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.
Michel Piccoli | |
Patrice Chéreau | |
Christian Patey | Horace |
Gamil Ratib | |
Mohsen Mohey ElDein | ALI |
Seif Abdelrahman | |
Ahmed Abdelaziz | Bakr |
Mohamed Atef | Yehia |
Dahlia Younès | Nahed |
Abla Kamel | La femme de Bakr |
Hassan Hussein | Le père |
Mohsena Tawfiq |