
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
88 acting credits
Acting · 88

شارع المواردي
1990

Three Thieves
1966

The Days
1979

The Land
1970

Son of Cleopatra
1964

Alexandria… Why?
1979

Lady of The Train
1952

Al Sokkareya
1973

All That Love
1988

They Made Me a Criminal
1954

Samra Sinai
1959

El Mazaher
1945

Laila Al Amriya
1948

Mansion of Longing
1966

الأخوة الأعداء
1974

Life is Love
1954

Sleepless
1957

Dahaya el madania
1946

The Barrier
1972

Between Two Mansions
1964

باسم الحب
1965

Bit of Fear
1969

Zeinab
1952

The People Inside
1969

Scandal monger
1953

Rawiyah
1946

A Bit of Torment
1969

Son of the Nile
1951

Lovers Village
1954

Rawaat El Hob
1968

Ashiaa La Tushtra
1970

The Little Doll
1956

Doubt, My Love
1979

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953

Pity My Tears
1954

The black knight
1954

El taisha
1946

The Pasha's daughter
1991

A man and two women
1966

Bloody Destinies
1982

Kahraman
1958

A Plot
1953

Soultanat al-sahra
1947

The Teenagers
1964

The Confession
1965

This is Love
1958

Where Did My Life Go?
1957

Dananeir
1940

Tofahet Adam
1966

Hababa
1944
Zizit
1961

رجل بلا قلب
1960

مخلب القط
1961

almutahama
1942
The Blow of Fate
1947

Lovers of the Night
1957

I Am Love
1954

دموع صاحبة الجلالة
1992

Kisma wa Nassib
1950

Isalu kalbi
1952

Marret El-ayam
1954

Elham
1950

Bint Al-Sheikh
1943

Salamah
1945

The Female Boss
1958

Al-Ans station
1942

Some Live Twice
1971

الملاك الصغير
1957

The Stranger
1956

The Man I Love
1962

Storms
1946

She was an angel
1947

Farewell at dawn
1956

If I Was Rich
1942

Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957

The sad countryside
1948

Queen of the Night
1971

Gharam El Sheyukh
1946

The Landlord
1988

The Lights
1972
الضوء الأخضر
1976
فتنة
1948

Boys and Girls
1965

The Silent Love
1958

For Love
1955

Dawn of Islam
1971

Solomon's Ring
1947

انتقام الحبيب
1951