Alexandria… Why?

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6.517

NR

Genre: Drama War
Release year: 1979
Running time: 133 min
Country: Algeria

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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Youssef Chahine
Farid Shawqy
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Ahmed Zaki
Ibrahim
Gerry Sundquist
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Mahmood Al-Meleji
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Laila Fawzy
Princess Chahinour
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Osama Abbas

Youssef Chahine
Director
Mohsen Zayed
Writer
Ahmed Mehrez
Set Decoration
Rashida Abdel Salam
Editor
Nasry Abdel Nour
Sound Engineer
Mohsen Nasr
Director of Photography
Fouad El-Zahry
Original Music Composer
Abdel Fattah Madbouly
Production Design

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