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    Stephan Rosti

    1891-11-16 (132 years old) in Cairo, Egypt

    Stéphane de Rosti was born in Alexandria. His father, Stéphane Rosti senior, an Austrian Baron, who married an Italian, bought her palace in Shoubra and decided to live there. As the mother was about to give birth to her child, the father returned to Vienna in obedience to his Aristocratic family. When Stéphane Rosti was born, she gave him his father’s name. He lived with his mother in Shoubra, and went to al-Khedeweyya school. When he got his school certificate, he decided to try to meet his father. At the same time, he got in touch with an Austrian ballet dancer in “Teatro Abbas” with whom he travelled to Vienna. He managed to meet his father there but eventually fell from favor because of his relation with the dancer, in addition to his Artistic tendencies. It was in Europe that Stéphane met the director Muhammad Kareem, was studying cinema in Germany at the time, who helped him to return to Egypt. In 1917, Rosti met Aziz Eid who was about to form his own theatrical troupe. Later, Rosti together with Nagueeb al-Rehaany presented the operetta “Al-‘ashara al-tayyeba i.e. Ten of hearts (1920)”. It was his activity in Ramsis troupe that made his colleague ‘Azeeza Ameer decide to let him complete what was considered the first Egyptian feature film “Nedaa Allaah i.e. The call of God (1927)”, eventually changed to “Laila” in 1927. The Turkish director Wedaad ‘Orfy was supposed to direct the film but he clashed with Azeeza Ameer. In addition to “Laila”, Rosti directed five films and was co-writer of six others. However, his reputation rests heavily on his acting career. Even though he was famous for playing the villain, he used to interpret such roles with a unique sense of humor that made the audience sometimes actually like and sympathize with his character. He succeeded in combining the villain and comedian, to become a comic villain. He used to take part in the writing of his character and add some words that usually became a feature of his character. It is a measure of his success that some of his lines are still remembered until this very day. Would always be remembered also for his unique accent and tone of voice especially when playing a foreigner. In 1936, Stéphane Rosti married an Italian lady called Marina, they stayed together until he died on 12 May 1964, while shooting the last scenes of “Hekaayaat noss al-leil i.e. Midnight tales”.

    Movies

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    Akher Shakawa
    0 %|Nov 5, 1964
    Comedy, Drama
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    Kol El Regala Keda
    0 %|Jun 9, 1964
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    Alhaqibat alsawda
    0 %|Apr 29, 1964
    Drama
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    The Laughing Crime
    65 %|Oct 14, 1963
    Comedy, Crime
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    El Maganeen Fi Naeem
    50 %|Mar 11, 1963
    Comedy, Drama
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    El Nashal
    50 %|Jan 28, 1963
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    صراع الجبابرة
    0 %|Dec 27, 1962
    Drama
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    The Interpreter
    0 %|Jul 26, 1961
    Comedy
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    لا تذكريني
    0 %|Mar 17, 1961
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    Ladies Barber
    80 %|Mar 14, 1960
    Comedy, Drama
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    Ismail Yassine in Prison
    80 %|Jan 1, 1960
    Comedy, Drama, Crime
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    Katia tarik
    0 %|Jun 15, 1959
    Drama
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    حسن وماريكا
    0 %|Jan 1, 1959
    Comedy
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    Sayedat el kasr
    62 %|Nov 17, 1958
    Romance, Drama
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    Habibi El Asmar
    0 %|Jun 26, 1958
    Thriller
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    Hob Min Narr
    0 %|Feb 24, 1958
    Romance, War
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    Sageen Abu Za'abal
    0 %|Jun 17, 1957
    Action, Drama
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    كفاية يا عين
    0 %|Sep 10, 1956
    Thriller
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    Samara
    0 %|Mar 8, 1956
    Adventure
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    Love and Tears
    48 %|Oct 31, 1955
    Drama, Romance
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    Soul lover
    0 %|Feb 7, 1955
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    Araess fil mazad
    0 %|Jan 22, 1955
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    God Is on Our Side
    0 %|Jan 2, 1955
    Drama, History, Thriller
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    The Country Girl
    0 %|Nov 15, 1954
    Comedy
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    Women Can’t Lie
    78 %|Oct 11, 1954
    Comedy, Romance
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    Sheikh Hassan
    0 %|Oct 4, 1954
    Drama
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    April Fool
    70 %|Aug 8, 1954
    Comedy, Drama
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    Hassan, Morcos and Cohen
    0 %|May 31, 1954
    Comedy, Drama
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    Raqsat Al Wadah
    65 %|Apr 26, 1954
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    Have Mercy
    62 %|Oct 29, 1953
    Horror, Comedy
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    Son of the Rich
    0 %|Oct 1, 1953
    Music
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    Hakam Qaraqush
    0 %|Apr 30, 1953
    Drama, History
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    Night Train
    0 %|Jan 2, 1953
    Thriller
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    Life when it smiles
    0 %|Jan 1, 1953
    Comedy
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    Halal Aleik
    0 %|Dec 1, 1952
    Comedy, Thriller
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    Good News
    0 %|Apr 7, 1952
    Drama, Romance
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    Believing in God
    0 %|Mar 11, 1952
    Drama
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    Don't Tell Anybody
    0 %|Feb 21, 1952
    Drama, Romance, Music
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    Lailet El Henna
    0 %|Feb 19, 1951
    Drama, Music
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    Maalesh Ya Zahar
    0 %|Apr 20, 1950
    Drama, Music
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    Tough Road
    0 %|Apr 10, 1950
    Drama, Crime
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    Baladay wakhifa
    0 %|Apr 2, 1950
    Comedy
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    Shore of Love
    60 %|Feb 20, 1950
    Romance
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    Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady
    52 %|Nov 28, 1949
    Music, Comedy, Fantasy
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    The Flirtation of Girls
    73 %|Sep 22, 1949
    Romance, Comedy, Music
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    Holidays in Hell
    0 %|Sep 5, 1949
    Comedy, Thriller
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    Anbar
    0 %|Nov 1, 1948
    Music, Comedy
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    Abu Halmoos
    0 %|Oct 27, 1947
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    أبو حلموس
    0 %|Oct 27, 1947
    Comedy, Drama
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    My Heart is My Guide
    0 %|Oct 6, 1947
    Drama, Music
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    Singer of the Valley
    0 %|Apr 7, 1947
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    أحلاهم
    0 %|Nov 7, 1945
    Drama
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    Salamah
    0 %|Apr 9, 1945
    Music, Romance, Drama
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    Victims of Love
    0 %|Oct 19, 1944
    Music
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    The Straight Road
    0 %|Oct 17, 1943
    Drama
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    abn albalad
    0 %|Oct 29, 1942
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    Mr. Omar
    67 %|Jan 6, 1941
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Victory of Youth
    0 %|Jan 2, 1941
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    The workshop
    0 %|Nov 28, 1940
    Drama
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    أنا طبعي كده
    0 %|Mar 3, 1938
    Comedy
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    Salama Is Fine
    68 %|Nov 29, 1937
    Comedy, Drama
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    His Excellency Kish Kish Bey
    0 %|Apr 27, 1931
    Comedy
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    The Sea is Smiling
    0 %|Jan 2, 1928
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    Laila
    0 %|Nov 16, 1927
    Romance, Drama
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    The Call of God
    0 %|Jun 27, 1926

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