Alexandria… Why?
إسكندرية ليه؟
Release: 1979-08-23
·Runtime: 133m
·★ 6.3
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.
Production Countries
Algeria
Egypt
Production Companies
أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)
Algerian Television
Cast
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
as Yehia
Mohsena Tawfiq
as Yehia's Mother
Gerry Sundquist
as Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Farid Shawqy
as Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Mohamed Abu Hashish
Ali Jawhar
Aqeila Rateb
Zeinab Sedky
as Grandmother
Abdel Salam Mohamed
as Elly
Aida Kamel
Rashad Osman
Ezzat Al Alaily
as Morsi
Seif Abdelrahman
Naeem Essa
Naglaa Fathy
as Sarah Sorel
Laila Hamada
as Nadia
Laila Fawzy
as Princess Chahinour
Ahmad Bedir
Mahmoud El Meligy
as Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Youssef Wahby
as Sorel
Abdel Warith Assir
as The Sheikh
Hassan Hussein
Ali Ezz ElDein
Antic Melkior
as Le Général
Osama Abbas
Hamdy El Wazeer
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Ahmed Salama
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Samiha Mohamed
Ahmed Zaki
as Ibrahim
Ahmed Mehrez
as Adel Bey
Yehia Chahine
as British Ambassador
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Naima ElSoghier
Mohamed Shawqi
