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