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