

17/05/1985
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.

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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