Alexandria… Why?
Drama | War
Release Date
August 23, 1979
Duration
133 min
Status
Released
Language
ar
Overview
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.
Casts
Yehia
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
محمود المليجي
Yehia's Mother
Mohsena Tawfiq
Mohsen
Abdullah Mahmoud
Ibrahim
Ahmed Zaki
Sarah Sorel
Naglaa Fathy
Adel Bey
Ahmed Mehrez
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Gerry Sundquist
Nadia
ليلى حماده
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
فريد شوقي
Grandmother
Zeinab Sedky
Morsi
Ezzat Al Alaily
Sorel
Youssef Wahby
British Ambassador
Yehia Chahine
Princess Chahinour
Laila Fawzy
The Sheikh
Abdel Warith Assir
Elly
Abdel Salam Mohamed
سيف عبد الرحمن
عبدالعزيز مخيون
أحمد بدير
Aida Kamel
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Hassan Hussein
Ali Ezz ElDein
Le Général
Antic Melkior
Ahmed Salama
Naima ElSoghier
Mohamed Abu Hasheesh
Rashad Osman
Ali Jawhar
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Aqeila Rateb
Osama Abbas
Mohamed Shawqi
Hamdy El Wazeer
Samiha Mohamed
Naeem Essa
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