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Yehia Chahine
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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…
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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
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دموع صاحبة الجلالة
as السفير صدقي
The Pasha's daughter
as ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
All That Love
as ناصف الليثي
The Landlord
The Bloody Destiny
as Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
Alexandria… Why?
as British Ambassador
Doubt, My Love
as عبدالرحيم
No Poster
الضوء الأخضر
Oh The wonders of time
as Ahmed Assem
الأخوة الأعداء
as El-Armany الأرماني
Al Sokkareya
as Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
The Barrier
as Salah صلاح
The Lights
as مراد
Some Live Twice
as Ahmed
Dawn of Islam
Queen of the Night
as أحمد عزت
The Land
as Sheikh Hassouna
Ashiaa La Tushtra
A Bit of Torment
as الرسّام أحمد خالد
The People Inside
as رفاعي
Bit of Fear
as الشيخ إبراهيم
Rawaat El Hob
as محمود سالم
Mansion of Longing
as Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
Tofahet Adam
as Youssef Bey
A man and two women
Three Thieves
as judge
The Confession
as Ibrahim
باسم الحب
as عبد الغفار
Boys and Girls
Son of Cleopatra
as Safar
The Teenagers
as Shams شمس
Between Two Palaces
as السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
The Man I Love
مخلب القط
as حمدي
No Poster
Zizit
Ragol bila Qalb
as جلال
Samra Sinai
as Adel
The Female Boss
as Abbas
The Silent Love
as صفوت
This is Love
as Hussein
Kahraman
The Little Angel
Sleepless
as Ahmed Lutfy
Lovers of the Night
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
as Ahmed Awad
Where Did My Life Go
as د. خالد
The Little Doll
Farewell at dawn
The Stranger
For Love
Lovers Village
as عبد الكريم
Pity My Tears
as Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
They Made Me a Criminal
as الشيخ حسن
Life is Love
as Adel
The black knight
as Essam
I Am Love
Marret El-ayam
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
as بلال بن رباح
A Plot
as مراد
Scandal monger
as Ahmed
Lady of The Train
as Farid
Zeinab
as إبراهيم
Isalu kalbi
انتقام الحبيب
Son of the Nile
as الشيخ إبراهيم
Kisma wa Nassib
as Asem Shaker, Engineer
Elham
Laila Al Amriya
as Qais bin Al-Malouh
The sad countryside
No Poster
فتنة
She was an angel
Soultanat al-sahra
as Hassan
No Poster
The Blow of Fate
Solomon's Ring
as Mahmoud
El taisha
Rawiyah
as Officer Samir Magdy
Storms
Gharam El Sheyukh
Dahaya el madania
Salamah
as عبد الرحمن القس
El Mazaher
as Mahmoud El Banhawy
Hababa
Bint Al-Sheikh
If I Was Rich
as كمال خطيب وهيبة
The Accused
as وكيل النيابة
Al-Ans station
Dananeir
as زياد