Yehia Chahine
Date of birth: 1917-09-28
Place of birth: Giza, Egypt
Known for: Acting
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
Movie Credits
Life is Love
1954-04-05
Layla is a volunteer nurse at the red crescent helping the injured in Palestinian war. She falls in
Ashiaa La Tushtra
1970-01-01
The wealthy mayor falls in love with a beautiful, flirtatious young girl, marries her in Cairo and v
Tofahet Adam
1966-04-27
The story revolves around the girl (Jalila), who lives with her stepfather who asks her to steal fro
The Pasha's daughter
1991-06-22
The government nationalizes Ibrahim's property and places him under house arrest, and Umm Al-Saad ta
A man and two women
1966-04-26
Sami is a famous engineer who lives with his wife Laila who cannot have children. The man travels to
Gharam El Sheyukh
1946-04-13
Mokhtar, a learned man who initially rejected women, fell in love with Ahlam, who was living with hi
Lovers Village
1954-11-29
In one of the villages, a love story develops between Fatima and Abdul Karim, but before marrying he
The Lights
1972-01-10
A village girl, Hanaa, gets fascinated by the colorful world of the cinema as a director arrives in
The Land
1970-01-26
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split
The People Inside
1969-04-28
Amal, who decided to move away from Cairo in an isolated isolation of Saloum in an attempt to escape
All That Love
1988-12-09
Nassif al-Leithi is a very loyal merchant for business colleague Hussein Zahran. Hussein Zahran was
Farewell at dawn
1956-07-12
Ahmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's daught
Kahraman
1958-03-22
Hamed is a student from Damanhour who joins the University of Alexandria. He goes with his three col
If I Was Rich
1942-11-26
A poor man suddenly gets rich when he receives big inheritance.
Isalu kalbi
1952-05-01
A wealthy girl falls in love with a famous actor, but her father refuses to complete the relationshi
Samra Sinai
1959-07-06
The work deals with the story of the engineer (Adel) who works in an oil company in the Sinai Desert
Sleepless
1957-10-31
Spoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries to br
Lovers of the Night
1957-10-03
After his wife cheats on him with his friend, a husband seeks solace in a nightclub where a dancer a
The Silent Love
1958-10-13
The black knight
1954-03-29
The daughter of two Bedouins who married against the will of the two warring tribes, and were killed
El Mazaher
1945-02-01
Haniya lives with her sick aunt. She meets Mahmoud the mechanic and agrees to marry him. Mahmoud and
رجل بلا قلب
1960-10-17
Son of the Nile
1951-01-10
Hemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the anima
Bit of Fear
1969-02-03
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. A
الملاك الصغير
1957-12-02
The Stranger
1956-02-26
Hajj Kamel picks up a little boy from the street, whose family and relatives refused to shelter him
A Plot
1953-04-20
Amina works as a secretary for Murad, who loves her and decides to marry her. But his cousin, Salma,
Al-Ans station
1942-05-01
A girl loves singing and is looking forward to meeting a famous singer to fulfill her dream. At the
Bint Al-Sheikh
1943-03-14
In a social dramatic context, a young man decides to propose to the girl he loves from the other tri
Hababa
1944-11-13
Prince Zayed is in love with one of his maids, who is his son's nanny, and his entourage succeeds in
They Made Me a Criminal
1954-10-18
Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of h
Marret El-ayam
1954-01-14
Inside the university, a student admires her ideal professor, without the professor realizing it. Th
Lady of The Train
1952-08-28
Fikria is a singer who's married to Farid ,the gambling addict. When she's traveling by train, she g
For Love
1955-10-03
almutahama
1942-05-18
The prosecutor (Kamel) succeeds in convicting (Othman Borai), the drug dealer, and (Borai)’s wife de
Bloody Destinies
1982-01-27
As Major General Helmy and his son Sa'ad take part in the first Palestine War, his wife Horeya cheat
Rawaat El Hob
1968-06-01
A young girl marries the author whom she admires, but later discovers that he's not who he appears t
Elham
1950-04-24
Elham is an honest girl, but when her father loses all his wealth, she's forced to deviate from the
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953-06-09
In a historical story, the film narrates the life story of Bilal bin Rabah, the great muezzin who su
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957-01-31
Ahmed Awad Najjar Isami, who ended up with a grand workshop owner in which dozens of workers work, h
El taisha
1946-11-18
After the death of (Shaker Bey), half of the factory goes to (Kamel) the hardworking man in his work
Solomon's Ring
1947-01-01
Musical from the Egyptian Golden Age of cinema.
The Blow of Fate
1947-01-13
Where Did My Life Go?
1957-01-10
Ayn Omry is a movie about a teenage girl who decides to get married to an old rich man to break free
Between Two Mansions
1964-03-02
The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, a
انتقام الحبيب
1951-11-15
الضوء الأخضر
1976-09-15
زيزيت
1961-10-17
Zeinab
1952-05-01
An adaptation of Mohamed Hussein Heikal novel. At the beginning of the 20th century, Zainab, a peasa
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
1992-01-08
Dananeir
1940-09-29
A concubine to a ruling family is challenged when the family is overthrown.
Alexandria… Why?
1979-08-23
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a pri
Al Sokkareya
1973-01-14
The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generation
Mansion of Longing
1966-12-31
10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who i
Salamah
1945-04-09
The events of the film revolve in the era of the Umayyad dynasty, around the shepherd (Salama), who
A Bit of Torment
1969-09-22
When her stepfather tries to rape her, Amal kills him and flees. She finds refuge in the house of th
The Little Doll
1956-07-13
The Little Doll
The Barrier
1972-08-07
The great businessman Salah is sponsored by his brother Ezzat, who chooses the Faculty of Medicine d
Son of Cleopatra
1964-12-31
In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a rev
The Man I Love
1962-02-08
Sabreen is an orphan girl who grow up in the orphanage, by the time she is an adult she been assigne
الأخوة الأعداء
1974-10-14
The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money
Doubt, My Love
1979-01-01
Dr. Rabab is the wife of businessman Abdul Rahim, their routine life is disturbed by the nosy Bahig
The Teenagers
1964-04-20
I Am Love
1954-02-15
The engineer Nagy returns from his travels abroad when he meets Olfat whom he falls in love with and
The Female Boss
1958-12-08
Based on play Othello of William Shakespear. Hafez try to convice his friend that his wife has been
This is Love
1958-10-26
Hussein is a conservative engineer who finds a perfect wife in Sherifa whom he thinks has never been
Pity My Tears
1954-10-31
When Amal's father falls on hard times, he sells his land to his neighbor, Mamdouh, who falls in lov
The Confession
1965-12-06
Ahmed and Nawal are childhood sweethearts. When Ahmed suddenly moves to Cairo and loses touch with N
Dawn of Islam
1971-02-01
This is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira. When
Scandal monger
1953-04-16
Samia asks her fiancé Anis to help her sick mother. The police arrest them on charges of drug traffi
Dahaya el madania
1946-03-14
Madiha, the wife of police officer Mounir, is bored with country life. She is overjoyed when her hus
Rawiyah
1946-09-30
Rawya is the sister of a young mischievous man who has known the path of crime. One day, the police
Soultanat al-sahra
1947-10-20
An Arab commits a crime and one of his neighbors is the reason he was sentenced to many years in pri
Laila Al Amriya
1948-12-06
In a desert tribe, Qais falls in love with Layla and recites poems about her. His story is popular i
Kisma wa Nassib
1950-10-09
Asem is a happy husband and father of two children. He works for the wealthy Fouad and Fouad's daugh
Three Thieves
1966-01-01
Three stories written by Ihsan Abdul Quddus about three thieves, their circumstances differed, and t
مخلب القط
1961-12-11
باسم الحب
1965-10-11
The sad countryside
1948-09-13
In a village, two children from two conflicting families meet in the village book, and innocent affe
Storms
1946-08-19
A girl makes a mistake and leaves her son, the fruit of her crime, for several years. The son grows
فتنة
1948-05-24
A young man grows up in the arms of a flirtatious woman who causes him to be lost and his future to
She was an angel
1947-12-26
A dancer takes care of her sister and brother, while distancing herself from their lives so that her
Some Live Twice
1971-06-14
Ahmed, an archaeologist, and his wife Zahira, a school principal, get preoccupied with their careers
The Landlord
1988-03-19
Set in the 1980s, a landlord promises people to give each and every one of them an apartment if they
Boys and Girls
1965-03-31
Magdy is a journalist who is in love with his neighbor Zainab. But Zainab is in love with Sa'ied, a