Farid Shawqy

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jul 30, 1920 (104 years old)
Death date
Jul 27, 1998

Farid Shawqy

Known For

Like A Matchstick
1h 20m
Movie 2016

Like A Matchstick

A comedic tale created by the late actor Hussein Imam to pay tribute to the stars of the Egyptian cinema in its golden age. The main story is based on mixing scenes of 21-star from black and white period with other scenes written by and starring Imam so that the final product is the rediscovering of old stars in a new context.

لقمة القاضي
TV Show 1996

لقمة القاضي

The Miser and I
0h 55m
TV Show 1991

The Miser and I

The story of Awad, the stingy trader who collects money while his family lives in deprivation, which forces his children to work to escape their father's stinginess. The daughter marries a rich older man, and her two brothers try to achieve their dreams away from their father.

Al Sharabiya
2h 0m
Movie 1987

Al Sharabiya

Toha and her mother work to transport the cargos in carriages on behalf of the teacher Shehata, who exploits them and they cannot stand in front of him, until Toha gets to know Shawqi, the head of the station and responsible for the supply loads that are transported on trains, to help her get rid of the teacher Shehata, and fall in love with her and marry her, so that Shehata decides to take revenge.

Ashmawi
1h 40m
Movie 1987

Ashmawi

Follows the life of Sergeant Ahmed who is the person responsible for carrying on capital punishment.

The Escape from El-Khanka
2h 8m
Movie 1987

The Escape from El-Khanka

The teacher Mustafa turns to the TV anchor Nashwa to complain about her brother, who seized a piece of land he owns and installed a large refrigerator to store meat. When Nashwa tells her brother, he decides to get rid of Mustafa and send his sister to a mental hospital.

Wa Yabka El Hob
1h 25m
Movie 1987

Wa Yabka El Hob

Fouad, a wealthy businessman returns to Egypt to carry out a number of investment projects. In Egypt, he meets with Mona and it is love at first sight. The couple gets married and has a child, but due to an accidental mistake, the son loses his life and the family is caught in a vicious circle.

Rod El-Farag
1h 30m
Movie 1987

Rod El-Farag

Hussein senses a lot of mystery behind his father's death and his bankruptcy after he was one of the major merchants, and he suspects a competing merchant named Abu Shouma, so he decides to approach him to find out what happened.

Al-Dabah
2h 25m
Movie 1987

Al-Dabah

(Nesma), the daughter of the wealthy merchant (Hamed El-Ganzouri), is preparing a master's thesis on drug addiction, and she does not know that her father is a major drug dealer. (Zaher) helps him in his business until he becomes rich. (Nesma) falls in love with (Medhat), a medical student who is struggling in his studies because of his poverty, which makes him surrender to drug addiction. At the same time, (Zaher) admires (Nesma) and tries to marry her, but (Hamed) refuses and makes fun of him, so (Zaher) leaves his job and tries to expose him in front of his daughter and report him to the police.

Confrontation
1h 44m
Movie 1987

Confrontation

Mahmoud leaves his town after offering his shroud to stop the bloodbath between his family and another family. The dispute began when Mahmoud met Salim, the chief of the Hawara, who has complete control over the town. Salim wanted to buy the share of his brother's widow, Atiyat, who refuses to sell. Mahmoud sympathizes with her against Salim, who is subjected to an attempted murder by some of the locals, so Mahmoud protects him with his pampering among the locals. Salim's son assaults Mahmoud's daughter, Fatima, and then kills her. He accuses Atiyat's brother of the crime, and Salim demands revenge and justice, and seeks to achieve it himself, but a surprise occurs that changes the course of events.

Biography

Farid Muhammad Shawqi Abdo was born in Sheikha al-Bagghala in Sayyida Zainab district .. He obtained a diploma of the Institute of Applied Engineering and a diploma in the Institute of Acting and worked in small roles with the artist (Anwar Wagdy), then he began writing cinematic stories for his films and achieved stardom and became known as the King of the Tarso, the monster of the screen, the King . He wrote many film stories, and worked on stage in many of Rihani's plays, such as (Al-Daloua, The Story of Every Day), and he worked in Lebanese, Syrian and Turkish films, including (The Devil of the Bosphorus, Othman Al-Jabbar). And among the series he worked with, (Curmudgeon and Me, the only witness, Saber, Uncle Saber). He married artist Hoda Sultan and they separated in 1969, then he married Suheir Turk later on. He founded the Union of Artists in 1986. He won the State Prize for the story (They Made Me a Criminals) in 1955 and the Production Prize at the Berlin Festival in 1956 for the film (The Fatwa). He won the State Prize for Production in 1962, the Medal of Flag in 1964, and was honored by the Cairo Festival in 1994. He deservedly deserved the title of King of Tiers or King of Cinema, as he is the star who always renewed himself and got rid of stereotypes.

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