Alexandria… Why?
1979Amid 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.
Acted in
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
as Yehia
Mahmoud El Meligy
as Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Mohsena Tawfiq
as Yehia's Mother
Abdullah Mahmoud
as Mohsen
Ahmed Zaki
as Ibrahim
Naglaa Fathy
as Sarah Sorel
Ahmed Mehrez
as Adel Bey
Gerry Sundquist
as Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Laila Hamada
as Nadia
Farid Shawqy
as Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Zeinab Sedky
as Grandmother
Ezzat Al Alaily
as Morsi
Youssef Wahby
as Sorel
Yehia Chahine
as British Ambassador
Laila Fawzy
as Princess Chahinour
Abdel Warith Assir
as The Sheikh
Abdel Salam Mohamed
as Elly
Seif Abdelrahman
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Ahmad Bedir
Aida Kamel
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Hassan Hussein
Ali Ezz ElDein
Antic Melkior
as Le Général
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