Cast
Yehia Chahine
Acting
Cast
Yehia Chahine
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-09-28
From
Giza, Egypt
Died
1994-03-18
Also known as يحيى يحيى حسن شاهين, يحيى شاهين, Yahya Yahya Hassan Shaheen
Biography
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
Sleepless
as Ahmed Lutfy
Three Thieves
as judge
Rawaat El Hob
as محمود سالم
Dananeir
as زياد
Hababa
A Bit of Torment
as الرسّام أحمد خالد
The black knight
as Essam
Rawiyah
as Officer Samir Magdy
Scandal monger
as Ahmed
I Am Love
Dawn of Islam
Samra Sinai
as Adel
الأخوة الأعداء
as El-Armany الأرماني
Salamah
as عبد الرحمن القس
Lovers of the Night
Between Two Mansions
as السيد أحمد عبدالجواد
The Land
as Sheikh Hassouna
The Teenagers
as Shams شمس
Alexandria… Why?
as British Ambassador
Isalu kalbi
باسم الحب
as عبد الغفار
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
as بلال بن رباح
Soultanat al-sahra
as Hassan
Bit of Fear
as الشيخ إبراهيم
The Lights
as مراد
رجل بلا قلب
as جلال
Lady of The Train
as Farid
Where Did My Life Go?
as د. خالد
Laila Al Amriya
as Qais bin Al-Malouh
El taisha
They Made Me a Criminal
as الشيخ حسن
مخلب القط
as حمدي
The People Inside
as رفاعي
The Stranger
This is Love
as Hussein
الملاك الصغير
The Barrier
as Salah صلاح
Life is Love
as Adel
Tofahet Adam
as Youssef Bey
Son of the Nile
as الشيخ إبراهيم
Al Sokkareya
as Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad
Zizit
Son of Cleopatra
as Safar
A Plot
as مراد
Lovers Village
as عبد الكريم
Bloody Destinies
as Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا
Ashiaa La Tushtra
The Man I Love
Mansion of Longing
as Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad
The Confession
as Ibrahim
Pity My Tears
as Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم
El Mazaher
as Mahmoud El Banhawy
Zeinab
as إبراهيم
The Pasha's daughter
as ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly
The Landlord
Doubt, My Love
as عبدالرحيم
Marret El-ayam
almutahama
as وكيل النيابة
The Little Doll
All That Love
as ناصف الليثي
Queen of the Night
as أحمد عزت
Boys and Girls
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
Bint Al-Sheikh
The Female Boss
as Abbas
Al-Ans station
A man and two women
Dahaya el madania
الضوء الأخضر
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
as Ahmed Awad
Farewell at dawn
If I Was Rich
as كمال خطيب وهيبة
فتنة
Elham
Gharam El Sheyukh
The Silent Love
Storms
Kisma wa Nassib
as Asem Shaker, Engineer
Some Live Twice
as Ahmed
The Blow of Fate
The sad countryside
She was an angel
For Love
Kahraman
انتقام الحبيب
Solomon's Ring
as Mahmoud