Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine

Name: Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1991-09-21
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Khaled El Nabawy, Bassem Samra, Hassan El-Adl

1991·23m·Released

Documentary

This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.

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Cast

Youssef Chahine

Self

Khaled Youssef

Self

Khaled El Nabawy

Self

Bassem Samra

Self

Hassan El-Adl

Self

Sanaa Younes

Self

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