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Alexandria... Why?

1979 film
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Alexandria... Why?

Summary

Alexandria... Why? is a film[1]. Alexandria... Why? ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alexandria... Why? received the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize[3].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s director is recorded as Youssef Chahine[5].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s screenwriter is recorded as Youssef Chahine[6].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s genre is recorded as autobiography[8].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s cast member is recorded as Ahmad Zaki[9].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s cast member is recorded as Mahmoud el-Meliguy[10].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s cast member is recorded as Farid Shawqi[11].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s producer is recorded as Youssef Chahine[12].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s director of photography is recorded as Mohsen Nasr[13].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s IMDb ID is recorded as tt0077751[14].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s original language of film or TV show is recorded as Egyptian Arabic[15].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s language of work or name is recorded as Arabic[16].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s distribution format is recorded as video on demand[17].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s color is recorded as color[18].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 460878[19].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s country of origin is recorded as Egypt[20].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s publication date is recorded as +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0crd9pj[22].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s narrative location is recorded as Egypt[23].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s PORT film ID is recorded as 95830[24].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s film editor is recorded as Rachida Abdel-Salam[25].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 4791[26].
  • Alexandria... Why?'s nominated for is recorded as International Submission to the Academy Awards[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Alexandria... Why?'s producer is recorded as Youssef Chahine[12]. Its director is recorded as Youssef Chahine[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Youssef Chahine[6]. Cast members include Ahmad Zaki[9], Mahmoud el-Meliguy[10], and Farid Shawqi[11].

Publication

Alexandria... Why?'s publication date is recorded as +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z[21]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as Egyptian Arabic[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Arabic[16]. Genres include drama film[7] and autobiography[8].

Reception

Alexandria... Why? received the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize[3].

Why It Matters

Alexandria... Why? ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] Alexandria... Why? has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Alexandria... Why? is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Alexandria... Why? receive?

Honors received include Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize[3].

Related Entities

Egypt film Youssef Chahine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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