105 minutes
12/4/1989
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.
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
Seif Abdelrahman
as Mohamed Bey
Abla Kamel
as Curator
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
as Guindi
Mohamed Henedi
Salah Zulfikar
as Self
Ragaa Hussein
Hassan El-Adl
Ahmed ElHariri
Tawfiq Saleh
as Tewfik
Mohammed Tawfik
Hossam ElDein Mostafa
Ali Badrakhan
Ahmed Hegazi
Khaled Hamza
Ibrahim Hassanein
Mohga Abdel Rahman
Osama Taha
Yasser Maher
Bahaa Barwat
Tarek Kamel
Isabelle Kamal
Tamer Ashraf
Nadia Abbas
as Dancer
Eyad Abdel Meguid
as Dancer
Saman Achraf
as Dancer
Atef Awad
as Dancer
Mohamed Gebril
Doy Khayal
as Dancer
Mohamed Mostafa
as Dancer
Sameh Saber
as Dancer
Doy Solh
as Dancer
Mina Thabet
as Dancer
Ezzat ElMashad
Maher Selim
Menha Batraoui
Tawfiq Al Kurdi
Farouq Al Fishawy
Ahmed Al Fishawy
Mohamed Fadel
Muneer Makram
Adel Emam
as self (for a second in The Syndicate Of Artists)