The following is an incomplete list of Egyptian films before 1930. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, please see Category:Egyptian films.
1920s
Arabic title | English translation | Director | Cast | Notes | IMDb profile | |
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1923 | ||||||
Fi bilad Tout Ankh Amoun في بلاد توت عنخ أمون | In the Land of Tutankhamun | Victor Rosito | Fawzi Mounib, John Marbert, Aristidie Hag Andrea | [1] | ||
Barsoum Yabhas Aen Wazifa برسوم يبحث عن وظيفة | Barsoum Looking for a Job | Mohamed Bayoumi | Fawzi Mounib | silent | ||
1924 | ||||||
Al-Bashkateb الباشكاتب | The Head Clerk | Mohamed Bayoumi | Amin Atallah | silent | ||
1927 | ||||||
Laila ليلى | Laila | Wedad Orfi & Stéphane Rosti | Aziza Amir, Wedad Orfi | first Egyptian motion picture | [2] | |
1928 | ||||||
Qoublah fil sahara قبلة في الصحراء | Kiss in the Desert | Ibrahim Lama | Badr Lama, Ibrahim Zoulficar | [3] | ||
Souad al-ghagariyyah سعاد الغجرية | Souad the Gypsy | Jacques Schutz | Fardous Hassan, Abdel Aziz Khalil | [4] | ||
Al-Bahr beyedhak leih البحر بيضحك ليه | Why Is the Sea Laughing? | Stéphane Rosti | Stéphane Rosti, Amine Atallah | [5] | ||
Fagui'ah fawq al-haram فاجعة فوق الهرم | Tragedy at the Pyramids | Ibrahim Lama | Fatma Rouchdi, Badr Lama | [6] | ||
Al-Dahiyyah الضحية | The Victim | Wedad Orfi | Hosni Ibrahim, Ehsane Sabri | |||
Sani' al-qabaqib صانع القباقيب | The Clog Maker | Amine Atallah | Amine Atallah, Iris Staney | [7] | ||
1929 | ||||||
Bint al-Nil بنت النيل | Daughter of the Nile | Aziza Amir | Aziza Amir, Ahmed Allam | [8] | ||
Ghadat al-sahara غادة الصحراء | The Desert Belle | Wedad Orfi & Ahmed Galal | Assia Dagher, Wedad Orfi | [9] | ||
Ma'sat al-hayah مأساة الحياة | The Tragedy of Life | Wedad Orfi | Wedad Orfi, Efranz Hanem | |||
Al-Moukhatarah al-aguibah المخاطرة العجيبة | The Strange Adventure | Gabriel Rogeogian | Odette Reynolds, Aristidie Hag Andrea | [10] | ||
Goha جحا | Goha | Jacques Schutz | Gabriel Naoum, Fouad Helmi | |||
Al-Moukhaddarat المخدرات | Narcotics | Hassan al-Halbawi | Abdel Salam al-Naboulsi, Assia Dagher |