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