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Alexandria… Why?

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.

1979 |2h 13m |  Drama, War

Cast

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Mohsen Mohey ElDein

Yehia

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Mahmoud El Meligy

Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father

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Mohsena Tawfiq

Yehia's Mother

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Abdullah Mahmoud

Mohsen

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Ahmed Zaki

Ibrahim

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Naglaa Fathy

Sarah Sorel

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Ahmed Mehrez

Adel Bey

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Gerry Sundquist

Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

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Laila Hamada

Nadia

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Farid Shawqy

Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father

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Zeinab Sedky

Grandmother

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Ezzat Al Alaily

Morsi

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Youssef Wahby

Sorel

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Yehia Chahine

British Ambassador

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Laila Fawzy

Princess Chahinour

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Abdel Warith Assir

The Sheikh

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Abdel Salam Mohamed

Elly

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Seif Abdelrahman

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Abdelaziz Makhyoun

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Ahmad Bedir

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Aida Kamel

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Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim

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Hassan Hussein

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Ali Ezz ElDein

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Antic Melkior

Le Général

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Ahmed Salama

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Naima ElSoghier

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Mohamed Abu Hashish

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Rashad Osman

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Ali Jawhar

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Ahmed Abdel Wareth

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Aqeila Rateb

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Osama Abbas

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Mohamed Shawqi

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Hamdy El Wazeer

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Samiha Mohamed

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Naeem Essa

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Status

Released

Language

German, English, Arabic, French

Budget

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