This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mahar Gasour
for the 1984 Ahmed Al-Sabawy film I killed al-Hanash based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Adel
Imam as Hassanein. Plot summary: Al-Hanash [Youssef Chaban] oppresses
both Hassanein and Barhouma [Sa'eed Saleh]. When Hassanein goes to
Greece to work he marries his girlfriend Aziza [Safia El Emari] after
she tells him she is pregnant with their child. Al-Hanash hires men
in Greece to fight Hassanein.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Al-Sabawy, Gasour, Ibrahim Saleh, Abdel Hay
Adib, Youssef Chaban, Adel Imam, Sa'eed Saleh, Safia El Emari, Maali
Zayed, Ahmed Rateb, Ezzat Abdul Jawad, Youssef Fawzi, Hussein
El-Sherbini, Nasr Seif, Shawqi Shamekh
This isa 27" x39" Egyptian poster designed byGasour and Abdel Aziz
for the 1976 Nader Galal film No Time for Tears based on a
story by Rizq Helmy, screenplay by Rizq Helmy and Abdel Hay Adib and
starring Naglaa Fathy as Azza. Plot summary: Azza is a dancer who
falls in love with an Egyptian army officer named Amr [Hussein Fahmy]
and promises to marry him. When she hears he has been killed, she
immerses herself dancing in Cairo's nightclubs to pay expenses and
cope with her grief; she is shocked and confused when Amr unexpectedly
turns up alive and well. She does not know where to begin.
Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Rizq Helmy, Abdel Hay Adib, Hussein
Fahmy, Nader Galal, Mahmoud Nasr, Nour El-Sherif, Mahmoud El-Meliguy,
Amina Rizk, Hussein El-Sherbini, Ehsan Sherif, Ahmed Abaza, Mohamed
Shawky, Safia El Emari
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist to
promote the 1966 97-minute Niazi Mostafa color film Knight of Bani
Hamdan [fares bani hamdan] starring Farid Shawqi and Soad Hosny
based on a story by Ali Al-Garim with screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib and
dialogue by Mohammad Abouseif. Cinematography was by Wahid Farid.
Plot summary: Abu Fares al-Hamdani (Farid Shawqi) was a famous Arab
poet among the lords of the Al-Hamdania. He was also famous for his
chivalry and bravery in the court of Prince Seif ad-Dawla. The people
everywhere loved him. He fell in love with Naglaa al-Khaledia (Soad
Hosny), an attractive performer in the prince's palace. This made the
commander of the army jealous, and he competed with Fares for the love
of Naglaa. The prince decided to appoint Abu Fares as successor to
the governor of the city of Manih, while Farawia, the Hamdani army
commander, began to hate him. Fares was taken prisoner and tortured
by the Hamdani Empress Tifano. He learned Farawiya had made a plot on
Rome's behalf to destroy the al-Hamdania government. In a wild escape
Seif al-Dawlah avoided being murdered. He led the Arabs in the
expulsion of Rome; then he met his love Naglaa and raised banners of
victory.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Farid Shawqi, Soad Hosny, Imad Hamdi,
Leila Fawzi, Mahmoud Moursy, Adel Adham, Nadia El Guindy, Omar
Zolficar, Wahid Farid, Ali al-Garim, Abdel Hay Adib, Mohammad
Abouseif, Shams El-Barudy, Imad Hamdi, Omar Zulfikar, Ahmed Khamees,
Nadia El Guindy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Walib Wahib for the
1975 Atef Salem Bye Bye Sweetie AKA bay bay ya helwa
based on screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and Bahgat Kamar
and starring Rushdy Abaza. Plot summary: A small girl was raised by a
pickpocket, then grew up and married a wealthy man. Her foster father
tried to get her to blackmail her husband but she refused.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour and Dar Hani for the 1974 Henry Barakat film The Most
Beautiful Days of My Life AKA Agmal Ayam Hayati based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Naglaa
Fathy as Hoda. Plot summary: Hoda hid one night on a ship bound for
Beirut, where she met Samir [Hussein Fahmy]. She did not tell him she
was running away from her father Gamal [Imad Hamdi] so she could marry
her Lebanese lover Rafiq who was waiting for her in Beirut, that her
father was offering a reward to whoever could find her or that the
people looking for her were waiting at the port. Samir helped her
hide in a chest above the hold and then helped her get away. They then
explored Lebanon and Samir learned the truth about her. He got her to
confess and they fell in love. He decided to take her to her father
so they could marry. When they got there the father realized his
daughter loved Samir and encouraged her to marry whomever she loved,
especially since Samir was refusing the reward he had been offering.
On the night of the marriage to Rafiq the father helped and encouraged
his daughter to go away and marry Samir. Then the two boarded a ship
to Canada so they could marry there and begin a new life.
Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Hossein Fahmy, Imad Hamdi, Henry
Barakat, Wadid Serri, Abdel Hay Adib, Mohammad Shawqi, Hayat Kandeel,
Saeed Saleh, Aia Abdel Moneim, Samir Shamas, Maged Afyouni, Ibrahim
Mar'ashli, Shafiq Hassan, Zein Shahin
This is a 27.25" x 39.5" Lebanese poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour for the 1977 Ashraf Fahmy musical Look, See What Sugar Is
Doing! starring Hussein Fahmy based on story and screenplay by
Abdel Hay Adib. Plot summary: The little orphan girl Sugar [Sukkar]
lived with a gang led by Atris and Zakia, who taught children to beg
and pick pockets. Atris and Zakia learned that Sugar was the daughter
of a wealthy man and that her uncle Zaki had told Atris to kidnap and
kill the girl so his brother could get the inheritance. However he
refused and turned her over to Zakia, who taught her to dance and sing
at public celebrations. At the same time one of the investigating
officers wanted to return her to her uncle.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Ramses Marzouk, Abdel Hay Adib, Behgat
Kamar, Hussein Fahmy, Sukkar, Fatma Mazhar, Sameer Ghanem, Lebleba,
Tewfik El Dekn, Salah Nazmi, Wahid Seif, Ibrahim Saafan, Bahiget
Mohammad Ali, Zakaria Mouafi, Ezzat Abdel Gawad, Malek Al-Gamal, Aly
El Cherif
This is a 26.5" x 38" Lebanese poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
for the 1973 Atef Salem film My Hippie Wife [zawgati min
al-hibez] based on story and screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib and starring
Duraid Laham as Ghawar. Plot summary: A poor boy named Ghawar asked
his friend Hosny [Nihad Qali] if he could live with him because he had
no place to live. He met some hippies, fell in love with one of them
named Nana [Howeyda] and married her. He could not find a place for
them to live other than Hosny's place; Hosny disliked both of them and
kept trying to find ways to get rid of them.
Cast and crew: Atef Salem, Abdel Hay Adib, Duraid Laham, Howeyda,
Nohad Qali, Salah Mashlawi, Amalia Abi Saleh, Shafiq Hassan, Maged
Afyouni, Hind Taher, Ahmed Khalifa, Mishlin Dou, Lina Bate, Elias
Zaraq, Hala Shawkat, Ibrahim Shamat
This is a 26.75" x 38.5" Lebanese poster designed by an unknown
artist for the 1975 Mohamed Aslan Turkish-Egyptian film I Sold My
Life based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and
starring Farid Shawqi as Farid Bey. Plot summary: Fardi Bey was a
rich bank director living happily with his wife and children. He was
distinguished by strong work discipline that earned him a prominent
position in the business world. He met an attractive woman named
Camilia who pretended to be in love with him so she could use him to
get a large amount of money from the bank where he was working. In the
process, in careful coordination with a network of conspirators, she
disrupted his family life and destroyed his career. After losing
everything Farid took his revenge.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Aslan, Farid Shawqi, Camilia, Abdel Hay
Adib, Samia Shafiq, Mohamed al-Sawi, Layla Mansour, Sana' Shaheen,
Gamal Hamdi, Salah Si'awi, Akram Azmi, Mahmoud Nazmi, Laila Magdi,
Adel Shawkat, Aslan Isa
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet poster
designed by Magdi William for the 1961 Niazi Mostafa film Blood on
the Nile [dema ala al-nil] based on a story by Ahmed Shoukry,
screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Farid Shawqi as
Baghram Awad. Plot summary: Ghalia [Hend Rostom] fell in love with
Baghram Awad after she learned he had taken revenge against the
brother of her husband, who had tried to kill her and her son. She
moved far from her village and began a new life with Awad.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Hay Adib, Ahmed Shoukry, Farid
Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Amina Rizk, Fakher Fakher, Mahmoud Faraq, Hassan
Youssef, Klelio, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Khaled Al-Agabani, Salwa
Mahmoud, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Hassan Atala
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist for
an undated rerelease of the 1963 Niazi Mostafa film I Am the
Fugitive [ana al-hareb] written by Abdel Hay Adib and starring
Farid Shawqi as Hamdi. Plot summary: Hamdi was working as a
corrections officer in a prison. He had a child afflicted with
cerebral palsy in need of expensive treatment. When Hamdi was
transporting four narcotics smugglers one of them tried to escape and
Hamdi killed him. The dead man's family learned about Hamdi's
need for money and tried to bribe him to get revenge.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Hay Adib, Zahrat
El-Ola, Salah Mansour, Mahmoud Moursy, Mohamed Hamdi, Masud Isa, Abdel
Khalek Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Nimat Mukhtar
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1966 Atef Salem 103-minute color film The Wife from
Paris [zawga min baris] starring Nabila Ebeid based on story and
dialogue by Amina El Sawy, screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib with
cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Engineer Nagy [Rushdy Abaza]
came from the Paris Oasis to the south of the Western Sahara to work
and live for a period of time. There he met Dr. Wagih [Salah
Zulfikar] who had asked to be transferred to this remote place to live
far from the city after being hurt by his unfaithful wife. He hated
everything female, even hens. Wagih met a social overseer named Samia
[Nabila Ebeid] who had also come from the Paris Oasis
to work at the elementary school. However he was afraid of her and
avoided talking to her. At the school where Samia worked the director
Daoud [Fouad El-Mohandes] was taking steps to retire; he married one
of the girls at the oasis, never to return. Wagih began to feel that
this Samia differed greatly from his unfaithful wife, thanks to the
influence of his friend. Engineer Nagy married Samia.
Cast and crew: Nabila Ebeid, Rushdy Abaza, Salah Zulfikar, Atef Salem, Amin El-Heneidy, Fouad El-Mohandes, Ahmed El Haddad, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Klelio, Amina Al Sawy, Abdel Hay Adib, Karima Al-Sherif, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Adly Kasseb, Hussein Ismail, Hassan Atela
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda Anise to promote
the 1981 Ahshraf Fahmy 90-minute color film The Beast Within
[al-wahsh dakhel al-insan] based on the 1867 Emile Zola
novel Therese Raquin with screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay
Adib and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Sodfa suffered
because of her husband Sayed, who was her idiotic cousin. They lived
together in his mother's house in Abu Qir. After returning from the
completion of his studies, Mahmoud began supervising a brick factory
owned by Sayed's mother. This upset Sodfa, who had been in a
relationship with Mahmoud. Mahmoud confirmed his love and she asked
him to marry her after she asked for a divorce from Sayed, who
admitted he had overheard them talking. Mahmoud got into a fight with
Sayed and Sodfa encouraged him to kill him. Mahmoud met the dancer
Lawahez, which made Sodfa jealous and they quarreled. The mother
learned the truth about her son's murderer after she overheard a
conversation between the lovers and she became paralyzed. Lawahez was
murdered and the police called Sodfa as a witness. Mahmoud thought
the police had discovered their crime. He wrote a letter of
confession to exonerate Sodfa and gave it to one of the people in
town; when Mahmoud learned the truth he went with Sodfa to try to
recover the letter before it was given to the police, but they were
both killed when when a wheel flew off their horse-drawn wagon
and it crashed into the Nile.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Salah El-Saadany, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Nahed Sherif, Mahmoud Yassine, Emile Zola, Hayatem, Wahid Farid, Abdel Hay Adib
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman to
promote the 1965 112-minute Atef Salem color film The Mamelukes [al-mamalik]
starring Omar Sharif based on a story by Nairuz Abdel Malek with
screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib, dialogue by Mohammad Mostafa Samy and
cinematography by Abdu Nasr. Prince Sharkas was a tyrant and he only
had a few ministers. Ja'far, who had a secret desire to overthrow
him, was the only one who opposed him. Sharkas gave his follower Aibek
the job of taking a collection from the farmers. Aibek and his men
attacked the neighborhoods and killed the father of Qamar and the
mother of Ahmad, who had been engaged to marry in a few days. Ahmad
decided to take revenge against the prince's men at any price.
Cast and crew: Nabila Ebeid, Nairuz Abdel Malek, Imad Hamdi, Hussein Riad, Amina Rizk, Salah Nazmi, Salah Gahine, Ahmed El Haddad, Nahed Sabri, Omar Sharif, Atef Salem, Abdel Hay Adib, Abdu Nasr, Mohammad Mostafa Samy, Fakher Fakher, Mohammad Al-Sab'a, Mohammad Sabih, Said Khalil, Samia Rushdy, Hussein Ismail, Abdel Nabi Mohammad, Ibrahim Heshmat
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian film poster made by an
unknown designer to promote the 1961 Youssef Chahine 104-minute
black-and-white film A Lover's Call [neda' al-'oshaq] starring
Berlanty Abdel Hamid based on a story by Abdel Hay Adib adapted from
the 1946 King Vidor film Duel in the Sun with screenplay by
Abdel Hay Adib and Wagih Naguib, dialogue by Behgat Kamar and
cinematography by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: Ward [Berlanty
Abdel Hamid] was an attractive dancer in the Nile Delta village of
Sonbat who found a job ginning cotton in a factory. There she
caught the eye of the factory's owner Metwaly [Farid Shawqi], as well
as his brother Abduh [Shukry Sarhan], but she gave her heart to Abduh.
Ward and Abduh then went through a harrowing series of violent
misadventures until both are killed at the hands of the Abduh's
jeslous brother.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz
and Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1976 Ashraf Fahmy
film Shawq starring Nadia El Guindy as Shawq based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib taken from the 1946 King
Vidor film Duel in the Sun, with cinematography by Mahmoud
Nasr. The film was produced by Nadia El Guindy Films. Plot summary:
A teacher named Adam [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] lived in the al-Malahat
district of Alexandria with his spoiled son Mokhtar [Mohammed El
Arabi] and his third wife, a gypsy named Shawq. He had a second son
named Ahmad, [Hussein Fahmy] who returned after completing his studies
abroad. Shawq tried to ensnare Ahmad but he resisted her; the father
also treated Ahmad differently than he treated his brother because he
loved Mokhtar best. Mokhtar blinded his father unintentionally in a
welding accident. Mokhtar suspected there was a relationship between
his brother and his wife, which caused a struggle between the two
brothers; Shawq declared she did not love Ahmad; she declared her love
for Hanafi the drummer [Saeed Saleh] and left town with him. Then
friendship was restored between the two brothers.
Cast and crew: Hussein Fahmy, Nadia El Guindy, Ashraf Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Tewfik El Dekn, Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohammed El Arabi, Mahmoud Nasr, Fouad Al-Zaheri, Mahmoud Nasr, Abdel Hay Adib
This poster is for the 1968 Egyptian 98-minute black-and-white film
Daddy Wants it that Way [بابا عايز كده] directed by Niazi Mostafa
with story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and
cinematography by Fares Wahba. Plot Summary: Kuku (Rushdy Abaza) hid
all of his romantic experience from his fiance Nadia (Soad Hosny) and
he falsely played the part of an exemplary person. He was nothing
other than a fashion designer with a long line of models in front of
him, each of whom received a kiss from him or a message placed in the
hand before the show. His fiance returned from abroad just when he
was about to marry a girl other than the one who was causing him
confusion, and he tried to hide the truth. After many events his
fiance changed her personality and made herself look like a foreigner.
After she successfully reignited his passion and interest, they finally
married.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Soad Hosny, Rushdy Abaza, Nawal Abul Foutouh, Mohamed Awad, Hassan Mustafa,
Amal Ramzy, Mimi Shakeeb, Mahmoud Rashad, Abdel Hay Adib, Fares Wahba, Mostafa Abdullah, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Ahmed Qasem,
Leila Ezzedine, Aziza Mohamed, Nakhand Anwar
This landmark Egyptian film was directed by Youssef
Chahine. Cinematography was by Alevise Orfanelli, dialogue was by
Mohammad Abu Youssef and the story and screenplay were by Abdel Hai
Adib. It is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most
important Egyptian films. Plot summary: Kinawy (Youssef Chahine) was
a hard-working newspaper seller at Cairo Station who suffered from a
physical handicap. He was always looking at the pictures of beautiful
women in the publications he sold. Hannouma (Hind Rostom) was an
attractive young woman who worked at Cairo Station selling ice cream
and leading a team of workers at the official canteen. She wanted to
live a free life and work for an honorable well-paid living. She
wanted to marry her fiance Abu Sari' (Farid Shawqi), the leader of the
porters and defender of their rights and interests. Sari' was a
straigtforward, tough guy who was loyal to his comrades and to his
love. Kinawy loved Hannouma with a love that knew no bounds. He
wanted her for himself and he revealed his love to her. Hannouma
thought the first thing he wanted was her body to satisfy his lust,
but he convinced her that he wanted to marry her and go away with her
to a village far from Cairo Station. At that time Abu Sari' was busy
forming a union for the porters and defending their right to a suitabl
wage, medical care and help with emergencies. Then Kinawy suddenly
discovered the truth: Hannouma refused to marry him because she loved
Abu Sari'. He saw her in his arms and heard about her trip with him
to the village for marriage. Kinawy overcame his emotional burden and
decided to kill Hannouma. The people at Cairo Station realized Kinawy
had lost his mind and undertook under Abu Sari's leadership to save
Hannouma from her mad lover. At the last moment Hannouma was saved
from the killer's clutches and Cairo Station went back to its
tumultuoous life.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Naima Wasfy, Said Khalil, Abdel Ghani Naqdi, Loutfi El Hakim, Abdel Hamid Bodaoha, F. El Demerdache, Said El Araby, Ahmed Abaza, Hana Abdel Fattah, Safia Sarwat, Abdel Hay Adib, Alevise Orfanelli, Assad Kellada, Sherine, Soheir, Esmat Mahmoud, Nawal Morsi, Gharib Moawad, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abu Youssef
