Wife of an Important Man زوجة رجل مهم (Ahmed Zaki) - (1987) Egyptian Film Poster

Wife of an Important Man (1987) - (Ahmed Zaki) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 26" x 38.5" Egyptian poster designed by Samir Abdel Moneim for the 1987 Mohammed Khan film Wife of an Important Man based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Raouf Tawfik and starring Ahmed Zaki as Hesham. Plot summary: The film tells the story of the rise and fall of Colonel Hesham Abol-Wafa, an Egyptian police officer during the Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat years (1962 - 1980). It received the Silver Award at the Damascus Film Festival in 1987 and was also shown in competition at the Moscow Film Festival in 1987. It was shown as well at the Montreal, Valencia, Tetouan, Digne, Istanbul and Nantes Film Festivals in 1987 and 1988.

Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Ahmed Zaki, Mervat Amin, Hassan Hosny, Zizi Mustafa, Nahed Samir, Mohsen Ahmed, Ali Al Ghandour, Khairy Beshara, Hafez Amin, Hassan Hosny, Abdel Halim Hafez, Nazim Shaarawy, Mohsen Ahmed, Othman Abdelmonem, Abdel Ghany Naser, Mahmoud al-Dardiri, Ahmed Moukhtar, Raouf Tawfik

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The Devil Preaches الشيطان يعظ Farid Shawqi 1981 Egyptian one-sheet

The Devil Preaches (1981) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the 1981 Ashraf Fahmy film The Devil Preaches based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Farid Shawqi as Al-Dinari. Plot summary: The dominant district thug Al-Dinari hired laundry worker Shata al-Hagari [Nour El-Sherif] to conduct surveillance on his fiancee Wedad [Nabila Ebeid]. Shata did not like this job but he liked Wedad and they decided to marry. After they were married Shata and Wedad lived under the protection of Al-Shebli, [Adel Adham] the dominant thug in the Al-Atouf district, who was hostile to Al-Dinari. Al-Shebli wanted Wedad and he raped her in front of Shata. He said his primary motivation for doing this was to get revenge against Al-Dinari. Shata returned with Wedad to his family, who knew what had happened to him. He asked Al-Dinari to set a time for him to meet Al-Shebli in a fight. Shata had advised staying away from his wife because she was about to have a baby but Al-Shebli had refused. Shata resolved to take revenge; when the fight took place Shata killed Al-Shebli, but he was then killed almost immediately by one of Al-Shebli's henchmen. Wedad had her baby the same day and decided to move to another place with her son. Al-Dinari was sad about what had happened despite the district celebration of his victory over his enemy.

Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Nour El-Sherif, Nabila Ebeid, Adel Adham, Naguib Mahfouz, Ashraf Fahmy, Karima Mokhtar, Hafez Amin, Tewfik El Dekn, Farouk Fathalla, Said Sheimy, Said Al-Shiemy, Ahmed Saleh

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Girls in the University بنات في الجامعة (Shukry Sarhan) - (1971) Egyptian one-sheet

Girls in the University (1971) - (Shukry Sarhan) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an Egyptian one-sheet designed by Walid Wahig for the 1971 Atef Salem film Girls in the University based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mahmoud Abo Zaid and starring Shukry Sarhan as Morad. Plot summary: The film tells a story about a group of men and women from different walks of life studying at an Egyptian university and their romances and friendships.

Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Mahmoud Fahmy, Shukry Sarhan, Soheir El-Morshidy, Nour El-Sherif, Nabila El Sayed, Hafez Amin, Zizi Mustafa, Atef Salem, Mahmoudd Abo Zaid, Momtaz Abaza, Nadia al-Kilani, Ahmed Abdel Halim, Tewfik El Dekn, Wafiq Fahmy, Alia Ali, Ibrahim Sakar

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Bird on the Road طائر على الطريق Ahmed Zaki 1981 Egyptian one-sheet

Bird on the Road (1981) - (Ahmed Zaki) Egyptian one-sheet

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

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Karakon in the Street كراكون في الشارع Adel Imam (1986) Lebanese one-sheet

Karakon in the Street (1986) - (Adel Imam) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 40" Lebanese poster derived from an Egyptian poster designed by al-Khad for the 1986 Ahmed Yehia film Karakon in the \ Street عراشلا يف نوكارك [karakon fil-share'] based on story and screenplay by Ahmad Al-Khatib and starring Adel Imam as Engineer Sherif al-Masri. This movie is an Egyptian story about building and occupying a tiny house in Cairo. Plot summary: Engineer Sherif, his wife Soad [Youssra] the teacher, their daughter Sara, their son Hani and his mother [Naima El Saghira] were living in a shelter after the destruction of their home. Because of the inhumane conditions in the shelter they took refuge in a barn, but were surprised to find Abou Douma [Ali El Cherif] living there. The public prosecutor ordered them to partition the barn. Sherif made a mobile dwelling out of wood and started living in it despite the many problems. Inspired by Sherif a number of people began building their own mobile homes. Some of them moved into the desert with them.

Cast and crew: Ahmed Yehia, Ahmad Al-Khatib, Adel Imam, Youssra, Hafez Amin, Umran Bahar, Yousseff Daoud, Aly El Cherif, Diaa El-Merghani, Naima El Saghira

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Shame on You Lulu Shame on You عيب يا لولو .. يا لولو عيب Nelly 1978 Egyptian one-sheet

(1978) - (Adel Imam) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Al-Khad and Moaty for the 1978 film Shame on You Lulu Shame on You written and directed by Said Tantawi with screenplay and dialogue by Wasfy Darwish and starring Nelly as Lulu. Plot summary: After marrying her for love, Lulu's husband put restraints on her free time even though she had done nothing wrong. In anger, Lulu left Alexandria for Cairo and made an unsuccessful attempt to find an apartment. She met a taxi driver named Salama, [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] who realized she had no place to live and allowed her to use his spare room. She did not tell him she was married. One of Salama's friends named Kamel [Ezzat El Alaili] took a liking to Lulu. Salama noticed this and suggested that he tell her about his feelings. Salama's friend Shahab [Adel Imam] also had strong feelings for Lulu, which were not reciprocated. Everyone was looking for Lulu in Alexandria; when her husband found out she was in Cairo he and his brothers went looking for her. When he discovered she was living in a man's house he divorced her.

Cast and crew: Said Tantawi, Nelly, Ezzat El Alaili, Adel Imam, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Sami Kamel, Nazim Shaarawy, Hassan Abedin, Aziza Helmy, Mohammad Shawqi, Samia Al-Alfy, Hafez Amin, Aliya Ali, Mahmoud Masoud, Mona Abdullah, Seyed Ibrahim, Nader Noureddin, Essam Farid, Hassan Abrin, Sally

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Ruffians [الاوغاد] (Farouk Al-Fichawi) - (1985)

Ruffians (1985) - (Farouk Al-Fichawi) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1985 95-minute Ahmed Al-Nehas color film Ruffians [al-awghad] starring Farouk Al-Fichawy based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Al-Nehas with cinematography by Mohamed Taher. Plot summary: Mahmoud [Farouk Al-Fichawy] is a taxi driver married to Hosnia [Bussy]. They have a happy life together, but Mahmoud is accused of hitting a boy named Medhat [Wael Nour] and stealing 20000 pounds from him. Mahmoud goes to see Medhat at the hospital to persuade him to tell the truth, but he fails. He gets into his taxi with some of Medhat's friends and the taxi crashes and catches fire in a remote location while Mahmoud is trying to get confessions from them. Mahmoud hides in graveyards and disguises himself. He goes to the hospital to get the names of the boys from Medhat, who dies while struggling with him. While Mahmoud is chasing one of the offenders, the offender falls from a balcony before making a confession. A police inspector named Kamal [Mohi Ismail] chases him as he is following another collaborator named Mostafa [Abdalla Mahmoud], and catches both of them. Thus Mostafa had lost the 20000 pounds among strangers and colluded with his friends in accusing Mahmoud, fearing his father's punishment.

Cast and crew: Ahmed Al-Nehas, Mohi Ismail, Ahmed Bedir, Abdalla Mahmoud, Ahmad Salama, Wael Nour, Ahmed Khalil, Hafez Amin, Ahmad Hegazi, Bussy, Farouk Al-Fichawi, Awatef Youssef, Youssef Fawzi, Nagwa al-Mawgi, Mona Darwish, Mohamed Taher

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The Mawardy Cafe قهوة المواردي (Farid Shawqi) - (1982) Egyptian one-sheet

The Mawardy Cafe (1982) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy to promote the 1982 124-minute Hisham Abu El-Nasr color film The Mawardy Cafe ['ahwet al-mawardy] starring Farid Shawqi based on a story by Ahmed Galal with screenplay and dialogue by Mohsen Zayed and cinematography by Abdel Moneim Bahnassy. Plot summary: Hassanein Abu Sena [Youssef Chaban] got out of prison after killing one of the residents of his building. Fear overtook the people in his neighborhood because of his domination. Abu Sena persuaded some of the people to leave their apartments in his building in exchange for money and he converted those units into commercial shops and import-export offices. Abu Sena convinced Ghabasha [Hassan Hosny] to rent a furnished apartment to a wealthy Arab named Redwan. A journalist named Ahmad [Farouk Al-Fichawi] recorded the changes that had been happening in the neighborhood but his editor refused to publish his articles. Safrut [Abdel Salam Mohamed] liked Farawla [Nabila Ebeid] but she rejected him. He therefore quit his job working in the coffee house owned by her father al-Mawardy [Farid Shawqi] and left the neighborhood. Al-Mawardy married his mistress Ragaa after having problems with Abu Sena. Ghabasha pressured his niece Warda [Maha Osman] to marry Redwan, but on the wedding day she fled to Alexandria. She also liked her neighbor the student Mamdouh [Farid Mahmoud], but he had no feelings for her. Safrut returned to the neighborhood after becoming wealthy. Abu Sena and Safrut made an agreement with Ghabasha to kill Ahmad on the night of his marriage to Farawla. Al-Mawardy divored his wife Ragaa. Ahmad's friend Shabaan [Mamdouh Abd El Aleem] collected his articles about the neighborhood and published them in a book of memories. When Mamdouh read what Ahmed had written about him he recognized his mistake and went back to Warda in Alexandria. The two of them married in a celebration in the neighborhood. Abu Sena died at the hands of unknown murderers.

Cast and crew: Hisham Abu El-Nasr, Farid Shawqi, Nabila Ebeid, Mohsen Zayed, Ahmed Galal, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Alim Abdel Monem, Alia Abdel Monem, Farouk Al-Fichawi, Hafez Amin, Youssef Chaban, Naima El Soghayar, Hassan Hosny, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Ibrahim Nasr, Maha Osman, Nadia Zaghloul, Abdel Moneim Bahnassy, Mahmoud Amer, Qadria Kamel, Nader Fathollah, Farid Mahmoud

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Ayyoub ایوب Omar Sharif 1983 Egyptian one-sheet

Ayyoub (1983) - (Omar Sharif) Egyptian one-sheet

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.

Cast and crew: Hany Lasheen, Naguib Mahfouz, Athar El-Hakim, Fouad El-Mohandes, Omar Sharif, Madiha Yousri, Abdel Moneim Bahnassy, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mustafa Fahmy, Sameh El-Sereety, Osama Abas, Leila Fahmi, Hafez Amin, Mohsen Zayed, Mohamed Abu Daoud, Maraya Khouri, Marwan Labib, Soheir Sabri, Karwal Abriku, Samia Sassi, Reshwan Mostafa, Sadeq Amin, Abu Fatouh Emara, Hassan Al-Anwar

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