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