Youssef Chahine
Alexandria... Why? (Iskanderija... lih?)
Edition 1981
133'
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1979
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Arabic, English
Director:
Youssef Chahine
Composer:
Fouad El-Zahry
With:
Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
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Credits
Director
Youssef Chahine
Composer
Fouad El-Zahry
With
Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi
Scenario
Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed
Director of Photography
Mohsen Nasr
Editor
Rashida Abdel Salam
Producer
Youssef Chahine
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Dialogue
Arabic, English
Countries of production
Egypt, Algeria
Year
1979
