The Mirage السراب Nour El-Sherif 1970 Egyptian one-sheet

The Mirage (1970) - (Nour El-Sherif) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the 1970 Anwar El-Shenawy film black-and-white film The Mirage based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Nour El-Sherif as Kamel. Plot Summary: Kamel (Nour El-Sherif) is a wealthy boy who marries a teacher named Rebab (Magda). A lot of time is consumed early in the film with a series of silent flirtations as they shyly watch each other from a distance in and out of metro cars. They finally break the tension with an awkward conversation in which he proposes in his first complete sentence to her. On the wedding night she discovers he is impotent. Kamel goes to Dr. Amin the psychiatrist (Rushdy Abaza) who assures him his problems are caused by things that happened during his childhood. Dr. Amin knows Rebab. He asks her to help Kamel overcome his problem to get through the marriage crisis and restore him to full health. The dysfunction continues as Kamel is unable to perform with his wife, especially since his mother (Aqila Ratib), who does not like Rebab, dominates his thinking; he is only able to do this in a brothel. However Kamel still loves Rebab very much. During this period a relationship begins between Dr. Amin and Rebab after a furious fight between her and Kamel. This affair results in pregnancy; when Rebab is on her way home Kamel tells her he has been cured, but she is not able to respond to him, and he discovers the truth. Then she dies of a hemhorrage during a miscarriage.

Cast and crew: Magda, Nour El-Sherif, Naguib Mahfouz, Anwar El-Shenawy, Aqila Ratib, Taheya Cariocca, Abbas Fares, Rushdy Abaza, Mahmoud Nasr, Ali El Zorkani, Aziza Helmy, Zeinat Sedki, Mimi Gamal, Mohammed Abaza, Zeinat Alawy

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The Big Brother الاخ الكبير Farid Shawqi (1959) Egyptian one-sheet

The Big Brother (1959) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1959 Fatin Abdel Wahab film The Big Brother based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and starring Farid Shawqi as Awad. Plot summary: Big brother Awad took care of his family including his mother, [Ferdoos Mohammed] his brother Ahmed [Ahmed Ramzi] and his niece Dawlat [Farida Fahmy]. The family thought he was working as a respectable tradesman but he was actually the head of a narcotics gang. He was loved by Ruhia, [Hend Rostom] a dancer who also worked with him in the narcotics trade. Ruhia had a great desire to marry Awad but he refused. She then became interested in Awad's brother Ahmed who was in his final year of law school.

Cast and crew: Fatin Abdel Wahab, Ali El Zorkani, arid Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Ahmed Ramzy, Ferdoos Mohammed, Mohammed Tawfik, Farida Fahmy, Ali El Zorkani, Saeed Abu Bakr, Reyad El Kasabgy, Mahmoud al-Seba, Mahmoud Azmi, Said Khalil, Mohammad al-Tukhi

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My Only Love حبي الوحيد Omar Sharif 1961 Egyptian one-sheet

My Only Love (1961) - (Omar Sharif) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist for the 1961 Kamal El Sheikh film My Only Love based on a story by Sabry Ezzat, screenplay and dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and Sabry Ezzat and starring Omar Sharif as Adel. Plot summary: Adel was a commercial airline pilot who loved a girl named Mona [Nadia Lutfi] while Shukry [Kamal Al-Shennawi] a friend of Mona's family was also trying to get close to her. She stopped him because she knew Adel was planning to propose. However Shukry still got the jump on Adel and ended up marrying Mona because Mona thought Adel was seeing another woman. Later Mona realized she had been mistaken and asked Shukry for a divorce so she could go back to Adel.

Cast and crew: Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Omar Sharif, Nadia Lutfi, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Showeikar, Fakher Fakher, Fotouh Neshati, Mohamed Abaza, Nazim Shaarawy, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Amal Ramzy

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Chased by the Dogs [اللص والكلاب] (Shadia) - (1962)

Chased by the Dogs [al-liss wal-kelab] (1962) Egyptian 3-piece film poster

Pictured is a 35" x 41" three-piece Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Aziz to promote the 1962 124-minute Kamal El Sheikh black-and-white film Chased by the Dogs [al-liss wal-kelab] starring Shadia and Shukry Sarhan based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay by Sabry Ezzat, dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: Said Mahran [Shukry Sarhan] worked as a house servant in a student's home. Because of his mother's illness he had to steal a watch from a student. Raouf Alwan [Kamal al-Shennawi] got involved, tried to save him and took him as a protege in crime. Said became a big thief. His assistant Alish [Zein El-Ashmawy] informed on him so he would be free to marry his wife Nabawiya [Salwa Mahmoud]. When Said Mahran got out of prison his goal was to take revenge against Alish and Nabawiya, but he killed some innocent people instead by blindly shooting at window silhouettes, because Alish and Nabawiya had fled their home. Said ran away and became a fugitive. Raouf, who had become a famous journalist, denounced Said in newspaper articles, turning public opinion against him. Said confessed what he had done to his former lover Nour [Shadia] and lived in her house. He also sought solace with a Sufi sheikh but found no relief. Although Nour tried help him, the police found his hiding place and killed him on the Mokattam Mountain during a chase.

According to film critic Sa'ad al-Din Tawfiq this is one of the top 100 Egyptian films. The title is literally translated as The Thief and the Dogs.

Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Shadia, Shukry Sarhan, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fakher Fakher, Samir Sabri, Salah Mansour, Kamal Korayem, Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Salwa Mahmoud, Salah Jahine, Adly Kasseb, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy

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The Secret Police [البوليس السري] - Ismail Yasseen 1961 Egyptian one-sheet

The Secret Police (1956) - (Ismail Yasseen) Egyptian one-sheet

Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Magdi William to promote the 1956 97-minute Fatin Abdel Wahab black-and-white film The Secret Police [al-bolis al-serri] starring Ismail Yasseen based on a story by Hashem Gom'ah with screenplay and dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Esmail Effendi [Ismail Yasseen] was a police private who had the job of escorting a crazy person to a hospital for the mentally ill, but the crazy person got away from him. Ismail went to his uncle Abed [Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy] to get his help resolving the difficulty. The uncle decided he would take the crazy person's place at the hospital for the mentally ill, and then try to escape from the hospital. Ismail was then transferred to the anti-crime office where he had to work with Sergeant Major Bakir in his search for an unknown thief. Ismail and Bakir disguised themselves as Spaniards and infiltrated the gang. After a series of adventures they arrested the gang and Ismail was promoted to sergeant and received a reward, which he gave to his fiance Waza. When the crazy person was arrested Uncle Abed succeeded in proving that he was not crazy and got out of the hospital.

Cast and crew: Fatin Abdel Wahab, Hassan Fayek, Ismail Yasseen, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Zeinat Sedki, Tahany Rashed, Klelio, Ali El Zorkani, Hashem Gom'ah, Ahmed Louxor, Edmond Tuema, Mohamed Al-dib, Mousen Hassanein, Nazim Shaarawy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Eskandar Monsi, Said Khalil

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Hero until the End (1963) - (Farid Shawqi) [بطل للنهاية]

Hero until the End [بطل للنهاية batal lil-nehaya] (1963) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian film poster

Shown here is a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster designed by Magdi William to promote the 111-minute 1963 Houssam El-Din Mustafa black-and-white film Hero until the End [بطل للنهاية batal lil-nehaya] starring Farid Shawqi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ali El Zorkani with cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Hafiz Amin was a big contractor and president of a charity organization for the support of children whose members had to share the expenses the organization incurred while achieving its objectives. However Hafiz Amin was actually the leader of a gang that kidnapped children from wealthy families and held them for ransom. Most of them paid with the exception of Shukry, who refused. When they threatened to kidnap his son, Shukry decided to leave Alexandria and live in Cairo, far from the gang. However Rashad, one of the gang members, followed him on a desert road and overturned the automobile in which he and his family had been riding. All the occupants were killed except the child who had been the object of the kidnapping. Hafiz Amin adopted the child for self-promotion. Then he threatened to kidnap Elham, the daughter of an engineer named Mohammad Abduh. His wife Ehsan advised him to pay the ransom, but he refused and notified the police, who got Ibrahim to join the gang to learn the truth about its leader. Ibrahim had been living a quiet life with his wife Fatima and his son Hussein since his release from prison. Hussein was blind and in need of an urgent operation. Officer Nazim promised Ibrahim enough money for his son's operation if he succeeded in helping, and he did succeed. The police finally arrested the gang and its leader.

Cast and crew: Ali El Zorkani, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Klelio, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Laila Taher, Tewfik El Dekn, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy, Mohamed El Dafrawy, Abdel Abdi al-Araby, Wagdy El-Araby, Ekram Azu, Nahed Samir, Lutfi Abdel Hamid

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