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