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