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M'hamed Benguettaf

Mohamed Benguettaf (or M'hamed Benguettaf) born December 20, 1939 is a notable figure in Algerian theater and cinema, first as an actor, M'Hamed Benguettaf worked for radio then spent a large part of his career at Algerian National Theater, before being among the founders of the company Masrah El Kalâa - Théâtre de la Citadelle. Also as translator or adapter of Nazim Hikmet, Kateb Yacine, Ali Salem, Mahmoud Diab or Ray Bradbury, Benguettaf believes he has completed the first major stage of his journey which he likens, in his own words, to "a professional training course" , a stage through which he believes he has gathered the tools of his own language and has now forged his voice as a playwright. In 2003, his contemporary adaptation of "Don Quixote, The Man Who Had Nothing to Do with It", an Algerian-French co-production which received the Djazaïr label, a year of Algeria in France. Since 2004, Mohamed Benguettaf has directed the Algerian National Theater. He died in Algiers on January 5, 2014.


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Born:
Dec 20, 1939 In Alger, Algérie
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie The Way 1967-01-02
Latest Project:
Movie Profumi d'Algeri 2015-01-01
Known For
Poster of Youssef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper
Poster of الولف صعيب - El Ouelf Essaïb
Poster of We Will Return
Poster of The Way
Filmography
Movie Profumi d'Algeri 2015-01-01
Movie Life Kills Me Le père Smaïl 2002-05-26
Movie The Great Turan 1995-05-01
Movie Youssef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper 1994-01-02
Movie الولف صعيب - El Ouelf Essaïb 1990-01-01
Movie We Will Return 1972-01-02
Movie The Way 1967-01-02