Biography: Omar Sharif |
Born into a wealthy Lebanese-Egyptian family, Omar Sharif was a math and physics major at Cairo's Victory College. He worked briefly in his father's lumber business before pursuing an acting career. Entering movies in 1953 as Omar El-Sharif, the young... more
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Tags: Drama
Length: 125min
Love, passion, responsibility and loss follow a man over the course of half a century in this powerful drama from Egypt. In 1948, Hassan (Khaled El Nabawy) is working his first day on the job for a telegraph company when he has to deliver a telegram...
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer
Tags: Historical Film Biopic Romantic Drama
Length: 181min
Robert Dornhelm's epic-length period tragedy The Crown Prince takes as its dramatic inspiration the heart-rending and irrepressibly romantic tale of Rudolf (Max von Thun), Crown Prince of Austria heir to the Habsburg monarchy during the late 19th...
Cast: Linus Roache Claire Bloom
Tags: Hagiography Epic
Length: 176min
Dougray Scott, Linus Roache, Omar Sharif, and Naveen Andrews headline this epic mini-series from director Robert Dornhelm, and following the Prince of Egypt as he discovers his true identity and sets out on a mission from God. An oracle has...
Tags: Satire Comedy Religious Comedy
Length: 115min
A Muslim preacher and a Christian priest swap identities after surviving separate assassination attempts in director Rami Imam's thinly veiled satire on religious bigotry in Egypt. Hassan (Adel Amim) is a Christian priest, and Morcos (Omar Sharif) is...
Tags: Adventure Drama Adventure
Length: 240min
A Manhattan archeologist teams with an FBI agent to uncover the buried secrets of the legendary Knights Templar in this omantic adventure mini-series starring Mira Sorvino and Scott Foley. Based on Raymond Khoury's international bestseller, The Last...
Tags: Religious Epic Epic Hagiography
Length: 186min
Oscar-nominee Omar Sharif stars as devoted disciple Peter in director Guilio Base's look at the tension that arose between the Christians and Romans following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As the unwavering faith of the disciples makes...
Building the Great Pyramid (2003)
Tags: Architecture & Design History World History
Length: 60min
For 4,400 years after its completion as a monument to the "Pharoah du Jour," the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was the tallest structure in the world, dwarfed only when the Eiffel Tower went up in 1889. This ambitious, computer-generated cable...
Cast: Omar Sharif Malcolm McDowell Joe Johnston Viggo Mortensen
Tags: Adventure Period Film Costume Adventure
Length: 135min
Actor Viggo Mortensen made his first starring appearance in a film after his breakthrough performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy with this period adventure. Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen) is a U.S. Cavalry officer who earned a reputation as one of...
Cast: Jerry Goldsmith Antonio Banderas Diane Venora
Tags: Adventure Drama Fantasy Adventure Fantasy
Length: 103min
A cultured diplomat joins a band of savage warriors in time to meet an even more fearsome enemy in this historical adventure. In 922 A.D., Ibn Fadlan (Antonio Banderas) is a Muslim emissary from Baghdad en route to meet with the King of Saqaliba when...
Cast: Isabelle Adjani
Tags: Buddy Film Drama Coming-of-Age
Length: 94min
A boy from a broken home finds a friend in an insular, spiritual shopkeeper in this period drama from writer/director François Dupeyron. Set in 1960s Paris, Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran revolves around Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a young man...
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