Alexandria ......Why? (Iskanderiya ...leh?) 1979
A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for Lifetime Achievement), director Youssef Chahine was credited with launching Omar Sharif’s career. Chahine won a special jury prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for Alexandria... Why?, a portrait of a young man much like himself in cosmopolitan Alexandria, his hometown, during World War II. Also featuring the beloved star Naglaa Fathi.
A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for Lifetime Achievement), director Youssef Chahine was credited with launching Omar Sharif’s career. Chahine won a special jury prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for Alexandria... Why?, a portrait of a young man much like himself in cosmopolitan Alexandria, his hometown, during World War II. Also featuring the beloved star Naglaa Fathi.
A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award (for Lifetime Achievement), director Youssef Chahine was credited with launching Omar Sharif’s career. Chahine won a special jury prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for Alexandria... Why?, a portrait of a young man much like himself in cosmopolitan Alexandria, his hometown, during World War II. Also featuring the beloved star Naglaa Fathi.