Salah Abu Seif
- Director
- Screenwriter
Also known as: صلاح أبو سيف · Salah Abou Sayf · Salah Abouseif
Salah Abu Seif (صلاح أبو سيف; 1915 – 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. Many of the 41 films he directed, many of which were based on novels by Naguib Mahfouz, are considered Egyptian classics.
Known as the Godfather of Egyptian neorealism, Abu Seif pioneered shooting on location - though he also used sets - in places none of his predecessors had dared to visit, like ghurza (the equivalent of old Chinese opium dens), brothels and impoverished areas whose existence had never been officially acknowledged.
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In memory of Salah Abu Seif
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Frequent Collaborators
ElSayed Bedir11 shared works
Naguib Mahfouz9 shared works
Mahmoud El Meligy7 shared works
Farid Shawqy7 shared works
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi7 shared works
Shoukry Sarhan7 shared works
Ferdoos Mohamed7 shared works
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim6 shared works
Anwar Wagdi6 shared works
Soad Hosny5 shared works
Faten Hamama5 shared works
Emad Hamdy5 shared worksPhotos
2Full Filmography
48
The Ostrich and the Peacock
2002 · writer · ⭐ 7.7
Mr. K
1994 · writer · director
Citizen Masrey
1991 · director · ⭐ 6.5
The Beginning
1986 · writer · director · ⭐ 8.0
Al-Qadisiyya
1981 · director · writer · ⭐ 10.0
The Criminal
1978 · director · writer · ⭐ 6.0
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977 · director · ⭐ 7.8
Caught in a Honey Trap
1977 · director · writer · ⭐ 8.0
The Liar
1975 · director · ⭐ 8.0
The Malatily Bathhouse
1973 · director · writer · producer · ⭐ 5.5
Dawn of Islam
1971 · director · writer · ⭐ 6.0
A Bit of Torment
1969 · director · ⭐ 8.0
Three Women
1969 · director
The Circus
1968 · writer · ⭐ 8.0
Case 68
1968 · director · writer · ⭐ 8.0
The Second Wife
1967 · director · writer · ⭐ 7.4
Cairo 30
1966 · director · ⭐ 7.7
No Time for Love
1963 · director · ⭐ 7.3
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1962 · director · ⭐ 7.0
The Sun Will Never Set
1961 · director · ⭐ 7.7
The Beginning and the End
1960 · director · writer · ⭐ 8.2
Agony of Love
1960 · director · writer · ⭐ 7.0
The Girls in Summer
1960 · director · ⭐ 8.3
Between Heaven and Earth
1959 · director · writer · ⭐ 8.6
I Am Free
1959 · director · ⭐ 6.8
This is Love
1958 · director
The Barred Road
1958 · director · ⭐ 8.5
A criminal on leave
1958 · director · ⭐ 9.0
Sleepless
1957 · director · ⭐ 6.3
The Thug
1957 · director · writer · ⭐ 8.3
The Empty Pillow
1957 · director · ⭐ 7.0
A Woman's Youth
1956 · director · writer · ⭐ 7.3
The Beast
1954 · writer · director · ⭐ 7.1
Foreman Hassan
1952 · director · producer · ⭐ 6.0
Rayya and Sekina
1952 · director · writer · ⭐ 6.9
Love Humiliates
1952 · director
Lak Yom Ya Zalem
1951 · director · producer · writer · ⭐ 9.0
The Hawk
1950 · director · ⭐ 10.0
Shari al-bahlawan
1949 · director · writer · ⭐ 10.0
The Avenger
1947 · writer · director · ⭐ 8.0
Always in my heart
1946 · director
Ahlahom
1945 · editor
Passion and Revenge
1944 · editor · ⭐ 7.7
Issue of the day
1943 · editor
On the stage of life
1942 · editor
Eayida
1942 · editor · ⭐ 7.0
The Will
1939 · editor · ⭐ 7.4
Salah abu seif
actor