Genres
Duration
133 min
Director
Youssef Chahine
Rating
6.2
Release Date
August 23, 1979
Alexandria… Why?
Original title: إسكندرية ليه؟
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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.
Alexandria… Why? cast
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Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Character:
Yehia
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Mahmoud El Meligy
Character:
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
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Mohsena Tawfiq
Character:
Yehia's Mother
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Abdullah Mahmoud
Character:
Mohsen
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Ahmed Zaki
Character:
Ibrahim
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Naglaa Fathy
Character:
Sarah Sorel
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Ahmed Mehrez
Character:
Adel Bey
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Gerry Sundquist
Character:
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
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Laila Hamada
Character:
Nadia
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Farid Shawqy
Character:
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
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Zeinab Sedky
Character:
Grandmother
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Ezzat Al Alaily
Character:
Morsi
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Youssef Wahby
Character:
Sorel
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Yehia Chahine
Character:
British Ambassador
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Laila Fawzy
Character:
Princess Chahinour
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Abdel Warith Assir
Character:
The Sheikh
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Abdel Salam Mohamed
Character:
Elly
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Seif Abdelrahman
Character:
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Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Character:
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Ahmad Bedir
Character:
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Aida Kamel
Character:
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Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Character:
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Hassan Hussein
Character:
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Ali Ezz ElDein
Character:
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Antic Melkior
Character:
Le Général
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Ahmed Salama
Character:
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Naima ElSoghier
Character:
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Mohamed Abu Hashish
Character:
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Rashad Osman
Character:
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Ali Jawhar
Character:
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Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Character:
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Aqeila Rateb
Character:
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Osama Abbas
Character:
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Mohamed Shawqi
Character:
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Hamdy El Wazeer
Character:
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Samiha Mohamed
Character:
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Naeem Essa
Character:
