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Togo Mizrahi

Directing · 1901–1986 · Alexandria, Egypt

Biography

Togo Mizrahi (Arabic: توجو مزراحي) (June 2, 1901 – June 5, 1986) was an Egyptian director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Mizrahi was a prolific filmmaker best known for making popular comedies and musicals. In addition to his filmmaking, Mizrahi also had his Ph.D. in economics and was a speaker of many languages.[1] For the majority of his career, Mizrahi produced, directed, and wrote most of his films.[2] Between 1930 and 1946, he directed 30 Arabic-speaking films and four Greek-speaking films, and he produced several films directed by other filmmakers.

Known for

Filmography

1946Beauty queenDirector
1945SalamahDirector
1944Nour al-Din and the Three SailorsDirector
1944Long live women!Director
1944A lie within a lieDirector
1944Layla in the darkDirector
1943The Straight RoadDirector
1942Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesDirector
1942Leila, ghadet el cameliaScreenplay
1941Layla The SchoolgirlDirector
1941A Thousand and One NightsDirector
1941Layla the Country GirlDirector
1940The three musketeersDirector
1940A woman's heartDirector
1940The BashmakulProducer
1939Lend Me Three PoundsWriter
1939In a rainy nightEditor
1938I ProsfugopoulaDirector
1938Osman and AliDirector
1938Καπετάν ΣκορπιόςDirector
1938Όταν ο σύζυγος ταξιδεύειDirector
1938This is my nature!Director
1938El TeleghrafDirector
1937Seven O'clockProducer
1937Shalom the SportsmanDirector
1937Δόκτωρ ΕπαμεινώνδαςDirector
1937Suspicious AffluenceDirector
1936The Night WatchmanWriter
1935The Sailorحميدو
1935Shalom the InterpreterWriter
1935Doctor Farahatالدكتور فرحات ، مصطفي أفندي
1934The Two RepresentativesDirector
1933Sons of Egyptأحمد
19325001Writer
1930Cocaine
—A Hundred Thousand PoundsDirector

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