This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Azem for the
1987 Samir Seif film The Tiger and the Female AKA al-nimr
wal-onsa based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ibrahim
al-Mawgi and starring Adel Imam as Waheed. Plot summary: Waheed, a
narcotics officer, gets help from Naeema [Athar El-Hakim] and her
young son Tamer [Maher Essam] so he can infiltrate a family of drug
dealers.
Cast and crew: Samir Seif, Essam Farid, Azem, Adel Imam, Athar
El-Hakim, Anwar ismail, Ahmed Akl, Ibrahim Al Sharkawi, Youseff Daoud,
Maher Essam, Mustafa Metwalli, Sayed Sadek, Youssef Eid, Rafat Ragi,
Aida Abdel Aziz, Hanem Mohamed, Ibrahim al-Mawgi
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet designed by Amal and printed by
Gasour for the 1981 Mohamed Khan film Bird on the Road based on
a story by Mohamed Khan with story, screenplay and dialogue by Bachir
El Dik and starring Ahmed Zaki as Fares. Plot Summary: This is one of
several Mohammed Khan road films, where most of the action follows a
journey motif. The bird on the road in this film is the taxi driver
Fares, who apparently has no home other than his car and spends his
days driving passengers between Alexandria and Cairo. As the film
opens Fares awakens in the morning after spending the night in his
white station wagon taxi parked on a beach near Alexandria. He is
then shown breakfasting at a cafe and listening to a morning radio
broadcast as he prepares to begin a workday. Fares is innocently in
love with a tomboy named Esmat, [Athar El-Hakim] who works at a
ready-to-wear clothing store. He sees her on the street shortly after
driving to Cairo. Ismail, [Amin El-Heinedy] the personal driver for
the wealthy Gad, [Farid Shawqi] asks Fares to drive the old man's car
because he is feeling exhausted. Fares meets Fawzia, [Fardous Abdel
Hamid] when he is driving her and her husband Gad to the farm he owns
in Fayad. Fares knew Fawzia had been suffering from her life with
Gad, whom she had married because of threats from her father. Fares
and Fawzia fall in love. Esmat marries someone else after she sees
Fares's relationship with Fawzia. Fawzia agrees to marry Fares, even
though Gad had refused to grant her a divorce. When Gad learns from
his mother [Mimi Shakeeb] that his wife is pregnant he knows she has
betrayed him. Fares calls Fawzia and senses she is in danger. Gad
shoots at Fawzia with a shotgun as she is running from the farmbut
misses, and she escapes. Fares hurries in his taxi to save Fawzia in
Fayad, but is killed in a traffic accident on the way and never
reaches her.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Farid Shawqi,
Ahmed Zaki, Athar El-Hakim, Mimi Shakeeb, Amin El-Heinedy, Said Shimi,
Bachir El Dik, Hafez Amin
This film was directed by Hany Lasheen, screenplay and dialogue by
Mohsen Sayed and cinematography by Abdel Moneim Bahnassy; it is based
on a story by Naguib Mahfouz. The poster was designed by Sami.
Plot Summary: Abdelhamid Al-Sokkari was a successful businessman. He
returned from abroad after signing contracts for a huge project, but
because of his many responsibilities and his increased anxiety he was
stricken with paralysis. He returned in a wheelchair after his
treatement failed. His son took over the company operations and his
wife used his ideas with friends and at gatherings. His daughter
Nabila was a medical student in love with Engineer Hamed. Her father
had agreed to her engagement to him despite their social differences.
Abdelhamid met Dr. Galal, a friend from his youth when they had been
heroes of the national movement. This filled his life, made it
meaningful and got him out of his state of depression. He welcomed
life with a new personality. He decided to write his memoirs
including the truth and the names of those who participated with him
in suspicous operations until he acquired what wealth he had. The
memoirs would open the sun and moon for him and deliver the news to
his partners. He asked his friends to help him publish the book. His
partners tried without success to prevent him publishing the book;
then they shot him while he was on his way to the publisher.
