Alexandria... Why?

Alexandria... Why? (Egyptian Arabic: إسكندرية ليه, translit. Iskanderija... lih?) is a 1979 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Priz.[1] The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

Alexandria... Why?
Film poster
Directed byYoussef Chahine
Produced byYoussef Chahine
Written byYoussef Chahine
Mohsen Zayed
StarringAhmed Zaki
CinematographyMohsen Nasr
Edited byRashida Abdel Salam
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Plot

The film portraits the early life of the director in his home city, Alexandria.

Cast

  • Ahmed Zaki as Ibrahim
  • Naglaa Fathy as Sarah
  • Farid Shawqi as Mohsen's Father Shaker Pasha
  • Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Qadry
  • Ezzat El Alaili as Morsi
  • Youssef Wahby
  • Yehia Chahine
  • Leila Fawzi
  • Mohsena Tewfik Mohsen
  • Akela Kateb
  • Zeinab Sedky
  • Seif El Dine
  • Ahmad Abdel Waress
  • Abdel Aziz Makhyoun
  • Gerry Sundquist as Thomas 'Tommy' Friskin

See also

References

  1. "Berlinale 1979: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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