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