Zaki Rostom

Biography

Zaki Rostom was a renowned Egyptian actor born on March 5, 1903, to an aristocratic family of prominent position in Egypt. He began his acting career as a student and joined the National theater group in 1924, later becoming associated with the Ramses theater group. Notable roles include an aristocrat tyrant husband in Anna Karenina's Egyptian adaptation and a powerful brutal landlord in The River of Love.