Omar Sharif

Names and faces Omar Sharif returned to the big screen at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday in a film about an elderly man's encounter with a woman he loved in his youth. The Traveler, an Egyptian film by first-time feature director Ahmed...

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...month. Sharif missed the festival opening ceremony but Abdelnour, a Lebanese actress in her first starring role, joined other guests for a gala evening on the hotel's floodlit seafront terrace, where champagne flowed freely. Frida...

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...the Italian lagoon city's Lido, this year also saw an array of film stars, including George Clooney, Eva Mendes, Matt Damon, Nicolas Cage, Isabelle Huppert, Viggo Mortensen and Egyptian veteran Omar Sharif, all walking the red carpet. Name

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...which was released in 2007. The star is also credited with launching the career of fellow Egyptian legend Omar Sharif who shot to fame with roles in 1962's Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago in 1965. However, he was not always so...

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...representatives in the race for prizes in Venice. Screen veteran Omar Sharif stars in Africa's sole entry into the official competition, the Egyptian produced El Mosafer (The Traveller). US animator John Lasseter, known for family-viewing...

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...response at the Venice Film Festival, which gave his career a large boost. In 1953, he cast Omar Sharif, then a relatively unknown actor, in "Struggle in the Valley." In 1958, Chahine cast himself as the lowly train station newspaper vendor...

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