Stephan Rosti

Biography

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

بلدي وخفة

بنت البلد

حنفى

الحقيبة السوداء

George

الشيخ حسن

Danny

صراع الجبابرة

شادية الوادي

Soliman

طريق الشوك

الستات ما يعرفوش يكدبوا

Abbas Effendi عباس أفندي

بشرة خير

أحلاهم

Ishta

عفريتة هانم

حرام عليك

ابن البلد

كركور الدولة

حكم قراقوش

على عبدالرحمن

الورشة

إبراهيم

الطريق المستقيم

Abbas Ibrahim

آمنت بالله

Dr. Mamdouh الدكتور ممدوح

الجريمة الضاحكة

الشاعر عمر بن ابي ربيعة

سلامة

شهاب الجزار

شهداء الغرام

ليلة الحنة

Simeon Lesha

ابن ذوات

Faraj Sharaf

إسماعيل يس في السجن

سجين أبو زعبل

عاشق الروح

الدنيا لما تضحك

Driver

البحر بيضحك

Farid

حلال عليك

قطار الليل

Translator Abu Al-Dabal

صاحب السعادة كشكش بيه

زكى أفندي

أبو حلموس

الله معنا

Gawdat Bey

معركة الحياة

رئيس العصابة

في ليلة ممطرة

مدير الكباريه

غزل البنات‎‎

المحامي

سي عمر

رستم باشا

سلامة في خير

Raouf Bey

ليلى

Ghazal Bashraf

ماتقولش لحد

Rashed

حلاق السيدات

Khawaga

حب ودموع

Yenni

حسن وماريكا

dentist

المجانين في نعيم

شرف

عرايس فى المزاد

أبو العز

قاطع طريق

Shafik

سيدة القصر

جودت بيه ضلمه

كل الرجالة كده

آخر شقاوة

Raouf Bey

نداء الرب

طه طه

انتصار الشباب

إجازه في جهنم

Rostom Bey

الترجمان

حبيبي الأسمر

القائد الإنجليزى

حب من نار

محسن أفندي

معلهش يا زهر

النشال

رقصة الوداع

سمارة

كوهين

حسن ومرقص وكوهين

الحنش زعيم العصابة

قلبي دليلي

كفاية يا عين

اسماعيل

لا تذكريني

Sousa Beh

عنبر

رستم

كدبة ابريل

شاطئ الغرام

د.رأفت

أنا طبعي كده

Monsieur Jacques

النصاب

رجب أبو حسن

أحبك يا حسن

الهوى والشباب

Shaker Bey

حكاية نص الليل

Dr. Robin von Stubb

أبو عيون جريئة

Hotel Manager

المليونير الفقير

Abdul Muttal Bey

ملك البترول

Nabil Bey

المظاهر

زليخا تحب عاشور

أصحاب السعادة

عنتر أفندي

خواجة مانولي

جمعية قتل الزوجات الهزلية

نبيه- عصابة

ليلة العيد

المليونير

مراد

منيت شبابي

آخر كدبة

قلوب حائرة

رستم

تمر حنة

بلا عودة

خيال إمراة

ابن عنتر

دموع الفرح

اكرم ابو شامة(الثري اللبناني)

أهل الهوى

جنش

زنوبة