Stephan Rosti

Stephan Rosti
Occupation(s)	Actor Film director
Years active	1926 - 1982

Stephan Rosti (16 November 1891 – 22 May 1964) إستفان روستي was a Egyptian actor and film director who lived and worked in Egypt.

Personal

Stephan's mother was an Italian Egyptian dancer. She was performing in Egypt when she met Stephan's father, the Austrian ambassador to Cairo. The ambassador's family refused to acknowledge the relationship, and the father left mother and child behind in Egypt and returned to Austria. Stephan assumed the family name of his mother, who placed him in "Raas El-Teen" primary school in Alexandria.

As a young man, Stephan travelled to Austria seeking recognition by his father, but to no avail. As he danced and waited tables at restaurants in Austria, Germany, and France, Stephan met and befriended two visiting Egyptian film-makers, Mohamed Kurayyem and Sirag Mounir, who encouraged him to return to Egypt to work in cinema, given his fluency in Egyptian Arabic and after he expressed his desire to do so. Stephan returned to Egypt and enrolled as a student in the "Acting Institute" of Cairo, and accepted his first role in "Layla" from producer Aziza Amir in 1927.

Stephan appeared in 24 Egyptian films between 1927 and 1964. He also directed seven Egyptian films between 1931 and 1946. He was renowned for portraying evil characters with a satirical inclination, and he became an icon of the Egyptian film industry.

Filmography

Actor:: (1920-1964)

• Emraa alal hamish (1964)

... aka A Woman on the Outside (International: English title)

• Garima el dahika, El (1964)

... aka The Funny Crime (International: English title)

• Majanin fi naim, El (1963)

... aka Madmen in Paradise (International: English title)

• Nashal, El (1963)

... aka The Pickpocket (International: English title)

• Seraa el gababera (1963)

... aka Struggle of Giants (International: English title)

• Nassab, El (1961)
• Sayedat el kasr (1958) .... Shafeek

... aka Lady of the Castle (International: English title)

• Kalb loh ahkam, El (1957) .... Friend

... aka The Heart Has Its Reasons (International: English title)

• Ketar el lail (1953)

... aka The Night Train (International: English title)

• Ma takulshi la hada (1952)

... aka Don't Tell Anyone (USA: DVD box title) ... aka Mat'culch le had (USA: DVD box title)

• Khadaini abi (1951)

... aka My Father Deceived Me (International: English title)

• Akher kedba (1950) .... The Doctor

... aka The Last Lie (USA: DVD title)

• Ghazal al-banat (1949) .... Cabaret Owner

... aka The Flirtation of Girls (USA)

• frita hanem (1949) .... Ishta

... aka Lady Afrita (International: English title)

• gaza fel gahannam (1949)

... aka Holidays in Hell (International: English title)

• ajulun la yanam (1949)

... aka A Sleepless Man (International: English title)

• ughamarat Antar wa Abla (1948)

... aka The Adventures of Antar and Abla

• olbol effendi (1946)

... aka Mr. Nightingale (International: English title)

• idi Omar (1941)

... aka Mr. Omar (International: English title)

• alama fi khair (1938)

... aka Everything Is Fine (International: English title: informal title)

• ntar effendi (1936)

... aka Antar Esquire (International: English title)

• ahib al saada (1931)

... aka Lord of the Revels (International: English title)

• el bahr biyidhak leih (1928)

... aka Why Is the Sea Chuckling? (International: English title) Laila (1927)

Director: (930s-1940s)

• Gamal wa Dalal (1946)

... aka Gamal and Dalal (International: English title)

• hlahum (1945)

... aka The Fairest One (International: English title)

• bn el balad (1943)

... aka The Urchin (International: English title)

• arsha, El (1941)
• ntar effendi (1936)

... aka Antar Esquire (International: English title)

• nshudat el fuad (1932)

... aka Song of the Heart (International: English title)

• ahib al saada (1931)

... aka Lord of the Revels (International: English title)

Writer: (1930s-1950s)

• etar el lail (1953) (story)

... aka The Night Train (International: English title)

• amal wa Dalal (1946) (writer)

... aka Gemal and Dalal (International: English title)

• bn el balad (1943) (story)

... aka The Urchin (International: English title)

• nshudat el fuad (1932) (writer)

... aka Song of the Heart (International: English title)

Editorial Department:

• Lbn el balad (1943) (montage)

... aka The Urchin (International: English title)

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