

Alexandria… Why?
2 hours 13 minutes1979-08-23
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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

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
