Stephan Rosti

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”.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	12.429
Birthday	1891-11-16
Place of Birth	Cairo, Egypt
Also Known As	Estafan Rosti, Stephan Rosty, إستيفان روستى, إستيفان روستي, استيفان روستى, استيفان روستي, Стефан Русти,

Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady

The Sea is Smiling

Night Train

His Excellency Kish Kish Bey

The Flirtation of Girls

Mr. Omar

Salama Is Fine

Laila

Don't Tell Anybody

Ladies Barber

Love and Tears

حسن وماريكا

Katia tarik

El Maganeen Fi Naeem

Araess fil mazad

Sayedat el kasr

Kol El Regala Keda

Akher Shakawa

The Call of God

The Victory of Youth

Holidays in Hell

Abu Halmoos

Habibi El Asmar

Hob Min Narr

Maalesh Ya Zahar

El Nashal

Raqsat Al Wadah

Samara

The Interpreter

Hassan, Morcos and Cohen

My Heart is My Guide

كفاية يا عين

لا تذكريني

April Fool

Anbar

Shore of Love

أنا طبعي كده

صراع الجبابرة

Sheikh Hassan

Singer of the Valley

Have Mercy

Halal Aleik

Baladay wakhifa

Alhaqibat alsawda

The Country Girl

Tough Road

Women Can’t Lie

Good News

أحلاهم

abn albalad

The workshop

The Straight Road

Salamah

Victims of Love

Lailet El Henna

Son of the Rich

Hakam Qaraqush

Ismail Yassine in Prison

Believing in God

The Laughing Crime

Sageen Abu Za'abal

Soul lover

Life when it smiles

أبو حلموس

God Is on Our Side

معركة الحياة