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