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Youssef Chahine

Alexandria... Why? (Iskanderija... lih?)

Director Youssef Chahine Composer Fouad El-Zahry Cast Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi
Edition 1981
133' - 1979 - Drama - Dialogue: Arabic, English
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

Directors

Youssef Chahine

Composers

Fouad El-Zahry

Cast

Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi

Scenario

Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed

Director of Photography

Mohsen Nasr

Editors

Rashida Abdel Salam

Producers

Youssef Chahine

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Dialogue

Arabic, English

Countries of production

Egypt, Algeria

Year

1979