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.
Director: Youssef Chahine
Writers: Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed
The 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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