Alexandria… Why? (1979)
Iskandariya..Leah?
133 min
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.
- Release date
- August 23, 1979
- Country of origin
- Egypt
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Cast
- Mohsen Mohieddin as Yehia
- Mahmoud El Meligy as Qadri
- Abdalla Mahmoud as Mohsen
- Ahmed Zaki as Ibrahim
- Gerry Sundquist as Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
- Layla Hamadah as Nadia
- Farid Shawqi as Mohsen's Father
- Zeinab Sedky as Grandmother
- Ezzat El Alaili as Shaker
- Youssef Wahbi as Sorel
- Yehia Chahine as British Ambassador
- Layla Fawzi as Princess Chahinour
- Abdulwareth Asar as The Sheikh
- Seif Abdelrahman
- Abdulaziz Makhyoon
- Ahmad Bedair
- Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim
- Hassan Hussein
- Mohamed Abu Hashish
- Naglaa Fathi as Sarah
- Aqila Ratib
Crew
- Youssef Chahine · Director
- Youssef Chahine · Writer
- Mohsen Zayed · Writer
- Youssef Chahine · Producer
- Fouad El Zahiry · Composer
- Mohsen Nasr · Cinematographer
- Rashida Abdel Salam · Editor
- Abdel Fattah Madbouly · Production designer