This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1985 Samir Seif
film The Indigent based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Wahid Hamed and starring Adel Imam as Arafa. Plot summary: Arafa is a
poor uneducated village laborer with no social graces who marries
Warda, [Elham Shaheen] a widow with a bad reputation. The village is
controlled by ruthless gangsters who do whatever they wish with
impunity because of government indifference. Arafa, who has no other
options or prospects, is drawn into their operations.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Elham Shaheen, Sa'eed Saleh, Salah Kabil,
Samir Seif, Wahid Hamed, Ibrahim Al Sharkawi, Hamdi Al Wazir, Umran
Bahar, Hussein El Sherbiny, Wedad Hamdy, Nagwa al-Mawgi, Wafik Fahmy,
Na'im Esa, Zizi Fared, Mustafa Gamaleddin, Wahid Farid
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by al-Khad for
the 1994 film Three on a Chopping Block AKA thalatha ala
maedet al-dam written and directed by Medhat El Sebaie and
starring Mahmoud Yassine as Chief Prosecutor Omar Adly. Plot summary:
In Port Said at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal, a wealthy
businessman named No'man al-Brins [Saeed Saleh] struck a small fishing
boat while sailing his yacht with his wife Susu [Elham Shaheen],
killing the two occupants of the fishing boat. His lawyer proved his
innocence despite testimony against him by some of the local
fishermen, but Chief Prosecutor Omar, who also happened to be a drug
smuggler, was undeterrred and resolved to get No'man dead or alive.
Cast and crew: Saeed Saleh, Mohamed Bakr, Mahmoud El Khouly, Medhat
El Sebaie, Elham Shaheen, Mahmoud Yassine, Mofeed Ashour, Tarek El
Nahry, Seif Abdelrahman, Othman Abdelmonem, Sayed Sadek, Mohamed Abdou
Hashesh, Zeyad Makok, George Saad, Ramses
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour for the 1985
Ahmed El-Sabawy film Ramadan over a Volcano based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim and starring Adel Imam as
Ramadan. Plot summary: Under pressure from the mother of his fiancee
[Elham Shaheen] Ramadan embezzled his company's payroll, knowing the
legal consequences. He turned himself in and went to prison, planning
to use the money to marry after his release. He hid the bag
containing the payroll, but it was stolen. When the police inspector
realized there was no money in the stash, he released Ramadan from
prison. Ramadan went after the gang and recovered the lost stash,
then turned himself in again.
Cast and crew: Ahmed El-Sabawy, Adel Imam, Sameer Ghanem, Elham
Shaheen, Naima Al Soghayar, Hassan Hussein, Wahid Seif, Zakaria
Mouafi, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Ezzat Abdul Jawad, Hosny Abdul Jalil, Sami
Sarhan, Naeem Issa, Umran Bahar, Hafez Amin, Sadiq Ameen, Sayed Allam
This is a 27.25" x 38.75" Egyptian poster designed by al-Khad for
the 1990 Mohamed Radi film Appointment with the President based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmad Al-Khatib and starring
Elham Shaheen as Magda Kamel. Plot summary: With bribery, a big
construction company was able to get a permit to demolish an entire
residential neighborhood and to build luxury apartment towers on the
site. A member of the People's Assembly (Magda Kamel) took up the
cause, but during one of her meetings with the president of the
republic while the People's Assembly was in session, corrupt officials
asked to meet with her in Aswan to see the documents proving the
corruption of the officials; they tried to spoil her case and get her
removed from office for stealing the documents. The train trip to
Aswan is where most of the action takes place; this is one of the
great Egyptian train movies, although the poster gives no hint of
that.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Radi, Ahmad Al-Khatib, Kamal Al-Shennawi,
Farouk Al-Fishawy, Elham Shaheen, El Sayed Radi, Said Abdel Ghani, Saad
Ardash, Ossama Abbas, Amal Ibrahim, Hanan Shawqi, Tareq Al-Nahri,
Fathia Qandil, Soheil Farahat
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour to promote the 1987 92-minute Mustafa Al Saiid color
film Thirsty [atshana] starring Elham Shaheen based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad al-Basusi with cinematograpy by
Mohamed Khalil. Plot summary: Samia [Elham Shaneen] married her
colleague Salah [Hesham Selim] and they lived together in Salah's home
with his parents. Salah worked in an attorney's office. Samia was
harassed by her mother-in-law Hosnia [Khayria Ahmed]. Samia worked at
a company owned by Moharram [Hussein El-Sherbini], a businessman, who
wanted her, adding to the problems Samia was having because of
Hosnia's harressment. Samia turned against Salah and demanded a
divorce, which he gave her. Moharram offered to marry Samia and she
agreed. Then she discovered Moharram's poor ethics, his relations
with numerous women and his use of narcotics. Hosnia regretted the way
she had treated Samia and asked her son Salah to bring her back.
Salah met with Samia without realizing she had married Moharram; he
learned about her difficult life with her husband. Salah started a law
firm, became successful and got his own apartment. Moharram died and
Samia inherited his wealth. Her friend Ezzat advised her to go back
to Salah. She initially rejected this because she was enjoying her
freedom, but she eventually changed her mind and went back to him.
Cast and crew: Mustafa Al Saiid, Elham Shaheen, Hesham Selim, Hussein El-Sherbini, Khayria Ahmed, Abu Lamaa, Nada, Mohamed Ahmed al-Masri, Wasila Hussein, Mona Darwish, Ezzat Sherif, Fatma Eid, Neda Mostafa, Aliah Hamed, Shafiq al-Shayeb, Bassam Ragab, Youssef Eid, Rashwan Mostafa, Matawei Eweis
