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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
Youssef Wahby
Sorel
Yehia Chahine
British Ambassador
Farid Shawqy
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Mahmoud El Meligy
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Naglaa Fathy
Sarah Sorel
Ahmed Salama
Laila Fawzy
Princess Chahinour
Seif Abdelrahman
Ahmad Bedir
Ahmed Zaki
Ibrahim
Abdel Warith Assir
The Sheikh
Gerry Sundquist
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Laila Hamada
Nadia
Zeinab Sedky
Grandmother
Mohsena Tawfiq
Yehia's Mother
Mohamed Shawqi
Hamdy El Wazeer
Osama Abbas
Naeem Essa
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Yehia
Hassan Hussein
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Samiha Mohamed
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Ali Ezz ElDein
Aqeila Rateb
Naima ElSoghier
Aida Kamel
Ezzat Al Alaily
Morsi
Mohamed Abu Hashish
Rashad Osman
Ali Jawhar
Abdel Salam Mohamed
Elly
Abdullah Mahmoud
Mohsen
Ahmed Mehrez
Adel Bey
Antic Melkior
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