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
Life is Love
(Adel)
أشياء لا تشترى
Tofahet Adam
(Youssef Bey)
The Pasha's daughter
(ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly)
A man and two women
Gharam El Sheyukh
قرية العشاق
The Lights
(مراد)
The Land
(Sheikh Hassouna)
The People Inside
(رفاعي)
All That Love
(ناصف الليثي)
Farewell at dawn
Kahraman
If I Was Rich
(Kamal Khatib Wahiba)
Samra Sinai
(Adel)
سلوا قلبي
Sleepless
(Ahmed Lutfy)
Lovers of the Night
The Silent Love
The black knight
(Essam)
El Mazaher
(Mahmoud El Banhawy)
رجل بلا قلب
(جلال)
Son of the Nile
(الشيخ إبراهيم)
Bit of Fear
(الشيخ إبراهيم)
الملاك الصغير
Moamara
(مراد)
The Stranger
الغريب
Al-Ans station
Bint Al-Sheikh
Hababa
They Made Me a Criminal
(الشيخ حسن)
Marret El-ayam
The Lady on the Train
(Farid)
For Love
Bloody Destinies
(Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا)
Rawaat El Hob
(Mahmoud Salem)
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
(Ahmed Awad)
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
(بلال بن رباح)
Elham
El taisha
almutahama
Solomon's Ring
(Mahmoud)
ضربة القدر
Between Two Mansions
(Ahmed Abdel Gawad)
Where Did My Life Go?
(د. خالد)
انتقام الحبيب
الضوء الأخضر
زيزيت
Zeinab
(إبراهيم)
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
Dananeir
(زياد)
Alexandria… Why?
(British Ambassador)
Al Sokkareya
(Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad)
Mansion of Longing
(Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad)
Salamah
(عبد الرحمن القس)
A Bit of Torment
(الرسّام أحمد خالد)
The Little Doll
The Barrier
(Salah صلاح)
Son of Cleopatra
(Safar)
The Man I Love
The Estranged Brothers
(El-Armany الأرماني)
Al-Shakk ya Habibi
(عبدالرحيم)
The Teenagers
(Shams شمس)
I Am Love
The Female Boss
(Abbas)
This is Love
(Hussein)
Pity My Tears
(Mamdouh Salem)
The Confession
(Ibrahim)
Dawn of Islam
Scandal monger
(Ahmed)
Dahaya el madania
Rawiyah
(Officer Samir Magdy)
Soultanat al-sahra
(Hassan)
Laila Al Amriya
(Qais bin Al-Malouh)
Kisma wa Nassib
(Asem Shaker, Engineer)
Three Thieves
(judge)
The Days
شارع المواردي
(محمد المواردي)