Overview
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 23, 1979
- Original language
- Arabic
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, French, German
- Countries
- Algeria, Egypt
- Production
- MISR International Films,Algerian Television
- Cast
- Mohsen Mohey ElDein,Mahmoud El Meligy,Mahmood Al-Meleji,Mohsena Tawfiq,Abdullah Mahmoud,Ahmed Zaki,Naglaa Fathy,Ahmed Mehrez,Gerry Sundquist,Laila Hamadaand 29 more
- Director
- Youssef Chahine
- Writer
- Youssef Chahine,Mohsen Zayed
- Producer
- Youssef Chahine
- Cinematography
- Mohsen Nasr
- Music
- Fouad El-Zahry
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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