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