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Alexandria… Why?
1979, Aug 23
2h 13m
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Written by
Mohsen Zayed, Youssef Chahine
Farid Shawqy
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Mahmoud El Meligy
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Youssef Wahby
Sorel
Naglaa Fathy
Sarah Sorel
Ahmed Zaki
Ibrahim
Ahmad Bedir
Seif Abdelrahman
Laila Hamada
Nadia
Osama Abbas
Ahmed Salama
Laila Fawzy
Princess Chahinour
Aqeila Rateb
Abdel Warith Assir
The Sheikh
Yehia Chahine
British Ambassador
Ezzat Al Alaily
Morsi
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Gerry Sundquist
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Mohamed Shawqi
Hamdy El Wazeer
Mohsena Tawfiq
Yehia's Mother
Zeinab Sedky
Grandmother
Ahmed Mehrez
Adel Bey
Ali Jawhar
Abdel Salam Mohamed
Elly
Aida Kamel
Rashad Osman
Samiha Mohamed
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Naima ElSoghier
Hassan Hussein
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Ali Ezz ElDein
Naeem Essa
Antic Melkior
Le Général
Mohamed Abu Hashish
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Yehia
Abdullah Mahmoud
Mohsen
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