Togo Mizrahi

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.

Filmography of Togo Mizrahi

  • Beauty queen (1946)
  • Salamah (1945)
  • Long live women! (1944)
  • A lie within a lie (1944)
  • Layla in the dark (1944)
  • Nour al-Din and the Three Sailors (1944)
  • The Straight Road (1943)
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1942)
  • Leila, ghadet el camelia (1942)
  • A Thousand and One Nights (1941)
  • Layla the Country Girl (1941)
  • Layla The Schoolgirl (1941)
  • The three musketeers (1940)
  • A woman's heart (1940)
  • The Bashmakul (1940)
  • Lend Me Three Pounds (1939)
  • In a rainy night (1939)
  • El Teleghraf (1938)
  • Osman and Ali (1938)
  • This is my nature! (1938)
  • I Prosfugopoula (1938)
  • Όταν ο σύζυγος ταξιδεύει (1938)
  • Καπετάν Σκορπιός (1938)
  • Suspicious Affluence (1937)
  • Shalom the Sportsman (1937)
  • Δόκτωρ Επαμεινώνδας (1937)
  • Seven O'clock (1937)
  • The Night Watchman (1936)
  • The Sailor (1935)
  • Shalom the Interpreter (1935)
  • Doctor Farahat (1935)
  • The Two Representatives (1934)
  • Sons of Egypt (1933)
  • 5001 (1932)
  • Cocaine (1930)
  • A Hundred Thousand Pounds