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