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Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Egyptian actor (1932–2015)
April 10, 1932 (July 10, 2015)
Mar. 2013. Drama by Laïla Marrakchi with Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal. In Morocco, an actress mostly hired to play terrorist roles in American series is reunited with her Muslim family for her father's funeral.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2008. Dramatic comedy by Laurent Vinas-Raymond with Émilie Dequenne, Omar Sharif, Anne Canovas. After her release from prison, a young self-taught artist becomes attached to an old painter of Catalan origin suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 2006. Biblical drama by Robert Dornhelm with Dougray Scott, Omar Sharif, Naveen Andrews. Moses, revolted by the servile condition of his Israelite brothers, undertakes to take them out of Egypt.
U.S. 2004. Adventures by Joe Johnston with Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson. In 1890, a sheik invites an American cowboy to participate in a horse race across the Arabian desert.
Runtime: 133 min.

Monsieur Ibrahim

V.O.: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran
Fr. 2003. Dramatic comedy by François Dupeyron with Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki. In 1960s Paris, a Jewish teenager left to his own devices befriends an elderly Muslim who teaches him about life.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 2000. Biblical drama by Kevin Connor with Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Omar Sharif. A narrative of the first books of the Old Testament, from Genesis to Exodus.
U.S. 1999. Adventures by John McTiernan with Antonio Banderas, Vladimir Kulich, Diane Venora. A young Arab scholar lends a hand to Viking warriors who are battling a clan of cannibal barbarians.
Runtime: 102 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
All. 1994. Spy drama by Jim Goddard with Marg Helgenberger, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Havers.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 1991. Chronicle by Henri Verneuil with Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif. After the death of his father, a successful author of Armenian origin returns with his mother to where he spent his childhood in Marseilles.
Runtime: 130 min.

Mother

V.O.: Mayrig
Fr. 1991. Chronicle by Henri Verneuil with Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel. In the 1920s, the difficult integration of a family of Armenian refugees come to settle in Marseilles.
Runtime: 139 min.

Desert Law

V.O.: Il Principe del deserto
It. 1991. Adventures by Duccio Tessari with Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt, Omar Sharif. A New York businesswoman hires a mercenary to retrieve her young son, whom her Arab ex-husband has taken by force to Morocco.
Runtime: 300 min.

Memories of Midnight

V.O.: Sidney Sheldon's Memories of Midnight
U.S. 1991. Melodrama by Gary Nelson with Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Taro Meyer. An amnesiac woman is taken in by a Greek tycoon.
Fr. 1990. Adventures by Georges Campana, Stéphane Kurc with Frédéric van den Driessche, Omar Sharif, Carla Gravina. In 1860, a modest French solicitor travels to a small South American country to proclaim himself king to the Indian population.

The Possessed

V.O.: Les Possédés
Fr. 1988. Drama by Andrzej Wajda with Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Lambert Wilson, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey. An aristocrat who is playing at being a revolutionary has the idea of committing a murder to ensure the cohesion of his group of anarchists.
Runtime: 114 min.
G.-B. 1988. Police comedy by Jeannot Szwarc with Marilu Henner, Ian McShane, Omar Sharif. Taking over from her father who was a professional thief, a young American woman is charged with recovering a stolen horse.
U.S. 1986. Melodrama by William Hale with Nancy Travis, Art Malik, Sarah Miles. In the early twentieth century, an American traveller is kidnapped and sold to a sultan for his harem.
Runtime: 190 min.
U.S. 1986. Drama by Marvin J. Chomsky with Amy Irving, Olivia de Havilland, Omar Sharif. An amnesiac woman treated in an asylum after a suicide attempt claims to be Anastasia Romanov, daughter of the last tsar of Russia.
Runtime: 200 min.
Suis. 1983. Drama by Alain Bloch with Omar Sharif, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Gros. A cheating gambler comes to the aid of a young woman plagued by gambling debts and a troublesome lover.
G.-B. 1983. Adventures by Peter Duffell with Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Omar Sharif. An English officer raised in India is tasked with escorting a princess who is promised in marriage to a young maharajah.
G.-B. 1981. Adventures by Ernest Day with Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1980. Fantasy comedy by Joe Camp with Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1979. Crime drama by Terence Young with Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason.
Runtime: 116 min.
Runtime: 103 min.
Suis. 1978. Adventures by Richard Fleischer with Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1975. Dramatic comedy by Ivan Passer with Omar Sharif, Karen Black, Joseph Bottoms. An unscrupulous businessman pushes his mistress to accept the marriage proposal of an eccentric financier.
Runtime: 87 min.
G.-B. 1974. Spy drama by Blake Edwards with Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle. The secretary of a senior British official is having an affair with a Soviet diplomat.
Runtime: 123 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Richard Lester with Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings. An anonymous man places bombs on board a liner and demands a ransom from the manager of the transatlantic line.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1974. Musical by Herbert Ross with Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif. In the early 1930s, the professional and romantic life of the actress Fanny Brice.
Runtime: 136 min.
Esp. 1973. Adventures by Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi with Omar Sharif, Philippe Nicaud, Gérard Tichy. In 1865, a group of escapees washes up on a seemingly deserted island in the Pacific Ocean that turns out to be the home of a mysterious Hindu prince.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1972. Drama by Éric Le Hung with Florinda Bolkan, Omar Sharif, Pierre Michaël. A young woman tries to meet her husband, imprisoned on an island for his political activities.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Burglars

V.O.: Le Casse
Fr. 1971. Crime drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Robert Hossein. The perpetrators of a major diamond heist are tracked down by a police officer who covets the loot himself.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 1970. Drama by James Clavell with Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Nigel Davenport. During the Thirty Years' War, the leader of a band of mercenaries agrees to spare a remote village.
Runtime: 129 min.
U.S. 1970. Moral study by John Frankenheimer with Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance. The son of an Afghan clan chief, humiliated by defeat in a horse racing competition, tries to regain his honor.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1969. Sentimental drama by Sidney Lumet with Omar Sharif, Anouk Aimée, Fausto Tozzi. A Roman lawyer suspects his wife of prostitution.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1968. Drama by Terence Young with Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason. In 1888, the tragic love story of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and Maria Vetsera.
Runtime: 141 min.
U.S. 1968. Western by Jack Lee Thompson with Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas. Several people fight over a vein of gold belonging to the Apaches.
Runtime: 128 min.
U.S. 1968. Musical by William Wyler with Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford. The life of Fanny Brice, a Broadway comedy star in the early twentieth century, marked by professional success and a difficult love affair with a professional gambler.
Runtime: 140 min.
U.S. 1968. Biography by Richard Fleischer with Omar Sharif, Jack Palance, Cesare Danova. The revolutionary activities of Ernesto Che Guevara in Cuba and Bolivia.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1967. Crime drama by Anatole Litvak with Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Tom Courtenay. A German officer suspects a general of a prostitute's murder.
Runtime: 148 min.

More Than a Miracle

V.O.: C'era una Volta
It. 1967. Fantasy comedy by Francesco Rosi with Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Dolores del Rio. A young prince falls in love with a peasant and wants to take her as his wife.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1965. Sentimental drama by David Lean with Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin. The romantic adventures of a young doctor during the First World War and the Russian Revolution.
Runtime: 197 min.
G.-B. 1965. History by Henry Levin with Omar Sharif, Stephen Boyd, James Mason. Genghis Khan tries to gather, under his command, all the Mongolian troops.
Runtime: 124 min.

Marco the Magnificient

V.O.: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
It. 1964. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles. The extraordinary tribulations of a Venetian on his way to China.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1964. Drama by Fred Zinnemann with Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif. A former loyalist hero of the Spanish war is pursued by the hatred of a police officer.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1962. History by David Lean with Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn. During World War I, a British lieutenant becomes the commander of Arab troops in the Middle East.
Runtime: 222 min.
Fr. 1957. Tale by Jacques Baratier with Omar Sharif, Zina Bouzaiane, Lauro Gazzolo. The adventures of a naive young Moroccan named Goha and his donkey.
Runtime: 83 min.

Dark Waters

V.O.: Sira Fi al-Mina
Égy. 1956. Thriller by Youssef Chahine with Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzy. Promised to her cousin, who has been away for three years, a young woman working on a ship in the port of Alexandria falls in love with her boss's son.
Runtime: 120 min.

Desert Detour

V.O.: La Châtelaine du Liban
Fr. 1956. Adventures by Richard Pottier with Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais. A mysterious countess takes every means to take over a uranium deposit.
Runtime: 102 min.

Blazing Sun, the

V.O.: Siraa Fil-Neel
Égy. 1954. Thriller by Youssef Chahine with Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Zaki Rostom. A landowner is unaware that his daughter is in love with one of the villagers he floods and destroys to enrich himself.
Runtime: 105 min.

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