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.
Cast
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
ALI
Ahmed Abdelaziz
Bakr
Gamil Ratib
Barthélémy
Michel Piccoli
Caffarelli
Patrice Chéreau
Napoléon Bonaparte
Abla Kamel
La femme de Bakr
Mohsena Tawfiq
La Mère
Seif Abdelrahman
Kourayem
Christian Patey
Horace
Hassan Hussein
Le père
Salah Zulfikar
Le cheikh Hassouna
Huda Sultan
Nefissa
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Unknown
Tahiya Cariocca
Unknown
Ali Al Sharif
Unknown
Salah Jahin
Unknown
Mohamed Atef
Yehia
Dahlia Younès
Nahed, Unknown
Jean-Pierre Michaud
L'imprimeur Marcel
Claude Cernay
Unknown
Hassan El-Adl
Unknown
Mohamed Dardeery
Unknown
Antic Melkior
Unknown
Magdy Ahmed Aly
Unknown
Naima ElSoghier
Unknown
Mahmoud El Gendy
Unknown
Crew
Youssef Chahine
Director, Writer
Yousry Nasrallah
Writer, Assistant Director
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Writer
Luc Barnier
Editor
Mohsen Nasr
Director of Photography
Hassan El Geretly
Assistant Director
Jean-Pierre Mahot
Producer
Humbert Balsan
Producer
Marianne Khoury
Producer
Onsi Abou Seif
Production Design
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Design
Mohsen Fahmy
Makeup Artist
Evelyne Byot
Makeup Artist
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Karraze
Art Direction
