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