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 poster was designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1975 Tayseer
Aboud film The Shipyard of Violence with screenplay and dialogue
by Faisal Nada and Gamal Amar and based on a story by Faisal
Nada. Cinematography was by Aly Kheirollah. Plot summary: Rostam Bey
[Farid Shawqi] managed the affairs of a shipping company owned by him
and his late brother. His nephew Hassan [Samir Sabry] demanded his
share of the company, but the uncle refused to give it to him to keep
the fleet from being divided. However Hassan insisted on recovering
his father's rights and his share in the company. While he was trying
to get what was rightfully his he discovered Tawfiq [Tewfik El Dekn]
was manipulating the company's affairs. He tried to change his uncle's
mind but his uncle did not trust him, while Tawfiq was making the
distance between uncle and nephew even greater. When Hassan proposed
to his cousin Dalia [Nahed Sherif] because they were in love, Rostam
refused to allow the marriage and Tawfiq was making plans to kill
Hassan. They had a vicious fight. By the time Rostam Bey and his
daughter Dalia arrived Hassan had been unable to do any harm to his
detested rival; Tawfiq shot Dalia in the chest and she died in the
arms of her father and fiance. Only then did Rostam realize how wrong
he had been about his nephew.
Cast and crew: Nahed Sherif, Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Farid Shawqi,
Samir Sabry, Amina Rizk, Tewfik El Dekn, Youssef Fakhr Eddine, Tayseer
Aboud, Faisal Nada, Gamal Amar, Aly Kheirollah, Ibrahim Qadry, Mohamed
Hamdi, Hamdi Sherif, Amira, Hala Sedki, Dina Abdullah, Ezza Kamal,
Luwais Youssef
This is a 35" x 61" original three-piece stone litho Egyptian poster
designed by Marcel for the 1962 Salah Abouseif film Letter from an
Unknown Woman starring Farid Al Atrache as Ahmed Sameh. Plot
summary: The musician Ahmed Sameh received a letter on the evening of
his birthday. He was used to receiving flowers every birthday but this
time he was reading a letter from a woman he did not know. Her name
was Amal [Lobna Abdel Aziz] and she lived in front of him in his old
home. She loved him without him knowing about it; she seldom saw him
or had any reason to go into his home, but she knew his servant
Ibrahim. However her mother had to get married and moved to another
city. From time to time Amal looked at the home of her beloved who
did not know her. One day he stopped his car for her, took her to his
home and she became pregnant by him, but he forgot her because she was
just another girl to him. He lived the life of a musician. Amal
worked in an office. The owner of the office offered to marry her but
he knew there was another man in her life so he left her alone. Amal
met her beloved one night but he did not remember her. He avoided her
son but one day the son was hurt in a collision with a bus. The
doctor said the type of blood the injured boy needed was rare. Amal
was obliged to send her letter to Ahmed Sami, who came to the hospital
on the evening of his birthday. He gave the blood to his son and
married Amal after he realized how long she had loved him. This film
was directed by Salah Abouseif based on the 1922 novella of the same
title by Stefan Zweig, which was also the basis for a 1948 movie with
the same title starring Joan Fontaine.
Cast and crew: Farid Al Atrache, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Amina Rizk,
Marie Munib, Salah Abouseif, Ezzat El Alaili, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim,
Fakher Fakher, Hussein al-Sayed, Abdel Ghani Nagdi, Mary Ezzedine,
Nawal Abul Foutouh, Fatthy Zaky, Wafia Khayry, El Sayed Bedeir, Aly
Hassan, Stefan Zweig
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1959 Mahmoud Zulfikar
musical Forbidden Women written by Amin Yousseff Ghurab and
starring Hoda Soltan as Mahasen. Plot summary: The contractor Tareq
[Hussein Riad] was unable to have any children by his wife Hafiza
[Amina Rizk] so he adopted Ahmed, [Salah Zulfikar] who later managed
his work for him and formed a relationship with a woman named
Mahasen. Ahmed formed an illicit relationship with her without knowing
she was married to Tewfiq. Mahasen had a daughter named laila [Amal
Farid]; Ahmed became interested in her without realizing she was his
own daughter.
Cast and crew: Hoda Soltan, Salah Zulfikar, Amina Rizk, Mahmoud
Zulfikar, Hussein Riad, Amin Yousseff Ghurab, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Amal
Farid, Wedad Hamdy, Mohammad Shawqi, Fifi Said, Mohsen Hassanein,
Hussein Assar, Hussein Ismail
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese one-sheet movie poster designed by an
unknown artist for the 1974 Said Marzouk film I want a Solution
written by Faten Hamama (1931-2015) and Said Marzouk (1940-2014) and
starring Faten Hamama as Doria. Plot summary: The film explores a
woman's right to a divorce when married life is no longer possible.
It was the first film in Egypt to confront the problems with Egyptian
marriage and divorce laws; its influence led to changes in Egyptian
Family Law and it continues to be remembered as a milestone. Faten
Hamama won the best actress award at the Cairo Festival, and received
a diploma of recognition from Tehran festival. The film is on Ahmad
Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films and is
treated as a landmark film in Arabic and Middle East Studies programs
at American Universities.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Rushdy Abaza, Raqaa Hussein, Amina
Rizk, Laila Taher, Said Marzouk, Yulius Zagoni, Soheir Samy, Fatheya
Chahine, Abdel Alim Khattab, Aly El Cherif, Nadia Arsalan, Ibrahim
Saafan, Sayed Zayan, Wahid Seif, Osama Abas, Mustafa Imam
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 for the 1993 Daoud Abdel Sayed
film Land of Dreams based on dialogue and screenplay by Hani
Fawzi and starring Faten Hamama as Nargis. Plot summary: Nargis was
planning to go to America but she lost her passport and
ticket. She meets the magician Raouf [Yehia El-Fakharany], spends a
lot of time observing as he practices his craft, then changes her mind
about going to the Land of Dreams.
Cast and crew: Daoud Abdel Sayed, Hani Fawzi, Faten Hamama, Yehia
El-Fakharany, Hesham Selim, Ola Rami, Amina Rizk, Mohammed Tawfik,
Yousef Dawoud, Hanan Seliman, Lotfi Labib, Tahani Rashed, Samir Bahzan
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Marcel and Ahmed
Fouad to promote the 1965 84-minute Galal El-Sharkawy black-and-white
film Widow and Three Daughters [armala wa thalath banat]
starring Amina Rizk as Zeinab based on the 1912 Henry Becque play The
Crows with screenplay and dialogue by Al-Sayed al-Shorbagi and
cinematography by Magdy Saad. Plot summary: A widow [Amina Rizk]
tries to cope with financial problems while helping her three
beautiful young daughters deal with the capricious behavior of their
unscrupulous suitors. Amina Rizk was a prominent Egyptian film and
television actress for over 70 years between 1928 and her death in
2003.
Cast and crew: Galal El-Sharkawy, Zizi El-Badrawy, Nawal Abul Foutouh, Amina Rizk, Salah Mansour, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Zein El-Ashmawy, Said Abu Bakr, Magdy Saad, Nadia al-Naqrashi, Henry Becque, Saad Ardash, Ragaa Youssef, Esmat Abbas
Pictured is an original 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the
1960 127-minute Salah Abouseif black-and-white film The Dead among
the Living [bedaya wa nehaya] based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz
with screenplay by Salah Ezzedine, dialogue by Ahmed Shawqi and Kamel
Abdel Salam and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: The
head of the household died leaving the family suffering from hardship
and deprivation. The oldest son Hassan [Farid Shawqi] ended up living
in a depraved neighborhood dealing in drugs and women. Hussein [Kamal
Hussein] the middle son took work with his middle school diploma to
provide an opportunity for his brother Hassanein [Omar Sharif] to
complete his studies and go to the war college. The daughter Nafisa
[Sanaa Gamil] was without beauty and found herself driven out of the
life of Soliman [Salah Mansour] the grocer after sinning with him.
She continued on this disreputable path without any friends. She
helped her brother Hassanein and her mother [Amina Rizk] with small
amounts of money she had acquired. Hassanein graduated as an officer.
He turned his back on his family, his fiancee Bayeha [Amal Farid] and
his social milieu and rose to associate with the wealthy class through
marriage. Hassan returned to his family broken-hearted, wounded and
driven out of the police force. At the same time Hassanein was
summoned to the police station because his sister had been accused of
debauchery. Hassanein was in denial at first, but then knocked Nafisa
down, kicked dirt on her and finally goaded her into drowning herself
to eliminate the scandal after he was forced to acknowledge her guilt.
This is the confrontation depicted on the poster. Then when it was too
late he regretted her death, thought about his own life, saw his own
world in ruins and jumped into the Nile himself.
This film is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.
Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Farid Shawqi, Amina Rizk, Amal Zayed, Sanaa Gamil, Kamal Hussein, Salah Mansour, Omar Sharif, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Kamal Korayem, Naguib Mahfouz, Amina Rizk, Amal Farid, Hamed Morsi, Ahmed Shoukry, Souraya Fakhry, Mokhtar Hussein, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Moniem Ismail, Kamal Karim, Salah Ezzedine, Ahmed Shawqi, Kamel Abdel Salam
This is a picture of a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster
designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1963 Hassan Al Imam
108-minute color film Shafiqa the Copt [shafi'a al-'ebtia]
starring Hind Rostom as Shafiqa based on a story by Galil Al-Badrawy
with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Mustafa Samy and
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: This biographical
film portrays the life of Shafiqa the Copt, the most famous Egyptian
dancer of the early 20th century, with Hind Rostom in the role of
Shafiqa. Plot summary: Shafiqa was obliged to leave her only son in
the care of her mother, who had banished Shafiqa from the home in
deference to the demands of Shafiqa's conservative father. Although
Shafiqa had a vast fortune and some of her best friends were important
men in the government, the father did not permit her to see her son.
Aziz grew up, came into his prime and fell in love with Soad, the
daughter of Prime Minister Asad Pasha, who at the time was himself
Known as the greatest lover in his government. Shafiqa formed a
relationship with her son later. She invited him many times to her
home without telling him she was his mother or that she was a famous
dancer. In the presence of his daughter, Asad Pasha was indifferent
to Aziz when he asked for her hand, but in turn the minister was
indifferent to his wife because of Shafiqa's influence. He then
ordered Aziz imprisoned and abandoned the dancer. Shafiqa's maid
Bahia became the minister's consort after the theft of the assets of
her mistress. Soad abandoned the life of the world, entered a convent
and refused to marry Aziz after his escape from prison. Finally as
she was dying in his arms, Aziz realized Shafiqa was his mother.
Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Zizi El-Badrawy, Hassan Youssef, Fouad El-Mohandes, Hassan Al Imam, Amina Rizk, Hussein Riad, Fakher Fakher, Hamed Morsi, Gamal Ismail, Ibrahim Heshmat, Abdelhalim Nasr, Mohamed Mustafa Samy, Galil Al-Badrawy, Salwa Mahmoud, Abbas Rahmy, Mohammed Abaza, Sayed Darwish
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman
to promote the 1957 134-minute Ezzel Dine Zulficar black-and-white
film Port Said starring Farid Shawqi based on story and
screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar with dialogue by Aly Al-Zarkani and
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. This film is considered a
milestone in the career of its star Farid Shawqi, the breakthrough
where he was first recognized as a major Egyptian star and also the
point where the quality of his work began a long decline. Plot
summary: The film provides a nationalistic and patriotic view of the
1956 Tripartite Aggression in the Egyptian city of Port Said, with the
Egyptian resistance shown as unfailingly heroic, righteous and morally
victorious. It is populist war propaganda.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Leila Fawzi, Shukry Sarhan, Zahrat El-Ola, Amina Rizk, Hussein Riad, Seraj Munir, Ahmed Mazhar, Tewfik El Dekn, Zeinat Sedki, Rushdy Abaza, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Abdelhalim Nasr, Aly Al-Zarkany, Kamal Yasseen, Naima Wasfy, Kamal Hussein, Nour El-Demerdash, Adly Kasseb, Suleiman al-Guindy, Reyad El Kasabgy, Shafik Noureddin
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Samir A. Moneim of
Atelier Graphics House to promote the 1996 Mohamed Fadel film Naser
56 starring Ahmed Zaki based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Mahfouz Abdel Rahman with cinematography by Abdel Latif Fahmi, Essam
Farid and Ibrahim Saleh. Plot Summary: 1956 was the year when on 26
July Gamal Abdel Nasser [Ahmed Zaki] nationalized the Suez Canal,
followed by the Tripartite Invasion the same year, an unsuccessful
effort by England, France and Israel to take the canal back. This
historical drama carefully documents those events from the
perspective of President Gamal Abdel Nasser with emphasis and
attention given to his personal habits and family life and
some original newsreel footage from the era.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Zaki, Mohamed Fadel, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Hassan Hosny, Ahmed Maher, Hani Ramzy, Mahmoud El-Bezzawy, Tareq El-Desouki, Abdula Farghali, Ahmed Khali, Mamdouh Wafi, Hasan Kami, Amina Rizk, Mahfouz Abdel Rahman, Abdel Latif Fahmi, Essam Farid, Ibrahim Saleh, Mahfouz Abdel Rahman, Ahmed Khalil, Shaaban Hussein, Adel Hashem, Rushdi El Mehdi, Mokhles El Behiry
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad to promote
the 1961 Hassan Al Imam 134-minute black-and-white film Money and
Women [mal wa nisa'] starring Soad Hosny with screenplay by
Mohamed Osman, dialogue by Abdel Rahman Sherif and cinematography by
Abdel Aziz Fahmy. The film was produced by the Nihas Studio. Plot
summary: Shahata [Youssef Wahby] worked at a civil hospital known for
its good ethics. He crusaded against embezzlement at work and
therefore all the employees feared him and made sure anything
suspicious they did was not evident to him, while at the same time he
watched them closely. Shahata lived with his daughter Ne'mat [Soad
Hosny] and his wife [Amina Rizk]. A low-ranking employee named
Hussein [Salah Zulfikar] came to court Ne'mat but Shahata found himself in a bind
because he was unable to properly outfit his daughter. He asked the
company for an advance, but the office refused. A corrupt employee
offered to lend him some money in exchange for a security deposit, but
Shahata then discovered the employee had embezzled this money. The
employees plotted against Shahata. One of them set the hospital
treasury on fire on one of the nights of Ramadan. Shahata was burned
to death when he rushed in to salvage the contents.
Cast and crew: Amina Rizk, Hassan Al Imam, Soad Hosny, Salah Zulfikar, Youssef Wahby, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Mohamed Osman, Abdel Rahman Sherif, Fakher Fakher, Tewfik El Dekn, Nagwa Fouad, Neemat Moukhtar, Mohamed al-Dib, Salwa Mahmoud, Ragaa Hussein, Mohamed Sabin, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Hussein Ismail, Mohammad Shawqi, Awatef Youssra, Kamal al-Zeyni
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" Egyptian poster made by an unknown designer to
promote the 1957 Kamal El Sheikh film Love and the Death
Penalty [hob wa eedam] starring Imad Hamdi and Samira Ahmed based
on story and dialogue by Mohammad Kamel Hassan with cinematography by
Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: Samira [Samira Ahmed] prepared to
move to her marriage home, but she was short of funds and found
herself unable to finish the job. She asked her father Abdel Hamid
[Abbas Fares] for a loan one day while he was playing cards with his
mistress Soad [Aida Halal] and her brother Morsi [Mahmoud El-Meliguy].
Samira got into a debate with her father but in anger he said "you are
not my daughter." Samira left his home shouting "it is better for
someone like that to die!" Morsi heard her say this and got the idea
of killing the father and blaming the daughter. Morsi planned the
crime carefully and invited Samira to pay a quiet visit to her
father. Then he poisoned the father and put him to sleep. Samira
came in and left her fingerprints everywhere, leaving the corpse and
her handbag behind when she left. Samira was accused of the
murder. Her husband the attorney Magdi [Imad Hamdi] saw a newspaper
with bold headlines condemning Samira and tried to get her exonerated,
but was unable to to do so and she was sentenced to death at the
trial. In a happy ending, Samira was spared execution on the morning
she was scheduled to die because of a last-minute disclosure of the
real facts of the crime in surprise testimony by the murderer's
sister, Soad.
Cast and crew: Kamal El Sheikh, Samira Ahmed, Imad Hamdi, Amina Rizk, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Muhammad Kamel Hassan, Aida Hilal, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Adly Kasseb, Abbas Fares, Wedad Hamdy, Aziza Helmy, Hassan Hamed, Hussein Ismail, Fotouh Neshati, Hussein Qandil, Ahmed Shawqi, Abdel Qader al-Masiri, Al-Sayed al-Arabi, Nasreddin Mostafa, Abdel Moneim Seoudi
This 35" x 45" oversize Egyptian poster was designed by Studio Adly
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1961 Youssef Maalouf 114-minute
black-and-white film Dearest of the Beloved [aaz al-habaib]
starring Soad Hosny as Kawsar based on a story by Omar Gamii with
screenplay by Youssef Issa, Ibrahim Aboud and Henry Barakat;
cinematography was by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: A pensioner
named Ebrahim Effendi [Zaji Rostom] was the head of a family with a
number of grown children. He was forced to hide a satchel full of
narcotics on behalf of local coffee shop owner Khalifa Abdel Salam
[Hassan el Baroudi] who was also a smuggler to get some extra money to
cover his family expenses. When this was discovered by the police his
engineer son Mokhtar [Shukry Sarhan] took responsibility for it
himself to spare his mother Amina [Amina Rizk] the shock of seeing her
beloved husband go to prison. Mokhtar went to prison for five years
and the father died in sadness. When Mokhtar was released he was
unable to find a job in Egypt so he took a job in Kuwait for a few
years. The mother Amina continued living with her oldest son Abdulla
[Nour El-Demerdash] and his wife Lawahez [Sherifa Maher], but she had
to take a job as a maid in a hospital. Mokhtar returned looking for
his mother. Abdulla suffered a burn injury, then recognized his
mother working in the hospital while he was undergoing treatment. The
brothers went to the hospital to bring their mother back home.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Shukry Sarhan, Amina Rizk, Zaki Rostom, Sherifa Maher, Youssef Maalouf, Alvisy Orphanily, Omar Gamii, Youssef Esa, Henry Barakat, Soheir El-Barouni, Nour El-Demerdash, Hassan el Baroudi
This is an original Egyptian stone lithograph film poster by an
unknown designer for the 1948 El-Sayed Ziada 140-minute
black-and-white film Forbidden Happiness [al-sa'ada al-mahrama]
starring Amina Rizk (1910-2003) based on a story by Aly Al-Zarkany
with screenplay and dialogue by El-Sayed Ziada and cinematography by
Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: Amina and Fouad loved each other and
enjoyed their lives. They were watched enviously by the wealthy old
Tawfiq Bey, who wanted the girl for his own wife, hated the boy Amina
loved and was made miserable by their happiness together. The man
ordered one of his assistants to dispense with with the boy, brought
the girl to his home by force and married her. She submitted because
her beloved had disappeared and she did not know anything about what
had happened to him. The months went by and Amina gave birth to a son
by Fouad named Raouf, whom Tawfiq treated cruelly. Tawfiq died and
left a will providing that his wife would be not be allowed to inherit
his vast fortune if she married anyone after he was gone. The
miserable wife discovered that her beloved Fouad had been in hiding
and had escaped the attempt to kill him. She went back to him, they
became committed to their marriage and she turned her back on the
oppressive man's wealth.
