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