Arabic Title | English translation | Director | Cast | Notes | IMDb Profile | Genre |
1930 |
Zaynab زينب | Zaynab | Mohammed Karim | Bahiga Hafez, Serag Mounir | First Egyptian film to feature the Egyptian countryside and peasants in the role of peasants. (Based on Muhammad Husayn Haykal's Zaynab, the first modern Egyptian novel.) | |
Tahta daw' al-qamar تحت ضوء القمر | In the Moonlight | Choukri Madi | Ensaf Rouchdi, Abdel Mooti Higazi | First Egyptian "talking picture". (The sound was on records synchronized with the film, and included both voice and music.) | |
Guinayat mountasaf al-layl جناية منتصف الليل | The Midnight Crime | Mohamed Sabri | Anwar Wagdi, Olwiyya Gamil, Abdel Meneim Mokhtar | | |
Mou'guizat al-hobb معجزة الحب | Miracle of Love | Ibrahim Lama | Badr Lama, Sorayya Rifaat | | |
Al-Kokayeen / Al-Hawiyah الكوكايين / الهاوية | Cocaine / The Abyss | Togo Mizrahi | Ahmed al-Machriqi, Fatma Hassan | | |
1931 |
Sahib al-sa'adah Kechkech bey صاحب السعادة كشكش بيه | His Excellency Kechkech Bey | Naguib el-Rihani, Stéphane Rosti | Naguib el-Rihani, Stéphane Rosti | | |
Wakhz al-damir وخز الضمير | A Guilty Conscience | Ibrahim Lama | Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny | | |
1932 |
Awlad al-Zawat أولاد الذوات | Sons of Aristocrats | Mohammed Karim | Youssef Wahbi, Amina Rizk | First soundtrack film in Arabic. | |
Ounchoudat al-fouad أنشودة الفؤاد | Song of the Heart | Mario Volpi | Nadra, Georges Abyad | | |
Al-Dahaya الضحايا | The Victims | Ibrahim Lama | Bahiga Hafez, Zaki Rostom | | |
Goha wa Abu Nuwas جحا و أبو نواس | Goha and Abu Nuwas | Manuel Vimance | Khaled Chawki, Ismail Zaki | | |
Mostafa aw al-sahir al-saghir مصطفى أو الساحر الصغير | Mostafa or the Little Magician | Mahmoud Khalil Rached | Mostafa Kamel Rached | |
Khamsat alaf wa wahid ٥٠٠١ | 5001 | Togo Mizrahi | Shalom, Dawlat Ramzi | | |
Makhzan al-'ouchchaq مخزن العشاق | The Store For Lovers | Carlo Bobba | Mohamed Kamal al-Masri, Nadia | | |
1933 |
Indama touhibb al-mar'a عندما تحب المرأة | When Women Love | Ahmed Galal | Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny | |
Al-Zawag الزواج | The Marriage | Fatma Rouchdi | Fatma Rouchdi, Mahmoud el-Meliguy | |
Kaffiri 'an khati'atik كفري عن خطيئتك | Atone for Your Sin | Aziza Amir | Aziza Amir, Zaki Rostom | |
Goha wa Abou Nawwas mousawwiran جحا و أبو نواس مصوران | Goha and Abou Nawwas Photographers | Manuel Vimance | Ismail Zaki, Khaled Chawki | |
Awlad Misr أولاد مصر | Sons of Egypt | Togo Mizrahi | Ahmed al-Machriqi, Gian Rifaat | |
Al Warda al-baida' (The White Rose) | The White Rose | Mohammed Karim | Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Samira Khouloussi | Landmark musical. |
Al-Khatib nimrah talatachar الخطيب نمرة ١٣ | The Fiancé Number 13 | Mohamed Bayoumi | Mohamed Bayoumi, Dawlat Bayoumi | |
1934 |
Laylat al-Omear | A Night in a Lifetime | Mohamed Bayoumi | Amina Mohamed, Ahmad Farid | |
Ouyoun sahirah عيون ساحرة | Enchanting Eyes | Ahmed Galal | Ahmed Galal, Assia Dagher | |
Al-Ittiham الاتهام | The Accusation | Mario Volpi | Bahiga Hafez, Zaki Rostom | |
Ibn al-Cha'b ابن الشعب | The Son of the People | Maurice Aptekman | Serag Mounir, Mimi Chakib | |
Al-Mandouban المندوبان | The Two Delegates | Togo Mizrahi | Fawzi al-Gazaerli, Shalom | |
Chabah al-madi شبح الماضي | The Shadow of the Past | Ibrahim Lama | Badr Lama, Nadra | |
Sahib al-sa'adah Kechkech bey صاحب السعادة كشكش بيه | His Excellency Kechkech Bey | Naguib el-Rihani, Stéphane Rosti | Naguib el-Rihani, Stéphane Rosti | Talkie version of the 1931 film. |
1935 |
Al-Dahaya الضحايا | The Victims | Ibrahim Lama, Bahiga Hafez | Bahiga Hafez, Zaki Rostom | Talkie version of the 1932 film. |
Shajarat al-Durr شجرة الدرّ | Shajarat al-Durr | Ahmed Galal | Assia Dagher, Abdel Rahman Rouchdi | |
Al-Difa' الدفاع | The Defense | Youssef Wahbi | Youssef Wahbi, Amina Rizk | |
Al-Doktor Farhat الدكتور فرحات | Doctor Farhat | Togo Mizrahi | Fawzi al-Gazaerli, Ehsane al-Gazaerli | |
Shalom al-tourgman شالوم الترجمان | Shalom the Interpreter | Togo Mizrahi | Shalom, Abdou Meharram | |
Bawwab al-'imarah بواب العمارة | The Concierge | Alexandre Farkache | Ali al-Kassar, Fatheyya Mahmoud | |
Al-Bahhar البحار | The Sailor | Togo Mizrahi | Ahmed al-Machriqi, Fawzi al-Gazaerli | |
Al-Ghandourah الغندورة | The Female Dandy | Mario Volpi | Mounira al-Mahdiyya, Ahmed Allam | |
Ma'rouf al-badawi معروف البدوي | Ma'rouf the Bedouin | Ibrahim Lama | Badr Lama, Nabawiyya Mostafa | |
Antar afandi عنتر أفندي | Mr. Antar | Stéphane Rosti | Stéphane Rosti, Samira Khouloussi | |
Al-Mou'allim Bahbah المعلم بحبح | Bahbah the Teacher | Choukri Madi | Fawzi al-Gazaerli, Ehsane al-Gazaerli | |
Doumou' al-hobb دموع الحب | The Tears of Love | Mohammed Karim | Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Nagat Ali | |
1936 |
Ounchoudat al-radio أنشودة الراديو | The Song of the Radio | Telio Chiarini | Nadra, Bechara Wakim | |
Bisalamtouh 'awiz yitgawwiz بسلامته عاوز يتجوز | His Highness Wishes to Marry | Alexandre Farkache | Naguib el-Rihani, Aziza Amir | |
Weddad وداد | Wedad | Fritz Kramp | Umm Kulthum, Ahmed Allam | | | Drama, Romance |
Mit alf guinih ١٠٠ ألف جنيه | A Hundred Thousand Pounds | Togo Mizrahi | Ali al-Kassar, Zeinab Labib | |
Malikat al-masarih ملكة المسارح | The Queen of the Stage | Mario Volpi | Badia Massabni, Mokhtar Osman | |
Al-Banknot البنكنوت | The Banknote | Ahmed Galal | Ahmed Galal, Assia Dagher | |
Al-Harib الهارب | The Fugitive | Ibrahim Lama | Badr Lama, Fatma Rouchdi | |
Al-Yad al-sawda' اليد السوداء | The Black Hand | Maurice Aptekman | Aqila Rateb, Hamed Morsi | |
Khafir al-darak خفير الدرك | The Policeman | Togo Mizrahi | Ali al-Kassar, Zouzou Labib | |
Abou Zarifa أبو ظريفة | Abou Zarifa | Alvisi Orfanelli | Fawzi al-Gazaerli, Ehsane al-Gazaerli | |
Zawgah bil niyabah زوجة بالنيابة | A Wife By Proxy | Ahmed Galal | Ahmed Galal, Assia Dagher | |
Al-Abyad wal aswad' الأبيض و الأسواد | Black and White | Alvisi Orfanelli | Fawzi Mounib, Zouzou Labib | |
Koullouh illa kidah كله إلا كده | Anything But That | Carlo Bobba | Beba, Mohamed Kamal al-Masri | | | |
1937 |
Salama fi khayr سلامة فى خير | Everything’s Okay | Niazi Mostafa | Naguib el-Rihani, Raqiya Ibrahim | | | Comedy | |