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Trailer
Alexandria… Why?
6.2
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2h 13m
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1979
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Released
Overview
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 poster
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Yehia
Mahmoud El Meligy poster
Mahmoud El Meligy
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Mohsena Tawfiq poster
Mohsena Tawfiq
Yehia's Mother
Abdullah Mahmoud poster
Abdullah Mahmoud
Mohsen
Ahmed Zaki poster
Ahmed Zaki
Ibrahim
Naglaa Fathy poster
Naglaa Fathy
Sarah Sorel
Ahmed Mehrez poster
Ahmed Mehrez
Adel Bey
Gerry Sundquist poster
Gerry Sundquist
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Laila Hamada poster
Laila Hamada
Nadia
Farid Shawqy poster
Farid Shawqy
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Zeinab Sedky poster
Zeinab Sedky
Grandmother
Ezzat Al Alaily poster
Ezzat Al Alaily
Morsi
Youssef Wahby poster
Youssef Wahby
Sorel
Yehia Chahine poster
Yehia Chahine
British Ambassador
Laila Fawzy poster
Laila Fawzy
Princess Chahinour
Abdel Warith Assir poster
Abdel Warith Assir
The Sheikh
Abdel Salam Mohamed poster
Abdel Salam Mohamed
Elly
Seif Abdelrahman poster
Seif Abdelrahman
Abdelaziz Makhyoun poster
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Ahmad Bedir poster
Ahmad Bedir

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