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