Alexandria Again and Forever

Alexandria Again and Forever

105 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1989

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.

Alexandria Again and Forever

105 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1989

Alexandria Again and Forever
Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers MISR International Films, La Sept Cinéma, Paris Classics Productions
Original title إسكندرية كمان وكمان
Directors Khairiya A-Mansour, Yousry Nasrallah, Youssef Chahine
Writers Yousry Nasrallah, Youssef Chahine

Cast

Youssef Chahine

as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion

Yousra

as Nadia

Hussein Fahmy

as Stelio

Amr Abdel Gelil

as Amr / Alexandre / Hamlet

Hesham Selim

as Magdy

Tahiya Cariocca

as Tahia

Huda Sultan

as Nadia's Mother

Saif Abdel Rahman

as Mohamed Bey

Abla Kamel

as Curator

Salah Zulfiqar

as Self

Tawfiq Saleh

as Tewfik

Nadia Abbas

as Dancer

Eyad Abdel Meguid

as Dancer

Saman Achraf

as Dancer

Atef Awad

as Dancer

Doy Khayal

as Dancer

Mohamed Mostafa

as Dancer

Sameh Saber

as Dancer

Doy Solh

as Dancer

Mina Thabet

as Dancer