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Alexandria… Why?
6.5(29)19792h 13m
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.
- Director
- Youssef Chahine
- Writers
- Mohsen Zayed,Youssef Chahine
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Cast
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Yehia
Mahmood Al-Meleji
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
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Crew
Directing
- Youssef ChahineDirector
Writing
- Mohsen ZayedWriter
- Youssef ChahineWriter
Production
- Youssef ChahineProducer
Camera
- Sayed AlyGrip
- Mohsen NasrDirector of Photography
Editing
- Rashida Abdel SalamEditor
Sound
- Fouad El-ZahryOriginal Music Composer
- Nasry Abdel NourSound Engineer
Art
- Abdel Fattah MadboulyProduction Design
- Mahmoud El KholySet Decoration
- Ahmed MehrezSet Decoration