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