Alexandria… Why?

Alexandria… Why? (1979)


  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1979-08-23
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 19 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 13min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: MISR International Films
  • Production Country: Algeria, Egypt
  • Director: Youssef Chahine
star 6.2/10
From 19 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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.

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  • Mohsen Mohey ElDein

    as Yehia

  • Mahmoud El Meligy

    as Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father

  • Mohsena Tawfiq

    as Yehia's Mother

  • Abdullah Mahmoud

    as Mohsen

  • Ahmed Zaki

    as Ibrahim

  • Naglaa Fathy

    as Sarah Sorel

  • Ahmed Mehrez

    as Adel Bey

  • Gerry Sundquist

    as Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

  • Laila Hamada

    as Nadia

  • Farid Shawqy

    as Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father

  • Zeinab Sedky

    as Grandmother

  • Ezzat Al Alaily

    as Morsi

  • Youssef Wahby

    as Sorel

  • Yehia Chahine

    as British Ambassador

  • Laila Fawzy

    as Princess Chahinour

  • Abdel Warith Assir

    as The Sheikh

  • Abdel Salam Mohamed

    as Elly

  • Seif Abdelrahman

    as

  • Abdelaziz Makhyoun

    as

  • Ahmad Bedir

    as

  • Aida Kamel

    as

  • Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim

    as

  • Hassan Hussein

    as

  • Ali Ezz ElDein

    as

  • Antic Melkior

    as Le Général

  • Ahmed Salama

    as

  • Naima ElSoghier

    as

  • Mohamed Abu Hashish

    as

  • Rashad Osman

    as

  • Ali Jawhar

    as

  • Ahmed Abdel Wareth

    as

  • Aqeila Rateb

    as

  • Osama Abbas

    as

  • Mohamed Shawqi

    as

  • Hamdy El Wazeer

    as

  • Samiha Mohamed

    as

  • Naeem Essa

    as
Directing Youssef Chahine Director
Sound Fouad El-Zahry Original Music Composer
Art Mahmoud El Kholy Set Decoration
Art Abdel Fattah Madbouly Production Design
Camera Sayed Aly Grip
Art Ahmed Mehrez Set Decoration
Production Youssef Chahine Producer
Writing Youssef Chahine Writer
Writing Mohsen Zayed Writer
Sound Nasry Abdel Nour Sound Engineer
Camera Mohsen Nasr Director of Photography
Editing Rashida Abdel Salam Editor

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