Yehia Chahine

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yehia Chahine (Arabic: , Ye y Sh heen) (July 28, 1917 18 March 1994) was an Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater. He is most notable for his role in the film adaptations of the Cairo Trilogy, a trilogy written by the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz. 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 theater. His first performance was in the play Murtafa''t wa 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 a 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.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130912512
• ISBN-10: 613091251X
• Artikelnr.: 31600997