Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1942)

Ali AlKassar as علي بابا Died 1957 · Cairo, Egypt A pioneer of musical comedy, he was born in the Sayeda Zeinab district in 1887. He began his artistic career in 1908 by working in the Zainab Theatre Company, which he founded in 1907. He then worked...

Ismail Yasseen as بلوط Died 1972 · Suez, Egypt Ismail Yasin Ali Nakhla was born in Suez (15 September, 1912) where he led a miserable unstable childhood, and had to leave primary school when his mother died and his father went to prison. His first...

Laila Fawzy as مُرجانة Died 2005 · Turkey Fawzi was born in Turkey to Egyptian parents. Her father owned fabric stores in Cairo, Damascus and Istanbul. She won Miss Egypt contest in 1940 and was awarded a small role in the Egyptian movie Wive...

Hassan El Baroudy as قاسم أخ علي بابا Died 1974 · Egypt Hassan Mahmoud Hassanein El Baroudy was an Egyptian actor, born on 19 November 1898. He studied at the American School, and was working as a translator at Thomas Cook Company. He started his artistic...

Reyaad ElQasabgy as رئيس العصابة حافظ شعلان Died 1963 · Egypt Reyad El Kassabguy started his career as a train conductor then joined the railway theater troupe. Later he joined Ahmad al-Shaamy amateur troupe, but this was not enough to put bread on the table. He...

Lotfi El Hakim Died 1982 · Egypt