
هارب من الحياة |
Dr. Kamel | Atef Salem | |
| A Husband on Vacation | Zawg Fe Agaza
زوج في إجازة |
Essam Nour El Din | Mohamed Abdel Gawad | ||
| Secret of the Sphinx | La sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra | Ahmed | Duccio Tessari | Italian Film | |
| 1965 | Dearer than my Life | Aghla min Hayaty
أغلي من حياتي |
Ahmed Hamdy | Mahmoud Zulfikar | |
| 1966 | My Wife, the Director General | Mirati Modeer Aam
مراتي مدير عام |
Hussein | Fatin Abdel Wahab | Also producer |
| Three Thieves | 3 Losoos
٣ لصوص |
Mohsen | Fatin Abdel Wahab | Also producer | |
| A Wife from Paris | Zawga Min Paris
زوجة من باريس |
Dr. Wageeh | Atef Salem | ||
| 1967 | My Wife's Dignity | Karamet Zawgaty
كرامة زوجتي |
Mahmoud Mokhtar | Fatin Abdel Wahab | |
| 1968 | My Wife's Goblin | Afreet Mirati
عفريت مراتي |
Saleh | Fatin Abdel Wahab | |
| The Nile and the Life | El Nil wal Hayah
النيل والحياة |
Yehia | Youssef Chahine | ||
| The Man Who Lost His Shadow | El Ragol El-lazi fakad Zilloh
الرجل الذي فقد ظله |
Shawky | Kamal El Sheikh | ||
| Three Women | Thalath Nesaa
ثلاث نساء |
Adel | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| 1969 | Good Morning, My Dear Wife | Sabah El Kheir ya Zawgaty el Azeeza
صباح الخير يا زوجتي العزيزة |
Hassan | Abdel Moneim Shokry | |
| Women's Market | Souq Al-Harim
سوق الحريم |
Essam | Youssef Marzouk | ||
| 1970s | |||||
| 1970 | Sunset and Sunrise | Ghroob wa Shrooq
غروب وشروق |
Amin Akef | Kamal El Sheikh | |
| Eye of Life | Ein El Hayah
عين الحياة |
Samy | Ibrahim El Shaqanqeery | ||
| Virgo | Borj El-Athraa
برج العذراء |
Fahmy Fathallah Fathy Feteha | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| My Husband's Wife | Imra’at Zawgy
امرأة زوجي |
Adel | Mahmoud Zulfikar | ||
| 1971 | A Touch of Tenderness | Lamset Hanan
لمسة حنان |
Ahmed | Helmy Rafla | |
| A Woman of Fire | Emraa Min Naar
امرأة من نار |
Ahmed | Reda Meiser | ||
| The Killers | El Qatala
القتلة |
Adel Shawkat | Ashraf Fahmy | ||
| Confessions of a Woman | Eaterafat Emraa
إعترافات امرأة |
Ahmed | Saad Arafa | ||
| 1972 | Featureless Men | Regal bela Malameh
رجال بلا ملامح |
Ahmed Fouad | Mahmoud Zulfikar | |
| A Call for Life | Da'awa Lel Hayah
دعوة للحياة |
Mohsen | Medhat Bakeer | ||
| Unfulfilled Crime | Gareema Lam Taktamel
جريمة لم تكتمل |
Youssef | Nour El Demerdash | ||
| Paris and Love | Paris wal Hob
باريس والحب |
Aziz | Mohamed Salman | ||
| Those People of the Nile | Al Nass wal Nil
الناس والنيل |
Yehia Saeed | Youssef Chahine | ||
| 1973 | Memory of a Night of Love | Zekra Lailat Hubb
ذكري ليلة حب |
Anwar | Seif El Din Shawkat | |
| The Other Man | Al Ragol Al Akhar
الرجل الآخر |
Adel Abdelhamid | Mohamed Bassiouny | Also executive producer | |
| 1974 | In Summer We Must Love | Fel Saif lazem Neheb
في الصيف لازم نحب |
Dr. Nabil | Mohamed Abdel Aziz | |
| Dunya | Dunya
دنيا |
Sadek | Abdel Moneim Shokry | ||
| Enemy Brothers | Al Ekhwa Al Aadaa
الأخوة الأعداء |
Chief Prosecutor | Hossam El Din Moustafa | Guest appearance | |
| 2 – 1 – 0 | Etnein Wahed Sefr
اتنين-واحد-صفر |
Ali | Mohammed Fadel | ||
| 1975 | The Guilty | Al Mothneboon
المذنبون |
Hafez bey | Said Marzouk | |
| El Karnak | El Karnak
الكرنك |
Shoukry Member of Parliament | Ali Badrakhan | Special appearance | |
| 1976 | A World of Children | Aalam Eyal Eyal
عالم عيال عيال |
Himself | Mohamed Abdel Aziz | Guest appearance |
| 1978 | Roadless Traveller | Mosafer bila Tareeq
مسافر بلا طريق |
Ashraf Hussein | Ali Abdel Khalek | |
| Desire and Price | Al Raghba wal Thaman
الرغبة والثمن |
Mahmoud Police Detective | Youssef Shaaban Mohamed | ||
| 1979 | Sin of an Angel | Khateea’t Malak
خطيئة ملاك |
Angel Saroot | Yehia El Alamy | |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1981 | A Moment of Weakness | Lahzet Da'af
لحظة ضعف |
Abdel Ghaffar Lotfy | Sayed Tantawy | |
| Secret Visit | Zeyara Serreya
زيارة سرية |
Judge Ismail | Nagy Anglo | ||
| I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying | Ana la Akzeb wa lakeny Atagammal
أنا لا أكذب ولكني أتجمل |
Rafik Hamdy | Ibrahim El Shaqanqeery | ||
| 1982 | The Peacock | El Tawoos
الطاووس |
Dr. Hussein Abdel Raouf | Kamal El Sheikh | |
| 1985 | Adieu Bonaparte | Wadaan Bonaparte
وداعا بونابارت |
Cheikh Hassouna | Youssef Chahine | |
| 1986 | Please and Your Kindness | Min Fadlik wa Ihsanik
من فضلك واحسانك |
Abdellatif | Nagy Anglo | |
| The Age of Wolves | Asr El Zeaa’b
عصر الذئاب |
Kamal Director of Police | Samir Seif | Guest appearance | |
| 1987 | Mud | El Wahl
الوحل |
General Shawky | Ali Abdel Khalek | |
| The Barefoot Millionaire | El Millionnaira El Hafya
المليونيرة الحافية |
Fadel Abulfadl | Nagy Anglo | ||
| 1988 | Red Mourning Clothes | Malabes El Hedad El Hamra
ملابس الحداد الحمراء |
Adel | Said Abdellah | |
| Days of Terror | Ayam El Roab
أيام الرعب |
El Hag Abdel Reheem | Said Marzouk | ||
| Unfortunately Woman | Imraa Lel Asaf
امرأة للأسف |
Saeed | Nadia Hamza | ||
| Love Also Dies | Al Hob Aydan Yamoot
الحب أيضًا يموت |
Moustafa Roshdy | Yehia El Alamy | ||
| Monsieur le Directeur | Elosta El Modeer
الأسطي المدير |
Hassanein | Shafik Shameya | ||
| Sorry For Bothering | Asef Lel Ezaag
آسف للإزعاج |
Refaat Sabry | Shafik Shameya | ||
| 1989 | Mr. Aliwa's Apartment | Shaaet El Ostaz Aliwa
شقة الأستاذ عليوه |
Fouad | Said Abdallah | |
| Betrayal | Khayana
خيانة |
General Shawkat | Sherief Hamouda | ||
| 1990s | |||||
| 1990 | Alexandria Again & Forever | Eskenderreya Kaman w Kaman
إسكندرية كمان وكمان |
Himself | Youssef Chahine | Cameo appearance |
| 1991 | Wicked Game | Loubat Al Ashrar
لعبة الأشرار |
Riyad Kamel | Henry Barakat | |
| 1992 | The Accused | Al Mottahama
المتهمة |
Youssef | Henry Barakat | |
| Anything but My Daughter | Ela Ibnaty
إلا ابنتي |
Mamdouh | Karim Diaa El Din | ||
| 1993 | Minister in Plaster | Wazeer fel Gebs
وزير في الجبس |
Gamil Burhan | Karim Diaa El Din | |
| Flames of Vengeance | Laheeb El Intiqam
لهيب الإنتقام |
El Hag Abdel Fadeel | Samir Seif | ||
| 1994 | Five-Star Thieves | Losoos Khamas Nogoom
لصوص خمس نجوم |
Galal Suleiman | Ashraf Fahmy | |
| Road to Eilat | Al Tareeq Ela Ilat
الطريق إلي إيلات |
Fouad Abu Zikry | Inaam Mohammed Ali | Special appearance | |
| The Terrorist | Al Irhabi
الإرهابي |
Dr. Abdel Moneim | Nader Galal | ||
Short films
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Director | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Noussa | Noosa
نوسة |
Sherief | Youssef Marzouk | |
| 1971 | Witch | Sahera
ساحرة |
Ezz El-Dine | Henry Barakat | |
| Midnight Pillars | Aamedet Montasaf El Leil
أعمدة منتصف الليل |
Steven | Wageeh El-Shennawy | ||
| 1973 | Nefertiti and Akhenaton | Nefertiti y Aquenatos | Horemheb | Raúl Araiza | Mexican film |
Theater
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | A Bullet in the Heart | Rosasah Fel A’lb
رصاصة في القلب |
Stage debut |
| 1967 | Rubabikia | Rubabikia
روبابيكيا |
|
| 1972 | A Bachelor and Three Maidens | A’zeb W Talaat Awanes
عاذب وثلاث عوانس |
|
| 1973 | A Man for Every Home | Ragol lekol Baet
رجل لكل بيت |
|
| This Beautiful girl is from the Elephant Alley | El-Helwa Di Min Haret El-Fil
الحلوة دي من حارة الفيل |
||
| The Honeymoon Game | Le'bat Shar El-Asal
لعبة شهر عسل |
||
| My Thief Friend | Sadeeqy El-Less
صديقي اللص |
||
| 1974 | The Three Cards Hotel | Fondo’ El Talat Wara’at
فندق الثلاث ورقات |
|
| One Million Pounds Marriage | Gawaza be million Geneh
جوازة بمليون جنيه |
||
| 1978 | A Married’s Man Trap | Masyadat Ragol Tazawag
مصيدة رجل تزوج |
|
| 1979 | Case No. 1 | El Qadeya raqam Wahed
القضية رقم واحد |
|
| One wife is Enough | Zawga waheda Takfy
زوجة واحدة تكفي |
||
| 1980 | Marriage Manners | Adab El-Gawaz
أدب الجواز |
|
| 1981 | Sincere Advise for Ladies | Nasiha Mokhlesa lil Sayedat
نصيحة مخلصة للسيدات |
|
| Shared Apartment | Sha’a Moshtaraka
شقة مشتركة |
||
| 1982 | Respectable for a Month | Mohtaram lemodet Shahr
محترم لمدة شهر |
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| 1983 | The World’s Savior | Monqez El A’lam
منقذ العالم |
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| 1984 | Hanan My Wife | Mirati Hanan
مراتي حنان |
|
| A Very Special Invitation | Da’wa Shakhseya Gedan
دعوة شخصية جدًا |
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| Wanted, part-time | Matloob liadam Al-Tafarough مطلوب لعدم التفرغ | ||
| 1985 | Possible? No not possible | Ma’aool? La Ma’aool
معقول؟ لا معقول |
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| 1986 | Watch out, Couples! | Entabeho Ayoha Al-Azwag
إنتبهوا أيها الازواج |
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| 1988 | The Lost Day | El Yom El Mafqood
اليوم المفقود |
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| 1990 | The Earthquake | El Zelzal
الزلزال |
Television
editSelected works
edit| Year | Title | Original title | Role(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The Man with Five Faces | Al-Rajul Zu Al-Khamsat Wojooh الرجل ذو الخمسة وجوه | Ibrahim / Kamal / Mahmoud / Mounir / Sami | Main role |
| 1969 | Anonymous Number | Al-Raqam Al-Maghoool الرقم المجهول | Rushdy | Main role |
| 1976 | Khan El-Khalili | Khan El Khalili خان الخليلي | Ahmed Effendi Akef | Main role |
| 1977 | The Return of the Spirit | Awdet El Roh عودة الروح | Selim | Main role |
| 1977 | The Truth..That Unknown | Al-Haqeeqa..Thalek Al-Maghool الحقيقة .. ذلك المجهول | Madeeh | Main role |
| 1977 | Colors of Love | Alwan Min Al-Hub ألوان من الحب | Ezzat | Main role |
| 1978 | Mouths and Rabbits | Afwah Wa Araneb أفواه وأرانب | Mahmoud Bey | Main role |
| 1979 | Detective Inspector | Mofattesh El Mabaheth مفتش المباحث | Police Commissioner; Mohie | Main role |
| 1980 | Cat's Head | Ras El Ott راس القط | Psychiatrist | Main role |
| 1980 | Illusions and Truth | Al Wahm Wal Haqeeqa الوهم والحقيقة | Gaafar Abdel Geleel | Main role |
| 1982 | Torment Journey | Rihlet Azaab رحلة عذاب | Ahmed | Main role |
| 1982 | Dalia the Egyptian | Dalia El Masreya داليا المصرية | Mohe, Director of the EGID | Main role |
| 1983 | Flowers and Cactus | Zohoor w Ashwak زهور وأشواك | Judge Kamal | Main role |
| 1983 | A Woman's Revenge | Intiqam Imra'a إنتقام امرأة | Dr. Khairy | Main role |
| 1984 | Before Getting Lost | Qabl Al-Dayaa قبل الضياع | Kamal | Main role |
| 1984 | The Mirror | El Miraya المراية | Sheikh | Main role |
| 1986 | Al-Ansar | Al-Ansaar الأنصار | King | Main role |
| 1987 | Escape to Prison | El Horoob Ela El Segn الهروب إلي السجن | Judge Abdel Hamid | Main role |
| 1987 | Diplomatic Love | Al Hubb fe Haqeeba Diplomacia الحب في حقيبة دبلوماسية | Kamal | Main role |
| 1989 | The Years' Reckoning | Hesab El Seneen حساب السنين | Sadek | Main role |
| 1989 | Black and White | Abyad W Eswed أبيض وأسود | Mahmoud | Main role |
| 1989 | Woman in Whirlpool | Imra' fe Dawama امرأة في دوامة | El-Omda Hareedy | Main role |
| 1990 | The Family of Mr Shalash | A'elat El Ostath Chalache عائلة الأستاذ شلش | Farouk Shalash | Main role |
| 1993 | Muhammad is the Messenger of God to the world | Muhammad Rasool Allah Ila Al-Alam محمد رسول الله إلي العالم | Al-Muqawqis | Main role |
| 1993 | The Fox | El-Thaalab الثعلب | Ahmad Ismail Ali | Guest appearance; 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Angry Men and Women | Ghadeboon W Ghadebat غاضبون وغاضبات | Samir | Main role |
| 1993 | The Final Return | Al-Awda Al-Akheera العودة الأخيرة | Mamdouh | Main role |
As producer
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Production Studio | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Among the Ruins | Bain Al Atlal
بين الأطلال |
Producer | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films | Al Sharq for Film Distribution |
| The Second Man | El Ragol El Thani
الرجل الثاني |
Producer | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films | Al Sharq for Film Distribution | |
| 1960 | Angel and Devil | Malak wa Shaitan
ملاك وشيطان |
Executive producer | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films | Al Sharq for Film Distribution |
| The Holy Bond | Al Rabat Al Moqqadas
الرباط المقدس |
Executive producer | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films | Al Sharq for Film Distribution | |
| 1962 | Struggle of the Heroes | Sera' Al-Abtal
صراع الأبطال |
Producer | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films | El Mottaheda for Cinema (Sobhi Farahat) |
| A Date at the Tower | Maww'ed Fil-Borg
موعد في البرج |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | Salah Zulfikar Films | |
| I am the Fugitive | Ana El Hareb
أنا الهارب |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | El Mottaheda for Cinema (Sobhi Farahat) | |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman | Ressalah men Imraa Maghoula
رسالة من امرأة مجهولة |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | Ramses Naguib and El Mottaheda for Cinema (Sobhi Farahat) | |
| 1966 | My Wife, the Director General | Mirati Modeer Aam
مراتي مدير عام |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | General Corporation for Films Distribution |
| Three Thieves | 3 Losoos
٣ لصوص |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | Filmentaj | |
| 1969 | A Taste of Fear | Shey min El Khouf
شئ من الخوف |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema |
| 1972 | A Journey of Suffering | Rihlat Azab
رحلة عذاب |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | Mohammed Serdar Films & Co. |
| 1973 | Death Song (TV short film) | Oghneyat El Moot
أغنية الموت |
Executive producer | Egyptian Television | Egyptian Television |
| The Other Man | Al Rajul Al Akhar
الرجل الآخر |
Executive producer | General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema | General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema | |
| 1975 | I Want a Solution | Orid Hallan
أريد حلًا |
Producer | Salah Zulfikar Films | Ihab El Leithy Films |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Remembering Salah Zulficar – Film – Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "8 Egyptian Actors from the 60s Who Stole Our Hearts". Scoop Empire. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 July 2021.