Plot
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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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
Seif Abdelrahman
Christian Patey
Horace
Hassan Hussein
Le père
Salah Zulfikar
Huda Sultan
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Tahiya Cariocca
Ali Al Sharif
Salah Jahin
Mohamed Atef
Yehia
Dahlia Younès
Nahed
Jean-Pierre Michaud
L'imprimeur Marcel
Claude Cernay
Hassan El-Adl
Mohamed Dardeery
Dahlia Younès
Antic Melkior
Magdy Ahmed Aly
Naima ElSoghier
Mahmoud El Gendy
