Alexandria… Why?

Alexandria… Why? (1979)

Drama War

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.

star 6.2
  • Release Date: 1979-08-23
  • Runtime: 2h 13min
  • Director: Youssef Chahine

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    • Cast

    • Mohsen Mohey ElDein

      Yehia

    • Mahmoud El Meligy

      Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father

    • Mohsena Tawfiq

      Yehia's Mother

    • Abdullah Mahmoud

      Mohsen

    • Ahmed Zaki

      Ibrahim

    • Naglaa Fathy

      Sarah Sorel

    • Ahmed Mehrez

      Adel Bey

    • Gerry Sundquist

      Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

    • Laila Hamada

      Nadia

    • Farid Shawqy

      Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father

    • Zeinab Sedky

      Grandmother

    • Ezzat Al Alaily

      Morsi

    • Youssef Wahby

      Sorel

    • Yehia Chahine

      British Ambassador

    • Laila Fawzy

      Princess Chahinour

    • Abdel Warith Assir

      The Sheikh

    • Abdel Salam Mohamed

      Elly

    • Seif Abdelrahman

    • Abdelaziz Makhyoun

    • Ahmad Bedir

    • Aida Kamel

    • Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim

    • Hassan Hussein

    • Ali Ezz ElDein

    • Antic Melkior

      Le Général

    • Ahmed Salama

    • Naima ElSoghier

    • Mohamed Abu Hashish

    • Rashad Osman

    • Ali Jawhar

    • Ahmed Abdel Wareth

    • Aqeila Rateb

    • Osama Abbas

    • Mohamed Shawqi

    • Hamdy El Wazeer

    • Samiha Mohamed

    • Naeem Essa

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