Mohy Ismail.. Caeser

Biography

Mohie Ismail studied philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, then joined the Acting Department at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. He worked for a period in the National Theater and was one of the founders of the Experimental Hundred Chair Theater at the Czech Cultural Center in 1969.

 

Mohie Ismail began his artistic career at the National Theater, where he presented many plays, including: “The Black Night, Suleiman Al-Halabi, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.” He quickly turned to television and participated in the series “Don’t Turn Out the Sun” in 1965. After that, his work continued in many series, the most notable of which was: “Night and Men”, “Sons in the Storm”, “Garden of Longing”, “A Sergeant Who Does Not Sleep”, “People of the Cave”, “The Private Detective” and “Cleopatra”.

 

As for his cinematic debut, it was in 1969 with the movie “The Well of Deprivation” opposite Souad Hosni’s Cinderella, followed by the movie “The Enemy Brothers,” which is considered his true artistic debut. After that, he presented many famous films, including: “Take Care of Zuzu,” “The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket,” “Mawlid Ya Dunya,” “The Execution of a High School Student,” “Has Someone Heard Something,” and “The Treasure.”

 

Mohie Ismail was famous for playing complex and difficult roles and characters going through complex problems. He focused his energy on embodying people’s psychological struggles, and he became a specialist in these roles until he was called “the pioneer of psychodrama.” He is also called "The Ceasar".

 

Mohie Ismail participated in world cinema with two films, “The Patrol” and “Heroes of Glory,” with international director Roberto Montero in 1971.

 

Mohie Ismail is known for his wide culture and his love for reading as well as writing. He published a group of books and novels that achieved wide circulation and were translated into more than one language, namely: “The Crazy One, A Traveler at God’s Door, The Surgeon of Souls, The Boy of the Age, The Complexities of the Human Soul.”

 

Mohy Ismail was selected as a member of the International Film Jury at the Alexandria Film Festival during its 35th session.

 

The film "Take Care of Zuzu", in which the artist Mohy Ismail participated, joined the list of the 100 best films in the memory of Egyptian cinema according to the critics' poll, where it ranked number 79.

 

Personal Life

The artist Mohy Ismail married only once in his life, to an Egyptian woman among his relatives, and he remained married to her for 10 years until she died in 2016 after she was infected with Hepatitis C, and he did not have any children from her. Mohi Ismail is the younger brother of director and screenwriter Fayek Ismail.

 

Artistical Works

Movies

• 1969: Films “Death Beyond Glory,” “The Painter,” “The Well of Deprivation,” and “The Cursed Battle.”
• 1970: “One of the Greats of Islam” movie.
• 1972: Films “Wild Flowers, Forbidden Pictures, Take Care of Zuzu.”
• 1973: The movie “Girls Must Get Married.”
• 1974: Films: “The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket,” “The Innocents,” “24 Hours of Love,” and “Enemy Brothers.”
• 1975: “Let's Love, and Love's Over” films.
• 1976: “Mowlid Ya Dunya” movie.
• 1977: “The Devils” movie.
• 1978: “The Moon, Behind the Sun” films.
• 1980: Films “Investigation, Execution of a High School Student.”
• 1982: “The Journey of Misery and Love” movie.
• 1983: The movie “A Scientist and a Woman”.
• 1984: The film “The Lost Plane”.
• 1985: Films “Shahd Al-Malika”, “Al-Jarih”, “Silver Coin”, “Al-Awghad”.
• 1986: “Tears of the Devil” and “The Commandant” films.
• 1987: The film “The Fugitives”.
• 1989: “Me, the Virgin, and Capricorn.”
• 1990: “Sweetness of the Soul” movie.
• 1993: The film “Saidi in the Army”.
• 1996: “Gypsy” movie.
• 2009: The movie “Has Someone Heard Something?”
• 2017: “Treasure: Fact and Fiction”
• 2019: “Treasure 2: Love and Destiny”
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Series

• 1964: “The Story of a City” series.
• 1965: “Prairie Beast, Don’t Turn Out the Sun” series.
• 1968: “Muhammad, the Messenger of God” series.
• 1972: “Night and Men” series.
• 1975: “Rivers of Salt” series.
• 1978: “Children in the Storm” series.
• 1978: “Orchard of Thorns” series.
• 1979: “The Banquet” series.
• 1980: “The Orphan and Love” series.
• 1982: “Orchard of Longing” series.
• 1983: “Musa Bin Nusair” series.
• 1988: “A Sergeant Who Never Sleeps” series.
• 1996: “Heroes” series.
• 1997: “People of the Cave” series.
• 1999: “Eagle of the East, Part 1” series.
• 2000: “Eagle of the East, Part 2” series.
• 2007: “Private Detective” series.
• 2010: “Cleopatra, Essam and the Misbah, Part 1” series.
• 2016: “Issam and the Misbah” series, Part 3.
• 2019: “Issam and the Misbah” series, Part 5.

 

Radio Serials

• 1973: “Abu Aram” series.
• 1991: “Impossible Love” series.
• Year 2015: “Suez Canal” series.

 

Plays

• 1969: The plays “Cairo in a Thousand Years” and “The Golden Palm.”

 

Awards and Honors

• Egyptian Film Writers and Critics Association Award in 1975.
• Best Film Actor Award from the Ministry of Culture for his role in the film “The Enemy Brothers” in 1975.
• Awarded at the Tashkent International Film Festival in Russia for his role in the film “The Enemy Brothers” in 1976.
• Best Actor Award for his role in the film “The Execution of a High School Student” in 1982.
• Appreciation Award for his entire work from the Cairo Film Festival in 1986.
• Cinema Creativity Award from the Egyptian community in New York in 2003.
• Psychodrama Pioneer Award in Cinema from the Canadian Parliament in 2010.
• Honored by the Film Society Festival in 2016.
• Shield of honor from the Sudanese Prime Minister in 2018.
• Honored by the National Theater Festival in 2019.
• Honored by MehrJean Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema 2019.
• Honored by the Sharm El Sheikh International Youth Theater Festival in 2019.
• Honored by the Luxor African Film Festival in 2021.

 

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