This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Seif and Wahid Fahmy
for the 1973 Atef Salem film Les Miserables based on the 1862
Victor Hugo novel of the same title using a screenplay by Rafiq
al-Saban and starring Farid Shawqi as Hamed Hamdan/Hassan al-Kashef.
Plot summary: Hamed Hamdan is a poor man sent to prison for stealing a
loaf of bread. He escapes, becomes rich and changes his name to
Hassan al-Kashef, but though he uses his wealth charitably to help
people in need, he is still subject to public disdain because the
people know his origins.
Cast and crew: Victor Hugo, Atef Salem, Youssef Wahby, Farid
Shawqi, Adel Adham, Laila Eloui, Mohsena Tewfik, Fardous Abdel Hamid,
Abdel Waress Assar, Rafiq al-Saban, Ahmed Bahgat, Abdel Moneim
Bahnassy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Mohammad
Abdel Aziz for the 1978 film Love Over a Volcano written and
directed by Hassan Al Imam and starring Naglaa Fathy as Ne'ma. Plot
summary: Hussein [Hussein Al Imam] stole all the money belonging to
his half brother Ahmed [Hussein Fahmy] so he could spend it on a dance
hall girl; then Ahmed married his blind neighbor Ne'ma.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Naglaa Fathy, Hussein Fahmy, Fardous
Abdel Hamid, Lebleba, Sa'eed Saleh, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Hassan Al
Imam, Mohamed Shawky, Shafik Galal, Ibrahim Saleh, Hussein Al Imam,
Mohamed El Dafrawy, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Badreia Abdel Gawad, Mokhtar
El Sayed, Mohammad Shawqi, Amir Kedwani, Abdel Wahab Khalil, El Sayed
Bedir
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
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Samir to promote
the 1983 Mohamed Khan 128-minute color film Street Player
[al-harif] starring Adel Imam based on a story by Mohamed Khan and
Bachir El Dik, screenplay and dialogue by Bachir El Dik and
cinematography by Said Sheimy. This early film by Mohamed Khan was
his only collaboration with actor Adel Imam. It is about a street
sockball player named Fares [Adel Imam], based on the life of a real
street player who was known as Barefoot Said. The film depicts his
relationship with his divorced wife [Fardous Abdel Hamid], his son
from that marriage and his employment situation in a shoe factory.
The sets are realistic and true to the times and social class of
Barefoot Said and his milieu. Plot Summary: Fares worked in a shoe
factory and lived alone in a rooftop room. He had separated from his
wife Dalal despite the love between them and their small son. He
tried unsuccessfully to restore their relationship. Rizq [Abdula
Farghali] bet on him when he competed in matches and won the lion's
share of the gambling proceeds, but gave little to Fares. His
neighbor on the roof committed murder and the police came to arrest
him. Fares was fired from his job because of negligence. His colleague Soad
tried to get close to him without success because he loved his
divorced wife. He met his old friend Shaaban who had acquired an auto
dealership; Shaaban agreed to work with Fares and gave him a Bijou
automobile. Fares returned to Dalal so they could do some errands
together and educate their son. He also played in a sockball
tournament.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Nagah El-Mogui, Salah Nazmi, Hamdi Al Wazir, Abdalla Mahmoud, Abdula Farghali, Zizi Mustafa, Adawi Gheith, Farouk Youssef, Walaa Farid, Hanem Mohamed, Sabri Abdel Moneim, Samiha Tawfik, Haitham Abdel Gawad, Abdullah Mahmoud, Ibrahim Qadry, Sayed Khattab, Sami Islamouni, Hosny Abdul Jalil, Enayat Al-Sayes, Samia Sami, Samir Rostom, Aly Youssef, Shukry Mansour and Hussein Arar.
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
