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Filmography Of Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films that were listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for lifetime achievement). Youssef Chahine is credited for directing five films starring Salah Zulfikar including significant productions such as ''Saladin'' (1963), ''The Nile and the Life'' (1968) and ''Those People of the Nile'' (1972) and also credited with discovering Omar Sharif, whose first starring role was in Chahine's film '' The Blazing Sun'' (1954). A well-regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work. Chahine gained his largest international audiences as one of the co-directors of '' 11'9"01 September 11'' (2002). Filmography See also *Top 100 Egyptian films *Salah Zulfikar filmography *Faten Hama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films that were listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for lifetime achievement), Chahine was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif. A well-regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work. Chahine gained his largest international audience as one of the co-directors of ''11'9"01 September 11'' (2002). Childhood and early life Chahine (Fr. pronounced Shaheen) was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Melkite Greek Catholic family. His father was an attorney originally from Zahle, Lebanon and was a supporter of the Egyptian nationalism, Egyptian nationalist Wafd Party. His mother, Claire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamila, The Algerian
''Jamila, the Algerian'' is a 1958 Egyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. The film was produced by Youssef Chahine and written by Abd al-Rahman, Ali al-Zarqani, and Naguib Mahfouz. The film is regarded as not only highlighting the story of an important female revolutionary, but also showing the struggle of the Algerian people against the French occupation. The film stars Magda, Salah Zulfikar and Ahmed Mazhar in the leading roles. ''Jamila, the Algerian'' is the first and only multimedia narrative to focus solely on the role of Algerian women in the 1954 revolution. The film was released only a year after the torture and arrest of Djamila Bouhired, and it was banned by the Algerian government for decades. Despite this, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt. ''Jamila, the Algerian'' is listed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other (1999 Film)
''The Other'' ( ar, الآخر, translit. El akhar, french: L'Autre) is a 1999 French-Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Lebanese soprano Majida El Roumi sang "Adam W Hanan", an Egyptian song included in the film. Plot Love sparks when Adam, back visiting Cairo from University of California, Los Angeles, meets Hanan, native journalist from a smaller town of Egypt in seek of a juicy story to expose the gritty truth about corruption running rampant in the country. A sappy romance between the two youth ensues, and the two quickly get married in the breathtaking deserts of Egypt. Adam's mother, Margaret, very much Americanized and obsessed with Western culture, expresses much displeasure with her son's rash decision to marry a girl such as Hanan, when it would be better to marry a wealthy Western woman, believing "money is the only thing that binds." Out of an unhealthy attachmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (1997 Film)
''Destiny'' ( ar, المصير, translit. ''al-Maṣīr''; french: Le Destin) is a 1997 French-Egyptian historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The film is about Averroes, a 12th-century philosopher from Andalusia who would be known as the most important commentator on Aristotle. The film is set in Cordoba and depicts the relationship between the Caliph and Averroes, who is one of his most trusted advisors. Religious fanatics start gaining control and begin influencing the Caliph's decisions, leading to the persecution of the philosopher and to political unrest in Andalusia. Cast * Nour El-Sherif as Averroes * Laila Eloui as Manuella * Mahmoud Hemida as Al-Mansur, The Caliph * Safia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mohager
''The Emigrant'' ( ar, المهاجر, translit. Al Mohager) is a 1994 Egyptian film by Youssef Chahine. The film is listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films. The release of this film, which is loosely based on the story of the Biblical Joseph, raised a storm of protest, since Islam forbids the visual representation of religious figures. This was despite the fact that Chahine changed the names of all of the characters and stripped the story of all its supernatural and miraculous elements. Joseph becomes Ram, Jacob becomes Adam, Potiphar becomes Amihar, and Potiphar's wife, unnamed in the Bible, becomes Simihit, the high priestess of the Cult of Amun. Joseph does not advance because of a miraculous ability to receive and interpret dreams, but because of his personal merits. After achieving all necessary approvals from the censorship authorities, the film ran successfully in Egyptian cinema until a lawsuit initiated by a fundamentalist Islamist lawyer caused a temporary ban. After a yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria Again And Forever
''Alexandria Again and Forever'' ( arz, إسكندرية كمان وكمان, translit.Iskandria Kaman wa Kaman, french: Alexandrie Encore et Toujours) is the final entry in a trilogy of films by director Youssef Chahine. This 104-minute-long film is mainly in Arabic, with English-language subtitles. It was preceded by the films '' Alexandria... Why?'' (1978) and ''An Egyptian Story'' (1982). The film features (Salah Zulfikar), (Soad Hosny) and (Adel Emam) among others in cameo appearances representing the Egyptian actors syndicate. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Following a violent outburst with Amr, his favorite actor, the director Yehia Eskandarany (Youssef Chahine) is forced to scrutinize his entire career under scrutiny. Nothing looks familiar any longer. His country and African cinema he loves so mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adieu Bonaparte
''Adieu Bonaparte'' or ''Bonaparte in Egypt'' ( arz, وداعا بونابرت, translit. Weda'an Bonapart) is a 1985 Egyptian-French historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine and starring Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Patrice Chéreau and Mohsen Mohieddin. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. It was later selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Michel Piccoli as Cafarelli *Salah Zulfikar as Cheikh Hassouna * Patrice Chéreau as Napoléon Bonaparte * Mohsen Mohieddin as Ali * Mohsena Tewfik as La mère * Christian Patey as Horace * Gamil Ratib as Barthelemy * Taheya Cariocca as La sage femme * Huda Sultan as Nefissa * Claude Cernay as Decoin * Mohamad Dardiri as Sheikh Charaf * Hassan El Adl as Cheikh Aedalah * Tewfik El Dekn as Le Derwiche (as Tewfik El Dekken) * Seif El Dine as Kourayem (as Seif Eddina) * Hassan Husseiny as Le père * Farid Mahmoud as Faltaos See also * Salah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Egyptian Story
''An Egyptian Story'' ( ar, حدوتة مصرية, translit. Hadduta masriyya) is a 1982 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was entered into the main competition at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot The film is essentially a fictional biography of a self-centred, chain-smoking, highly-strung, radical realist film-maker named Yehia Choukry Mourad. It opens with him having a heart attack while directing a film. He is convinced to go to London for diagnosis and, subsequently, a heart bypass. The day before the operation, he spends time with his chauffeur. The film was daring for implying a homosexual attraction between the two men. Homoerotic tension was created by knowing glances that are exchanged between Yehia and the taxi driver. Once Yehia is put under anaesthetic, the action shifts to a surreal, dreamlike court case held within Yehia's own chest cavity (the roof-beams of the court-room, for example, are Yehia's ribs). Yehia's inner child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the storied Library of Alexandria. Today, the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum. Called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals, Alexandria is a popular tourist destination and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. The city extends about along the northern coast of Egypt, and is the largest city on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Prodigal Son (1976 Film)
''The Return of the Prodigal Son'' ( ar, عودة الابن الضال, translit. Awdat Al Ibn Aldal) is a 1976 Egyptian drama film directed by direcor Youssef Chahine. Plot Ali, the son of a prominent family in a rural town, returns after being gone for 12 years. The hopes of his family and the town itself were pinned to his success in Cairo. But due to a series of events in a failed architectural scheme that resulted in a tower collapsing, he was jailed for 3 years. At home, he experiences the warm reception of his father, mother, his would-be bride, and nephew. But excitement soon turns to disillusionment as the family and town see that he will not be able to fix the failures of the family's company and the economic backbone of the town. Eventually at his own wedding, Ali takes a gun and shoots down his brother and mother. Ali's brother, Tolba, manages to shoot Ali before they both succumb to their wounds. Only the nephew, Ibrahim, manages to escape the carnage and leaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land (1969 Film)
''The Land'' ( ar, الأرض, translit. Al-Ard) is a 1969 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine, based on a popular novel by Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi. The film narrates the conflict between peasants and their landlord in rural Egypt in the 1930s, and explores the complex relation between individual interests and collective responses to oppression. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Hamdy Ahmed as Mohammad Effendi * Yehia Chahine as Hassuna * Ezzat El Alaili as Abd El-Hadi * Tewfik El Dekn as Khedr * Mahmoud El-Meliguy Mahmoud el-Meliguy ( arz, محمود المليجي, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1 ... as Mohamed Abu Swelam * Salah El-Saadany as Elwani * Ali El Scherif as Diab * Nagwa Ibrahim as Wassifa References External links * 1969 films 1969 drama films Egy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairuz
Nouhad Wadie' Haddad ( ar, نهاد وديع حداد, ; born November 21, 1934), known as Fairuz ( ar, فيروز, ; also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz), is a Lebanese singer. She is considered by many as one of the leading vocalists and most famous singers in the history of the Arab world. Fairuz is considered the musical icon of Lebanon and is popularly known as "the soul of Lebanon". Fairuz began her musical career as a teenager at the national radio station in Lebanon in the late 1940s as a chorus member. Her first major hit, "Itab", was released in 1952 and made her an instant star in the Arab world. In the summer of 1957, Fairuz held her first live performance at the Baalbeck International Festival where she was awarded with the honor of "Cavalier", the highest medal for artistic achievement by Lebanese president Camille Chamoun. Fairuz's fame spread throughout the Arab world in the 1950s and 1960s, leading her to perform outside of Lebanon in various Arab capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
