Abraham Lama .. filmmaker who made the first Egyptian film .. and killed his wife and committed suicide

Abraham Lama .. filmmaker who made the first Egyptian film .. and killed his wife and committed suicide

 Abraham Lama sitting among the Bedouins during the filming of one of his films

Abraham Lama sitting among the Bedouins during the filming of one of his films

In the year 1904 the first Egyptian cine film appeared a «kiss in the desert» director, author, photographer and producer «Abraham Lama». The brothers Ibrahim and Badr were born Palestinian father and an immigrant in Chile and decided to return to their home original but they changed their decision and with the arrival of Bachrthma to Alexandria in 1926, where he bailed out where to submit an essential contribution to Egyptian cinema generator.

In Alexandria founded the Brotherhood Lama «Condor film» company, which was active in Alexandria, and that was at the same time as the Turkish director and Dad customary managed to convince a dear artist Prince of producing a movie Egyptian, it is in writing his story and take it out in addition to going through the tournament before a film «call of God», introduced in November 16, 1927 after making some amendments to it and change its name to «Layla». as the brothers Lama, have started their activities in that period to produce their film «kiss in the desert», where he took Abraham authored the story visualization and reformatted cinematically, only his brother Badr starred in the film. The movie was shot in a small studio set up in a private area of ​​Villa Victoria in Alexandria.

In 1930, he moved the brothers Lama to Cairo, after the second forward their film «calamitous above the pyramid» in 1928, starring Badr Lama and Fatma Roshdy, in Cairo, founded the studio Lama. He married Isabella of Abraham George Rizk, including two Boldin Samir quality.

He played Badr Lama starred in most of the films directed by his brother until marriage Badr Badria Raafat which Kasemth Championship after these films. The film, directed by Ibrahim did not participate in the Badr it «prick the conscience» in 1931, the Asian Championship and Abdul Salam Nabulsi, and the film «victims» in 1931, starring joyful Hafez, and «Nights Cairo» in 1939, starring Hussein Sidqi and basked Meligy Mustafa.

And a variety of films Ibrahim Lama, provide historical films such as «Saladin» in 1941 and «Cleopatra» 1943, also made the first film about the story of «Qais and Leila» in 1939, in addition to social and comedies.

Abraham Lama is the first Egyptian depicted in Sudan, Kenya Forest and Ohrachha, has launched Bkamirath there to portray his films «missing link» in 1948 and «caravan moves» in 1951, and gave Ibrahim Lama Egyptian Cinema 30 films in 24 years, and worked with big stars at the time, such as Fatma Roshdy, Asia, Mary Queeny, joyful Hafez, Zaki Rostom, Amina Rizk, Badia Masabni, please Abdo, Madiha Yousry, Laila Fawzi, Faten Hamama, Shadia.

The end of the life of Abraham Lama tragic, as shot at his ex-wife because of jealousy and its refusal to return to him and then committed suicide the same gun .. and suicide incident on its front page on May 14, 1953 I wrote Al-Ahram says: «filmmaker kills his wife and commits suicide .. love story ends in tragedy appalling .. heinous crime victim went lady in the prime of life and the fate ended painfully for a filmmaker known Mr. Ibrahim Lama »and summed up the crime in the police department lockup received the news of a murder in the house No. 158 Queen« Ramses »Street ..

Go immediately Bekbashy Hassan Kamel bailiff section Alsag Hafez Afifi deputy sheriff and First Lieutenant Saad Afifi and suffered Deputy Attorney General. On the first floor of the house found the body of a woman in the eighth and twenty-year-old with gunshot wounds in her abdomen and her head and her back to her side of Abraham, his head wounded by a bullet, and his heart was still beating and was found to Jawarhma pistol German-made die Ibrahim life before his arrival to the hospital Eldemerdash.

Al-Ahram reported that prosecutors searched the home of Ibrahim after his death Fthert there on the letter of the same date of the incident and addressed to the public prosecutor in which he says that he will be the last attempts with his wife to return to the marital home, and it will put an end to the matter. Al-Ahram published in the issue dated May 16, 1953 story entitled «director who killed his wife and committed suicide,» said: «asked the police to protect the victim's death, but insisted on the hunt.

 It continues Mr. Hakim Munir Deputy Attorney General to investigate the late Abraham Lama, who accident killed his wife Mrs. Isabella George shot them and then killed himself, and heard Professor wise sayings of the house owner in which the incident occurred, which Emile Bitar stated that he was asleep when he attended the victim to visit his wife and awoke upon the arrival Abraham Lama saw greeted his wife, and then Anasrva to the inner yard and heard the homeowner dialogue that took place between Abraham Lama and his wife on the need to return to the marital home but insisted on not to return because of what he received from the abuse and she was talking loudly to be heard a gunshot followed by another while The first was in his wife's body and the second is the one who killed himself by ».