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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

Rashad OsmanRashad OsmanAhmed Abdel WarethAhmed Abdel WarethAhmed MehrezAhmed Mehrezas Adel BeyLaila HamadaLaila Hamadaas NadiaHassan HusseinHassan HusseinMohamed Abu HashishMohamed Abu HashishAli JawharAli JawharMohamed ShawqiMohamed ShawqiSamiha MohamedSamiha MohamedLaila FawzyLaila Fawzyas Princess ChahinourSeif AbdelrahmanSeif AbdelrahmanYehia ChahineYehia Chahineas British AmbassadorAbdel Salam MohamedAbdel Salam Mohamedas EllyAhmad BedirAhmad BedirZouzou Hamdy ElHakimZouzou Hamdy ElHakimAhmed SalamaAhmed SalamaMohsena TawfiqMohsena Tawfiqas Yehia's MotherAhmed ZakiAhmed Zakias IbrahimAbdel Warith AssirAbdel Warith Assiras The SheikhAida KamelAida KamelAqeila RatebAqeila RatebNaglaa FathyNaglaa Fathyas Sarah SorelAli Ezz ElDeinAli Ezz ElDeinOsama AbbasOsama AbbasNaeem EssaNaeem EssaMohsen Mohey ElDeinMohsen Mohey ElDeinas YehiaMahmoud El MeligyMahmoud El Meligyas Shukri Murad, Yehia's FatherFarid ShawqyFarid Shawqyas Shaker Bey, Mohsen's FatherAntic MelkiorAntic Melkioras Le GénéralHamdy El WazeerHamdy El WazeerNaima ElSoghierNaima ElSoghierGerry SundquistGerry Sundquistas Thomas "Tommy" FriskinZeinab SedkyZeinab Sedkyas GrandmotherEzzat Al AlailyEzzat Al Alailyas MorsiYoussef WahbyYoussef Wahbyas SorelAbdelaziz MakhyounAbdelaziz Makhyoun

Crew

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