This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
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Mohsen Mohey ElDein as ALI
Ahmed Abdelaziz as Bakr
Gamil Ratib as Barthélémy
Michel Piccoli as Caffarelli
Patrice Chéreau as Napoléon Bonaparte
Abla Kamel as La femme de Bakr
Mohsena Tawfiq as La Mère
Seif Abdelrahman as Kourayem
Christian Patey as Horace
Hassan Hussein as Le père
Salah Zulfikar as Le cheikh Hassouna
Huda Sultan as Nefissa
Tawfiq Al-Deqen as
Tahiya Cariocca as
Ali Al Sharif as
Salah Jahin as
Mohamed Atef as Yehia
Dahlia Younès as Nahed
Jean-Pierre Michaud as L'imprimeur Marcel
Claude Cernay as
Hassan El-Adl as
Mohamed Dardeery as
Dahlia Younès as
Antic Melkior as
Magdy Ahmed Aly as
Naima ElSoghier as
Mahmoud El Gendy as
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