Youssef Chahine
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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 business. His film debut was Baba Amin (1950): one year later, with Son of the Nile (1951) he was first invited to the Cannes Film festival. In 1970, he was awarded a Golden Tanit at the Carthage Festival. With Le moineau (1973), he directed the first Egypt-Algeria co-production. He won a Silver Bear in Berlin for Alexandria... Why? (1979), the first installment in what proved to be an autobiographic trilogy, completed with Hadduta Masriya (1982)(An Egyptian Story (1982)) and Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989). In 1992, Jacques Lassalle proposed him to stage a piece of his choice for Comédie Française: Chahine chose to adapt Albert Camus' "Caligula," which proved hugely successful. The same year he started writing The Emigrant (1994), a story inspired by the Biblical character of Joseph, son of Jacob. This had long been a dream project, and he finally got to shoot it in 1994. In 1997, 46 years and 5 invitations later, he was again selected Hors Competition in Cannes with Destiny (1997).
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Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine (1991)
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Saladin (1963)
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Cairo Station (1958)
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To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
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Lumière & Company (1995)
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September 11 (2002)
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The Blazing Sun (1954)
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In Your Hands (1960)
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The Emigrant (1994)
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An Egyptian Story (1982)
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Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
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Destiny (1997)
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Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
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Struggle in the Harbor (1956)
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Alexandria… Why? (1979)
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Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
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The Land (1970)
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My One And Only Love (1957)
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The Other (1999)
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The People and the Nile (1972)
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Silence... We're Rolling (2001)
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The Sparrow (1972)
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Baba Amin (1950)
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Son of the Nile (1951)
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Women Without Men (1953)
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Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
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Alexandria... New York (2004)
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The Sixth Day (1986)
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The Devil of the Desert (1954)
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Chaos, This Is? (2007)
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Forever Yours (1959)
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The Nile and the Life (1968)
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The Choice (1971)
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Entelak (1973)
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Kolha Khatwa (1998)
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Farewell, Love (1956)
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Lady of The Train (1952)
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Lovers' Call (1960)
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A Man in My Life (1961)
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Sands of Gold (1971)
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The Great Clown (1952)
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Dawn of a New Day (1964)
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School life (1944)
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Salwa, the Little Girl Who Talks to Cows (1972)
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The Feast of Mairun (1967)
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The Ring Seller (1965)
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