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