Youssef Chahine Filmography

Born:: January 25, 1926 in Alexandria, Egypt
Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: Filmmaker Youssef Chahine is one of Egypt's finest filmmakers. He was born in Alexandria and is the son of a prominent lawyer. After attending Alexandria University, he spent two years in the U.S. studying drama at the Pasadena Playhouse. Upon his return home in 1948, Chahine began appearing in...Read More

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To Each His Own Cinema

Crew: Director

Synopsis: At the time of its production, To Each His Own Cinema represented the latest arrival in a tidal wave of internationally oriented omnibus films, with no official relation between them but all produced within a few years of one another. Few could claim a roster of talent comparable to this one Read More

2007
Chaos

Crew: Director

Actors: Khaled Saleh, Mena Shalaby, Youssef El Cherif, Hala Sedky, Hala Fakher

Synopsis: When a young girl is raped by a police officer, the harsh economical conditions and grim realities of police brutality gradually emerge in this drama from director Youssef Chahine. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2007
Epreuves d'Artistes

Actors: Pedro Almodóvar, Robert Altman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci

2004
Alexandrie... New York

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mahmoud Hémeida, Yousra, Ahmed Yehia, Yousra El Lozy, Lebleba

2004
September 11

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the aftermath of the tragedies on September 11, 2001, the French film company Studio Canal called upon a group of filmmakers, representing various regions of the world, to address the scope of the situation in however broad or intimate a context as they saw fit. The one guideline they were Read More

7/18/03
Silence... On Tourne

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Latifa, Ahmed Wafik, Magda el Khatib, Rubi, Mostapha Chaaban

Synopsis: A whimsical comedy with a touch of tragedy, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's Silence...We're Rolling features famed Tunisian singer Latifah as Malak, a pop star whose career and home life are fraught with troubles. Alfi (Ahmed Bedir), the screenwriter of what should be her next hit movie, has Read More

2001
The Other

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hémeida, Hanane Tork, Hani Salama, Lebleba

Synopsis: Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive for money rules. Adam (Hani Salama), the son of a rich businessman and his American wife, meets Hanane Read More

1999
Destiny

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hémeida

Synopsis: Ideas are imperishable, such is the premise of this powerful, upbeat allegory from one of Egypt's most esteemed directors, Youssef Chahine. Ostensibly the true tale of revolutionary Muslim philosopher Averroes who lived in 12th-century Spain when Arabs ruled Anadulsia, it parallels the story of Read More

10/15/97
The Emigrant

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Yousra, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli, Safia el-Emari

Synopsis: The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers Read More

1994
L'Apres Octobre

Actors: Youssef Chahine

1989
Alexandria Again and Forever

Crew: Director

Actors: Yousra, Youssef Chahine

Synopsis: In the third and final film in director Youssef Chahine's Alexandria trilogy, the director plays Yehia, a filmmaker who joins in a hunger strike organized by technicians protesting the inequities of the Egyptian film industry. While struggling for better conditions for his fellow workers Read More

1989
Yom El Sades

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1986
Le Sixieme Jour

Crew: Director

Actors: Dalida, Mohsen Mohiedine, Hamdi Ahmed

Synopsis: Set in an Egyptian village in 1947, this drama reveals the strength of Saddika (Dalida Moshen), a 40-year-old grandmother determined to survive the cholera epidemic that is sweeping the country. Saddika works as a laundress for a famous actress and takes care of her invalid husband and grandson Read More

1986
Adieu, Bonaparte

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohiedine, Mohamed Atef, Patrice Chéreau, Mohsena Tewfik, Christian Patey

Synopsis: This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli Read More

1985
An Egyptian Story

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Nour El Cherif

Synopsis: The critically acclaimed Youssef Chahine wrote, directed, and produced this autobiographical movie about his filmmaking career and the Egyptian political scene as it evolved at the same time he was growing and changing as a director. His memories are prompted by a moment on the operating table Read More

1982
Alexandria ...Why?

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Nagla Fathi, Fareed Shawki, Ezzat El Alaily, Gerry Sundquist, Mohsen Mohiedine

Synopsis: Youssef Chahine directed this drama about lovers struggling to find happiness in Egypt during the chaos of World War II. Yehia (Mohsen Mohiedine) is a teenage boy who is fascinated with the glamour of Hollywood movies, and he escapes into a rich fantasy world to free himself from the horror around Read More

1979
Awdat Al Ibn Al Dal

Crew: Director

1976
El Ard

Crew: Director

Actors: Ezzat El Alaily

Synopsis: The peasants of a small town dream of urban comforts as they struggle against the landowners. The love life of a girl about to become a young woman is the subplot in this drama about worker exploitation and their stance against the unfeeling oppressors. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
Saladin

Crew: Director

Actors: Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar

1963
Cairo Station

Crew: Director

1958
You Are My Love

Crew: Director

1957
Ibn El Nil

Crew: Director

1951