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