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Alexandria… Why?

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Calorie Rating: 187
Released: 1979-08-23
Running Time: 133 Minutes
Studios: MISR International Films, Algerian Television,


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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Cast

Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Character: Yehia
Mahmoud El Meligy
Character: Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Mohsena Tawfiq
Character: Yehia's Mother

Abdullah Mahmoud
Character: Mohsen
Ahmed Zaki
Character: Ibrahim
Naglaa Fathy
Character: Sarah Sorel

Ahmed Mehrez
Character: Adel Bey
Gerry Sundquist
Character: Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Laila Hamada
Character: Nadia

Farid Shawqy
Character: Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Zeinab Sedky
Character: Grandmother
Ezzat Al Alaily
Character: Morsi

Youssef Wahby
Character: Sorel
Yehia Chahine
Character: British Ambassador
Laila Fawzy
Character: Princess Chahinour

Abdel Warith Assir
Character: The Sheikh
Abdel Salam Mohamed
Character: Elly



Antic Melkior
Character: Le Général






Production and Crew

Fouad El-Zahry
Original Music Composer
Abdel Fattah Madbouly
Production Design

Mahmoud El Kholy
Set Decoration
Ahmed Mehrez
Set Decoration

Nasry Abdel Nour
Sound Engineer

Mohsen Nasr
Director of Photography