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