Alexandria… Why?
23/08/1979
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.
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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