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Alexandria... Why? (1979) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Youssef Chahine

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Youssef Chahine ... (writer)
Mohsen Zayed ... (writer)

Cast (in credits order)  

Naglaa Fathi ... Sarah
Ahmed Zaki ... Ibrahim (as Ahmed Zaky)
Farid Shawqi ... Mohsen's Father (as Farid Chawky)
Mahmoud Al Meleji ... Qadri
Ezzat El Alaili ... Shaker (as Ezzat El Alayli)
Youssef Wahbi ... (as Yusuf Wahbi)
Yehia Chahine Yehia Chahine
Layla Fawzi ... (as Leila Fawzi)
Akela Kateb Akela Kateb
Zeinat Sedky Zeinat Sedky ... (as Zeinab Sedky)
Seif Abdelrahman ... (as Seif El Din)
Ahmed Abdel Wareth Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Abdulaziz Makhyoon Abdulaziz Makhyoon ... (as Abdel Aziz Makhyoun)
Gerry Sundquist ... Thomas 'Tommy' Friskin
Ahmed Mehrez Ahmed Mehrez
Abdulwareth Asar Abdulwareth Asar ... The Sheikh
Hassan Hussein Hassan Hussein
Aida Kamel Aida Kamel
Oussaida Abbass Oussaida Abbass
Abdel Salam Mohamed Abdel Salam Mohamed
Halima El Soghayar Halima El Soghayar
Ahmad Bedair Ahmad Bedair ... (as Ahmed Bedeir)
Samira Mohamed Samira Mohamed
Abou Hachich Abou Hachich
Gamil El Traboulsi Gamil El Traboulsi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bahir Bauk Bahir Bauk
Amira Cherif Amira Cherif
Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim
Ali Ezz Eldein Ali Ezz Eldein ... (as Aly Ezzeldine)
Anan Gemayel Anan Gemayel
Ali Gohar Ali Gohar
Layla Hamadah Layla Hamadah ... Nadia (as Leila Hamada)
Abdalla Mahmoud ... Mohsen
Antic Melkior Antic Melkior ... Le général
Mohsen Mohieddin ... Yehia Mustafa (as Mohsen Mohiedine)
John Rodenbeck John Rodenbeck
Rosemary Sabey Rosemary Sabey
Ahmed Salama Ahmed Salama
Magdi Seif Magdi Seif
Mohamad Shawqi Mohamad Shawqi ... (as Mohamed Chawky)
Mohsena Tawfik Mohsena Tawfik
Vary Vahram Vary Vahram

Produced by 

Raouf Abdel Hadi ... associate producer
Mahmoud Bakr ... associate producer
Youssef Chahine ... producer
Abdel Hamid Daoud ... delegate producer
Mohamed El Gohari ... associate producer
Mohamed Hassan ... associate producer

Music by 

Fouad El-Zahry ... (as Fouad El Zahiry)

Cinematography by 

Mohsen Nasr

Editing by 

Rashida Abdel Salam

Production Design by 

Abdel Fattah Madbouly ... (as Abdel Fattah Madboul)

Art Direction by 

Nehad Bahgat ... (as Bahgat Nihad)

Set Decoration by 

Mahmoud El Kholy
Ahmed Mehrez

Costume Design by 

Ahmed Kassak

Art Department 

Akef El Tayyeb ... assistant production designer

Sound Department 

Nasry Abdel Nour ... chief sound engineer (as Nasri Abdel Nour)
Abdel Aziz Emara ... sound engineer
Ahmed Kamel ... sound assistant

Special Effects by 

Farid Abdel Hay ... special effects coordinator
Mohamed Kamel ... special effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department 

Sayed Aly ... grip
Mahmoud Bakr ... assistant camera
Said Chambar ... assistant grip
Gamal Fahmy ... still photographer
Mohamed Ibrahim ... chief electrician
Yahia Rashad ... assistant electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Khairai Gadallah ... assistant costume designer

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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