Yehia Chahine
Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994
Alexandria… Why?
as British AmbassadorAmid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a...
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The Land
as Sheikh HassounaSet in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be...
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Son of Cleopatra
as SafarIn Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as الشيخ حسنSultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care...
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The People Inside
as رفاعيAmal, who decided to move away from Cairo in an isolated isolation of Saloum in an attempt to...
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Mansion of Longing
as Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba...
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The black knight
as EssamThe daughter of two Bedouins who married against the will of the two warring tribes, and were...
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Pity My Tears
as Mamdouh SalemWhen Amal's father falls on hard times, he sells his land to his neighbor, Mamdouh, who falls in...
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Son of the Nile
as الشيخ إبراهيمHemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the...
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The Lady on the Train
as FaridFikria is a singer who's married to Farid ,the gambling addict. When she's traveling by train,...
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Al Sokkareya
as Mr. Ahmed Abdel GawadThe film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third...
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Solomon's Ring
as MahmoudMusical from the Egyptian Golden Age of cinema.
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The Barrier
as Salah صلاحThe great businessman Salah is sponsored by his brother Ezzat, who chooses the Faculty of...
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The Estranged Brothers
as El-Armany الأرمانيThe relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his...
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Sleepless
as Ahmed LutfySpoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries...
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Dananeir
as زيادA concubine to a ruling family is challenged when the family is overthrown.
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If I Was Rich
as Kamal Khatib WahibaA poor man suddenly gets rich when he receives big inheritance.
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Life is Love
as AdelLayla is a volunteer nurse at the red crescent helping the injured in Palestinian war. She falls...
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Rawaat El Hob
as Mahmoud SalemA young girl marries the author whom she admires, but later discovers that he's not who he...
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Between Two Mansions
as Ahmed Abdel GawadThe life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British...
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Where Did My Life Go?
as د. خالدAyn Omry is a movie about a teenage girl who decides to get married to an old rich man to break...
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A Bit of Torment
as الرسّام أحمد خالدWhen her stepfather tries to rape her, Amal kills him and flees. She finds refuge in the house...
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Al-Ans station
as uncreditedA girl loves singing and is looking forward to meeting a famous singer to fulfill her dream. At...
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The Confession
as IbrahimAhmed and Nawal are childhood sweethearts. When Ahmed suddenly moves to Cairo and loses touch...
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Nisaa Fi Hayaty
as Ahmed AwadAhmed Awad Najjar Isami, who ended up with a grand workshop owner in which dozens of workers...
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Marret El-ayam
as uncreditedInside the university, a student admires her ideal professor, without the professor realizing...
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The Female Boss
as AbbasBased on play Othello of William Shakespear. Hafez try to convice his friend that his wife has...
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Farewell at dawn
as uncreditedAhmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's...
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Dawn of Islam
as uncreditedThis is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira....
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Al-Shakk ya Habibi
as عبدالرحيمDr. Rabab is the wife of businessman Abdul Rahim, their routine life is disturbed by the nosy...
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All That Love
as ناصف الليثيNassif al-Leithi is a very loyal merchant for business colleague Hussein Zahran. Hussein Zahran...
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I Am Love
as uncreditedThe engineer Nagy returns from his travels abroad when he meets Olfat whom he falls in love with...
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A man and two women
as uncreditedSami is a famous engineer who lives with his wife Laila who cannot have children. The man...
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Hababa
as uncreditedPrince Zayed is in love with one of his maids, who is his son's nanny, and his entourage...
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Bit of Fear
as Al Shaikh IbrahimBased on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian...
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Kahraman
as uncreditedHamed is a student from Damanhour who joins the University of Alexandria. He goes with his three...
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The Lights
as مرادA village girl, Hanaa, gets fascinated by the colorful world of the cinema as a director arrives...
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Salamah
as عبد الرحمن القسThe events of the film revolve in the era of the Umayyad dynasty, around the shepherd (Salama),...
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Bint Al-Sheikh
as uncreditedIn a social dramatic context, a young man decides to propose to the girl he loves from the other...
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Soultanat al-sahra
as HassanAn Arab commits a crime and one of his neighbors is the reason he was sentenced to many years in...
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Bloody Destinies
as Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشاAs Major General Helmy and his son Sa'ad take part in the first Palestine War, his wife Horeya...
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This is Love
as HusseinHussein is a conservative engineer who finds a perfect wife in Sherifa whom he thinks has never...
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Elham
as uncreditedElham is an honest girl, but when her father loses all his wealth, she's forced to deviate from...
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Samra Sinai
as AdelThe work deals with the story of the engineer (Adel) who works in an oil company in the Sinai...
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Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
as بلال بن رباحIn a historical story, the film narrates the life story of Bilal bin Rabah, the great muezzin...
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The Man I Love
as uncreditedSabreen is an orphan girl who grow up in the orphanage, by the time she is an adult she been...
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Dahaya el madania
as uncreditedMadiha, the wife of police officer Mounir, is bored with country life. She is overjoyed when her...
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almutahama
as uncreditedThe prosecutor (Kamel) succeeds in convicting (Othman Borai), the drug dealer, and (Borai)’s...
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Lovers of the Night
as uncreditedAfter his wife cheats on him with his friend, a husband seeks solace in a nightclub where a...
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Scandal monger
as AhmedSamia asks her fiancé Anis to help her sick mother. The police arrest them on charges of drug...
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Rawiyah
as Officer Samir MagdyRawya is the sister of a young mischievous man who has known the path of crime. One day, the...
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Laila Al Amriya
as Qais bin Al-MalouhIn a desert tribe, Qais falls in love with Layla and recites poems about her. His story is...
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Kisma wa Nassib
as Asem Shaker, EngineerAsem is a happy husband and father of two children. He works for the wealthy Fouad and Fouad's...
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The Days
as uncreditedThe series chronicles the life of Taha Hussein, The Dean of Arabic Literature, as he leaves the...
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