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