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An Egyptian Story is a film of genre Drama directed by Youssef Chahine with Nour El-Sherif
An Egyptian Story (1982)
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Add to a movie listAn Egyptian Story (Arabic: حدوتة مصرية, translit. Hadduta misrija) is a 1982 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine.
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During his open heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker named Yehia has flashbacks and remembers his life. "Yehia" is the same character from the 1979 film Alexandria... Why?Actors
Nour El-Sherif
(Yehia)
Mohamed Mounir محمد منير
Youssra
(Amal)
Soheir El Bably
(The Mother)
Youssef Chahine
(Old Yehia)
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