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