Yehia Chahine
Acting
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
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
The Pasha's daughter
ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
All That Love
ناصف الليثي
The Landlord
Bloody Destinies
Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
Alexandria… Why?
British Ambassador
Doubt, My Love
عبدالرحيم
الضوء الأخضر
الأخوة الأعداء
El-Armany الأرماني
Al Sokkareya
Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
The Barrier
Salah صلاح
The Lights
مراد
Some Live Twice
Ahmed
Queen of the Night
أحمد عزت
Dawn of Islam
The Land
Sheikh Hassouna
Ashiaa La Tushtra
A Bit of Torment
الرسّام أحمد خالد
The People Inside
رفاعي
Bit of Fear
الشيخ إبراهيم
Rawaat El Hob
محمود سالم
Mansion of Longing
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
Tofahet Adam
Youssef Bey
A man and two women
Three Thieves
judge
The Confession
Ibrahim
باسم الحب
عبد الغفار
Boys and Girls
Son of Cleopatra
Safar
The Teenagers
Shams شمس
Between Two Mansions
السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
The Man I Love
مخلب القط
حمدي
زيزيت
رجل بلا قلب
جلال
Samra Sinai
Adel
The Female Boss
Abbas
This is Love
Hussein
The Silent Love
Kahraman
الملاك الصغير
Sleepless
Ahmed Lutfy
Lovers of the Night
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Ahmed Awad
Where Did My Life Go?
د. خالد
The Little Doll
Farewell at dawn
The Stranger
For Love
Lovers Village
عبد الكريم
Pity My Tears
Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
They Made Me a Criminal
الشيخ حسن
Life is Love
Adel
The black knight
Essam
I Am Love
Marret El-ayam
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
بلال بن رباح
A Plot
مراد
Scandal monger
Ahmed
Lady of The Train
Farid
Zeinab
إبراهيم
Isalu kalbi
انتقام الحبيب
Son of the Nile
الشيخ إبراهيم
Kisma wa Nassib
Asem Shaker, Engineer
Elham
Laila Al Amriya
Qais bin Al-Malouh
The sad countryside
فتنة
She was an angel
Soultanat al-sahra
Hassan
The Blow of Fate
Solomon's Ring
Mahmoud
El taisha
Rawiyah
Officer Samir Magdy
Storms
Gharam El Sheyukh
Dahaya el madania
Salamah
عبد الرحمن القس
El Mazaher
Mahmoud El Banhawy
Hababa
Bint Al-Sheikh
If I Was Rich
كمال خطيب وهيبة
almutahama
وكيل النيابة
Al-Ans station
Dananeir
زياد