Alexandria… Why?
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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.
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Edited by Rashida Abdel SalamShot by Mohsen NasrScored by Fouad El ZahiryDesigned by Abdel Fattah Madbouly
Also known as
- Alexandria... warum?de
- Alexandria... Why?en
- Alexandrie pourquoi ?fr
- Alessandria perché?it
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Cast & Crew
49 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Naglaa Fathi
as Sarah
Mohsen Mohey Eldein
as Yehia
Ahmed Zaki
as Ibrahim
Mahmoud El Meligy
as Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Farid Shawqi
as Mohsen's Father
Mohsena Tawfiq
as Yehia's Mother
Abdullah Mahmoud
as Mohsen
Ezzat El Alaili
as Shaker
Youssef Wahbi
Naglaa Fathy
as Sarah Sorel
Yehia Chahine
Ahmed Mehrez
as Adel Bey
Supporting cast
31Layla Fawzi
Gerry Sundquist
as Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Aqila Ratib
Laila Hamada
as Nadia
Zeinab Sedky
Farid Shawqy
as Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Ezzat Al Alaily
as Morsi
Youssef Wahby
as Sorel
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
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