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