Movies by Youssef Chahine
As part of the cast:
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Lumière and Company (1995)
Cast: Bigas Luna, Theo Angelopoulos, Vicente Aranda …
Directed by: Merzak Allouache, John Boorman, David Lynch …
To honor the 100th anniversary of motion pictures, 40 international directors create their own mini-movies in this French documentary. The weapon of choice for each is a replica of the camera…
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Alexandria: Again and Forever (1990)
Cast: Youssef Chahine, Zaki Abdel Wahab, Menha Batraoui …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
After triumphing at the Berlin Film Festival, director Yehia Mourad (Youssef Chahine) joins a hunger strike. There, he wallows in his obsession for Amr (Amr Abdel Guelil), the young actor…
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Alexandria : An Egyptian Story (1982)
Cast: Youssef Chahine
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
The second entry in Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's autobiographical "Alexandria" trilogy continues the story of filmmaker Yehia Mourad (Noui El-Sherif). When the filmmaker is put…
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Cairo Station (1958)
Cast: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
The lustful fantasies of crippled Qinawi (Youssef Chahine) -- a newsstand vendor in a Cairo train depot -- morph into a dangerous fixation with a seductive but scheming lemonade seller (Hind…
As a director:
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Chaos (2007)
Cast: Youssef El Sherif, Hala Fakher, Khaled Saleh …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef
When beautiful young teacher Nour (Menna Shalabi) falls in love with an honest prosecutor, a corrupt and brutal cop from Cairo (Khaled Saleh) who wants Nour for himself will stop at nothing…
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September 11 (2002)
Cast: Maryam Karimi, Emmanuelle Laborit, Jerome Horry …
Directed by: Claude Lelouch, Sean Penn, Youssef Chahine …
An unorthodox look at the repercussions of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, is presented in this collection of short films about how people from all walks of life were ultimately…
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The Other (1999)
Cast: Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida, Hanan Tork …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
Renowned Egyptian director Chahine hit a career high point with this stunning denunciation of globalization and terrorism. A favored son gets caught in the manipulative web of his conniving…
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The Emigrant (1994)
Cast: Yousra, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
This adventure retells the biblical story of Joseph. Tired of his superstitious family and his bullying brothers, Ram travels to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers accompany him across…
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Alexandria: Again and Forever (1990)
Cast: Youssef Chahine, Zaki Abdel Wahab, Menha Batraoui …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
After triumphing at the Berlin Film Festival, director Yehia Mourad (Youssef Chahine) joins a hunger strike. There, he wallows in his obsession for Amr (Amr Abdel Guelil), the young actor…
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Alexandria : An Egyptian Story (1982)
Cast: Youssef Chahine
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
The second entry in Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's autobiographical "Alexandria" trilogy continues the story of filmmaker Yehia Mourad (Noui El-Sherif). When the filmmaker is put…
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Alexandria ... Why? (1978)
Cast: Gerry Sundquist, Mohsen Mohiedine, Ezzat El Alaili …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
Living in Egypt during the chaos of World War II, teenager Yehia (Mohsen Mohiedine) often escapes into the glamour of movies, dreaming of telling his own stories in Hollywood. But as he falls…
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Cairo Station (1958)
Cast: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine …
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
The lustful fantasies of crippled Qinawi (Youssef Chahine) -- a newsstand vendor in a Cairo train depot -- morph into a dangerous fixation with a seductive but scheming lemonade seller (Hind…