Yahia Shaheen
Birth : 1917-07-29, Giza, Egypt
Death : 1994-03-18
History
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
ناصف الليثي
Nassif al-Leithi is a very loyal merchant for business colleague Hussein Zahran. Hussein Zahran was surprised by the betrayal of his wife and killed her. Nassif al-Leithi promises that his son Hussein will take care of his son Kamal while he is in prison. He dies in prison. Kamal grows up and works in the company of his father's friend Nasif. One of his sons, but the good treatment changed abruptly when Nasif noticed that his young daughter Wafa was fully impressed, refusing to share their marriage
As Major General Helmy and his son Sa'ad take part in the first Palestine War, his wife Horeya cheats on him with Kamal. When Helmy returns and finds out, he dies from the shock and his daughter Alia vows revenge on her mother.
British Ambassador
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of one-day studying filmmaking in America, but after falling in love and discovering the lies of European occupation, Yehia profoundly reevaluates his identity and allegiances.
Abdelrahman
Dr. Rabab is the wife of businessman Abdul Rahim, their routine life is disturbed by the nosy Bahiga, Abdul Rahim's sister, who interferes in everything. When Rabab becomes pregnant after several years of infertility,Bahiga drives her brother to doubt if he's the father.
The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money on his pleasures. His son, Tawfik, revolts against his father after he learns of his relationship with the prostitute Lula, until he falls for her.
The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their impact on their maturity and life paths.
Salah
The great businessman Salah is sponsored by his brother Ezzat, who chooses the Faculty of Medicine despite his literary leanings. Salah refuses to marry her mistress Nadia.Seeking to make Ezzat fall in love with her and succeed in it
This is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira. When the youngster's uncle is murdered, Hassem decides to go to Mecca with a view to finding the culprit and punishing him. But what he discovers there is not the murderer but the prophet Muhammad. Touched by grace, Hassem converts to the new religion and comes back to his village to propagate the new faith. Which is not to his father's liking, since the Muslim religion is opposed to feudal rights and privileges. The infuriated sheik curses his son and starts persecuting the new converts.
Al Shaikh Ibrahim
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.
A desperate woman on the run from the police for having killed her stepfather seeks refuge in a villa of a famous artist.
رفاعي
Amal, who decided to move away from Cairo in an isolated isolation of Saloum in an attempt to escape the anniversary of her fiancé's death in a car accident, combines the playboy teacher Hani who was transferred to Salloum as punishment for his disrespect and misconduct. Their meeting on the Salloum beach, while each meets a different model of human beings in the workplace, Hani meets Saidi Bakri fleeing revenge, and meet the hope of doctor Tariq, who tries to harass them and exploit their unity, will love develop and grow amid this intertwined conditions?
Hassuna
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Muhammad Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Then Mahmoud Bey proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
Mahmoud Salem
A young girl marries the author whom she admires, but later discovers that he's not who he appears to be. She runs away and meets a handsome young man and they decide to get married.
Part 2 of the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz : 10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returns to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin. As Zanouba marries Yassin, Kamal's idealism is compromised when Aida abandons him for a wealthy guy.
Ibrahim
Ahmed and Nawal are childhood sweethearts. When Ahmed suddenly moves to Cairo and loses touch with Nawal, she marries his older brother Ibrahim. During a visit, Nawal questions Ahmed about his abandonment of her, only for him to reveal a shocking truth about her mother.
Safar
In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that he's actually the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. When Petronius' daughter, Livia, newly-arrived from Rome, falls into his hands, El Kabir uses this opportunity to win her over to his side before releasing her to her father.
Based on the novel from Naguib Mahfouz. The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.
Shams
Based on the first part of Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy, the film depicts the life paths of Ahmed Abdul Jawad's family during the English occupation and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution.
Sabreen is an orphan girl who grow up in the orphanage, by the time she is an adult she been assigned to work in one the big mansions in the countryside, the owner of the mansion hard hearted man called Murad but she gain his trust by time although she is surprised to find out that the mansion is full of sorrow and mystery, by time she finds out that there is a crazy woman who if confined to her room in the attic and she Murad's wife.
Abbas
Based on play Othello of William Shakespear. Hafez try to convice his friend that his wife has been unfaithful.
Hussein
Hussein is a conservative engineer who finds a perfect wife in Sherifa whom he thinks has never been in love. Ten days into their marriage, he learns that she had a past affair, and he merely regards her as a fallen woman.
Ahmed Lutfy
Spoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries to break them apart, spreading lies about her new mother-in-law and getting involved with a man twice her age.
Doctor Khaled
Ayn Omry is a movie about a teenage girl who decides to get married to an old rich man to break free from her controlling mother and to save the family name after loosing their fortune. But she discovers that her husband is a sick jealous man he locked her with 2 old weird sisters in a distant farmhouse After many years of suffering with her sick husband Aleya decides to leave him.
Ahmed Awad Najjar Isami, who ended up with a grand workshop owner in which dozens of workers work, he meets with Tuha, a girl he saw growing up in his neighborhood and attached to it, and he dreamed of it, but she does not exchange love, and then he loses his wealth, as a fire breaks out in the workshop and he comes over it, and then Ahmed meets Sana in the hospital to which Ahmed is taken after he was injured in the fire, and at the same time Ahmed loves tohave violently, and with the same violence Nana protects him, and Sana loves him.
The Little Doll
Mamdouh
When Amal's father falls on hard times, he sells his land to his neighbor, Mamdouh, who falls in love with Amal. But Amal is in a relationship with Mourad who starts avoiding her after he learns of her father's crisis, prompting Mamdouh to confess his love for Amal and ask for her hand in marriage.
Sultan's uncle ill-treats him in order to get his hands on Sultan's father's property. His life changes when a gang finds him after his uncle kicks him out of his house.
Adel
Layla is a volunteer nurse at the red crescent helping the injured in Palestinian war. She falls in love with officer Adel , and during a raid he gets seriously injured and decides to disappear from her life. She gets married to her colleague and later discovers that Adel is in need of a critical surgery.
The engineer Nagy returns from his travels abroad when he meets Olfat whom he falls in love with and shares his feelings towards her with her. However, she is suddenly not to be found which leads him to search for her everywhere.
بلال بن رباح
In a historical story, the film narrates the life story of Bilal bin Rabah, the great muezzin who suffered a difficult life and great torment until the emergence of Islam and the most famous of his Islam at the hands of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.
Farid
Famous singer Fekreyya Fawzy is married to Farid, a man devoured by gambling. While traveling by train, Fekreyya has an accident. Her husband orders that she hide herself so he can get the insurance money needed to cover his debts.
Mohammed Karim directed adaptation of the Youssef Wahby novel.
Hemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the animals in his farm. Though unsatisfied with her, he marries Zebeidah, a woman in the same village.
Elham is an honest girl, but when her father loses all his wealth, she's forced to deviate from the right path after losing her virginity, she becomes a model to a sculptor and then a night girl in a nightclub, until an affectionate man intervenes and takes her hand to a more compassionate horizon.
Mahmoud
Musical from the Egyptian Golden Age of cinema.
