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