
- Country: Algeria, Egypt
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 2021-06-18
- Director: Youssef Chahine (1926–2008)
- Writers: Mohsen Zayed
- Language: Arabic | English
- Stars: Naglaa Fathi , Ahmed Zaki , Farid Shawqi , Mahmoud Al Meleji
- Runtime: 133 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
- AKA: Alexandria... Why? (United Kingdom) , Alexandria... warum? , Alexandria ... Why? (Australia) , Alexandria - varför? (Sweden) , Alexandria... Why? (Norway) , Alexandria... Why? (United States of America) , Александрия... Почему? , Αλεξάνδρεια... γιατί; (Greece) , Alexandria... varför? (Sweden) , Alexandria... Why? , Alexandria... Why? (Egypt) , Alexandrie pourquoi? (France, French Republic) , Iskandereiya... leh? , アレキサンドリア WHY? (Japan) , Niçin İskenderiye? (Turkey) , Iskanderija... lih? (Mexico) , Iskanderija... lih? , Dlaczego Aleksandria? (Poland)
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0077751
Alexandria… Why? Cast · · · ALL

Youssef Chahine
(1926–2008)
Director

Mohsen Mohieddin
Yehia

Mahmoud Al Meleji
Qadry

Abdalla Mahmoud
Mohsen

Ahmed Zaki
Ibrahim

Farid Shawqi
Shaker
Layla Hamadah
Nadia
Zeinab Sedky
Grandmother

Ezzat El Alaili
Morsi

Abdulaziz Makhyoon
Gerry Sundquist
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

Yusuf Wahbi
Souril

Yehia Chahine
British Ambassador

Layla Fawzi
Princess Chahinour
Abdulwareth Asar
The Sheikh

Abdelsalam Mohamed
Elly
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim
Hassan Hussein
Naima El Soghier

Youssef Chahine
(1926–2008)