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Alexandria… Why?

إسكندرية ليه؟

Release: 1979-08-23·Runtime: 133m·★ 6.5
DramaWar

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.

Production Countries

AlgeriaEgypt

Production Companies

MISR International Films
Algerian Television

Cast

Farid ShawqyFarid Shawqyas Shaker Bey, Mohsen's FatherEzzat Al AlailyEzzat Al Alailyas MorsiLaila FawzyLaila Fawzyas Princess ChahinourNaima ElSoghierNaima ElSoghierMohamed Abu HashishMohamed Abu HashishNaeem EssaNaeem EssaZeinab SedkyZeinab Sedkyas GrandmotherAbdel Salam MohamedAbdel Salam Mohamedas EllyHassan HusseinHassan HusseinOsama AbbasOsama AbbasAhmed MehrezAhmed Mehrezas Adel BeyLaila HamadaLaila Hamadaas NadiaAhmad BedirAhmad BedirAida KamelAida KamelAli Ezz ElDeinAli Ezz ElDeinAntic MelkiorAntic Melkioras Le GénéralAhmed Abdel WarethAhmed Abdel WarethZouzou Hamdy ElHakimZouzou Hamdy ElHakimNaglaa FathyNaglaa Fathyas Sarah SorelAqeila RatebAqeila RatebMohamed ShawqiMohamed ShawqiMohsena TawfiqMohsena Tawfiqas Yehia's MotherYehia ChahineYehia Chahineas British AmbassadorAbdel Warith AssirAbdel Warith Assiras The SheikhSeif AbdelrahmanSeif AbdelrahmanRashad OsmanRashad OsmanAli JawharAli JawharHamdy El WazeerHamdy El WazeerMahmoud El MeligyMahmoud El Meligyas Shukri Murad, Yehia's FatherYoussef WahbyYoussef Wahbyas SorelAbdelaziz MakhyounAbdelaziz MakhyounAhmed SalamaAhmed SalamaSamiha MohamedSamiha MohamedMohsen Mohey ElDeinMohsen Mohey ElDeinas YehiaAhmed ZakiAhmed Zakias IbrahimGerry SundquistGerry Sundquistas Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

Crew

Mahmoud El Kholy" />Mahmoud El KholySet DecorationMohsen Zayed" />Mohsen ZayedWriterRashida Abdel Salam" />Rashida Abdel SalamEditorYoussef Chahine" />Youssef ChahineDirector, Producer, WriterFouad El-Zahry" />Fouad El-ZahryOriginal Music ComposerAhmed Mehrez" />Ahmed MehrezSet DecorationMohsen Nasr" />Mohsen NasrDirector of Photography