Alexandria… Why?
- Released on
Drama, War
•- Runtime
- 133 mins
(19 votes)
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.
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
- Mahmoud El Meligy
- Mohsena Tawfiq
- Abdullah Mahmoud
- Ahmed Zaki
- Naglaa Fathy
- Ahmed Mehrez
- Gerry Sundquist
- Laila Hamada
- Farid Shawqy
- Zeinab Sedky
- Ezzat Al Alaily
- Youssef Wahby
- Yehia Chahine
- Laila Fawzy
- Abdel Warith Assir
- Abdel Salam Mohamed
- Seif Abdelrahman
- Abdelaziz Makhyoun
- Ahmad Bedir
- Aida Kamel
- Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
- Hassan Hussein
- Ali Ezz ElDein
- Antic Melkior
- 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
- Naeem Essa
Director
- Youssef Chahine
Producers
- Youssef Chahine
