Tahia Carioca Movies
- 1985
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohiedine, (more)
- 1965
A playboy whose mother ran a brothel cavorts with a beautiful woman in this somber crime drama. The wife of a hotel owner talks the playboy into killing her husband after he seduces her. Instead, the man kills the woman when he feels she has used him, which leads to a death sentence by hanging for the immoral murderer. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- 1955
This Egyptian melodrama stars Farid Chawky, who also produced the film. Chawky plays a charming but deadly drug smuggler, living by his wits -- and the good graces of his many girlfriends. When one of his amours, Hoda Soultan, becomes pregnant, Chawky first tries to ditch her, then to murder her. On the verge of getting away with his crimes, the "hero" outsmarts himself. The film's narcotics angle caused Hamido to run into censor interference in the U.S. Surprisingly, the bellydance gyrations of Tahia Carioca were left intact for the enlightenment and edification of American audiences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tahia Carioca
