Adel Adham

Adel Adham عادل أدهم
Born	(1928-03-28)March 28, 1928 Egypt
Died	Cairo

Adel Adham (Arabic: عادل أدهم‎‎; March 28, 1928 – February 1, 1996) was one of Egypt's most famous actors. He was known for his portrayal of evil and ambiguous characters. His mother was half Turkish.

His debut in cinema was the year 1945 in the film Laila, Daughter of the Poor (1945).

In his most recent film before his death, his character was told by another character that he will go to hell. Adham's character's response? "Well, if we go to heaven, we will not find anyone we know!"

Filmography

• The Technical Director (1965)
• Nora (1967)
• Akhtar ragol fil alam (1967)
• Come rubammo la bomba atomica (1967)
• Ayyam el-hob (1968)
• Altin avcilari (1968)
• Afrah (1968)
• Hiya wa l chayatin (1969)
• Adrift on the Nile (1971)
• The Lady of the Black Moons (1971)
• The Visitor (1972)
• Si può fare molto con sette donne (1972)
• Leqa ma al-madi (1975)
• Hekmatak ya rab (1976)
• Piedone d'Egitto (1980)
• Al shaytan yaez (1981)
• Al-nasabin (1984)
• El-forn (1984)
• Ragol lehaza alzaman (1986)
• Enteqam, -al (1986)
• Supermarket (1990)
• Sawwaq el hanem (1993)

External links

• Adel Adham at the Internet Movie Database