Youssef Chahine (born in Alexandria, Egypt, 1926) started studying in a friars' school and then turned to Victoria College until High School Certificate. After one year at the University of Alexandria, he moved to the U.S. and spent two years at the Pasadena Play House, taking courses on film and dramatic arts. After coming back to Egypt, cinematographer Alevise Orfanelli helped him into the film… Read more
Known for To Each His Own Cinema 2007 Cairo Station 1958 September 11 2002 Lumière & Company 1995 Features 40 ★ 7.4 Cairo Station 1958
★ 8.3 The Land 1970
★ 7.1 Saladin 1963
★ 7.4 The Choice 1971
★ 7 Chaos, This Is? 2007
★ 6.9 The Blazing Sun 1954
★ 7.2 Son of the Nile 1951
★ 7.3 The Ring Seller 1965
★ 7.8 Dawn of a New Day 1964
★ 7.8 Farewell, Love 1956
★ 7.2 Jamila, the Algerian 1958
★ 6.8 Destiny 1997
★ 10 Sands of Gold 1971
★ 7.2 My One And Only Love 1957
★ 8 Lovers' Call 1960
★ 8 Women Without Men 1953
★ 7 The Sparrow 1972
★ 8 A Man in My Life 1961
★ 8 Forever Yours 1959
★ 7 The Great Clown 1952
★ 5.5 The Nile and the Life 1968
★ 6.2 The Devil of the Desert 1954
★ 6.5 An Egyptian Story 1982
★ 6.5 Struggle in the Harbor 1956
★ 4.5 In Your Hands 1960
★ 6.5 Alexandria… Why? 1979
★ 6 Baba Amin 1950
★ 5.3 Silence... We're Rolling 2001
★ 5.4 Lady of The Train 1952
★ 6.4 Return of the Prodigal Son 1976
★ 5.9 Adieu Bonaparte 1985
★ 5.4 The Sixth Day 1986
★ 5.8 The Other 1999
★ 5.8 The Emigrant 1994
★ 6.4 Lumière & Company 1995
★ 4 The People and the Nile 1972
★ 4.8 Alexandria Again and Forever 1989
★ 6.4 To Each His Own Cinema 2007
Short films 6 ★ 7.2 Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine 1991
★ 6.7 Alexandria... New York 2004
Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows 1972
Also in front of the camera The roles they played on screen.
All on-screen roles ★ 6.5 Alexandria… Why? 1979 ★ 7.4 Cairo Station 1958 Start from another title 
