Youssef Chahine Movies

  • 2002
    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    6.42002HD

    Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...

    11’09”01—September 11
  • 2007
    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.52007HD

    Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

    To Each His Own Cinema
  • 1963
    Saladin the Victorious

    Saladin the Victorious

    Saladin the Victorious

    7.51963HD

    The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

    Saladin the Victorious
  • 1958
    Cairo Station

    Cairo Station

    Cairo Station

    7.41958HD

    Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an...

    Cairo Station
  • 1995
    Lumière & Company

    Lumière & Company

    Lumière & Company

    6.2761995HD

    40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under...

    Lumière & Company
  • 1979
    Alexandria… Why?

    Alexandria… Why?

    Alexandria… Why?

    6.191979HD

    Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with...

    Alexandria… Why?
  • 1994
    The Emigrant

    The Emigrant

    The Emigrant

    5.91994HD

    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...

    The Emigrant
  • 1989
    Alexandria Again and Forever

    Alexandria Again and Forever

    Alexandria Again and Forever

    4.71989HD

    Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian...

    Alexandria Again and Forever
  • 1954
    The Blazing Sun

    The Blazing Sun

    The Blazing Sun

    71954HD

    A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't...

    The Blazing Sun
  • 1958
    Jamila, the Algerian

    Jamila, the Algerian

    Jamila, the Algerian

    71958HD

    Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of...

    Jamila, the Algerian
  • 1974
    The Sparrow

    The Sparrow

    The Sparrow

    6.31974HD

    Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt...

    The Sparrow
  • 1951
    Son of the Nile

    Son of the Nile

    Son of the Nile

    71951HD

    Hemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the animals in his farm. Though unsatisfied with her, he...

    Son of the Nile
  • 1986
    The Sixth Day

    The Sixth Day

    The Sixth Day

    4.81986HD

    Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a...

    The Sixth Day
  • 1997
    Destiny

    Destiny

    Destiny

    6.81997HD

    In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by...

    Destiny
  • 1956
    Dark Waters

    Dark Waters

    Dark Waters

    6.21956HD

    Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love,...

    Dark Waters
  • 1971
    The Choice

    The Choice

    The Choice

    7.41971HD

    When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison...

    The Choice
  • 2002
    Women Who Loved Cinema

    Women Who Loved Cinema

    Women Who Loved Cinema

    02002HD

    Six strong-willed women whose adventurous streak changed the face of film industry in early twentieth century Egypt – a time when the country...

    Women Who Loved Cinema
  • 1985
    Adieu Bonaparte

    Adieu Bonaparte

    Adieu Bonaparte

    5.81985HD

    This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The...

    Adieu Bonaparte
  • 1999
    The Other

    The Other

    The Other

    5.91999HD

    Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets...

    The Other
  • 1959
    Ismail Yassine in the Air Force

    Ismail Yassine in the Air Force

    Ismail Yassine in the Air Force

    7.51959HD

    Ismail El Ghandoor works as a stuntman and a small time actor in movies. He falls in love with a young belly dancer, Soheir who dreams of being the...

    Ismail Yassine in the Air Force