This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1973 Houssam El-Din Mustafa
film Devils on Vacation based on story screenplay and dialogue
by Adly El-Mowaled and starring Mohamed Awad as Hamada. Plot summary:
While Hamada was in the Abu Qir Mediterranean resort area Awad
[Ghassan Mattar] hid some valuable diamonds in his camera. Hamada did
not realize this because he was too busy enjoying himself with his
friends Galal [Hassan Youssef] and Salah [Youssef Fakhr Eddine].
Awad's gang was pursuing them to get the diamonds; the police were
also monitoring the situation waiting for the right time to get
involved.
Cast and crew: Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Ibrahim Saleh, Adly
El-Mowaled, Mohamed Awad, Hassan Youssef, Youssef Fakhr Eddine, Soheir
Ramzy, Lebleba, Ghassan Mattar, Kanaan Wasfy, Tewfik El Dekn, Ahmed
Abaza
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the
1986 Said Tantawi film My Daughter and the Jackal based on
screenplay and dialogue by Mahmoud Abouzayd and Sabry Ezzat and
starring Shams El-Barudy as Azhar. Plot summary: Azhar suffered
because of the actions of her rebellious son. On the other hand
Mostafa [Hassan Youssef] had an unspoken love for her. Youssef [Nour
El-Sherif] also courted her. Azhar did not reveal her secret and
simply observed the situation at a mansion belonging to her aunt
[Naima Wasfy]. She discovered that Mostafa was working there and was
planning to court her. She also rebuffed his attentions.
Cast and crew: Said Tantawi, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim,
Shams El-Barudy, Nour El-Sherif, Hassan Youssef, Mahmoud El-Meliguy,
Said Tantawi, Safia El Emari, Amira, Mohammed Tawfik, Naima Wasfy,
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Rahim Abu Aouf, Mahmoud
Abouzayd, Sabry Ezzat
Pictured is an original 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet movie poster
designed to promote the 1961 153-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white
film There is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragol] starring
Omar Sharif based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus with screenplay by
Youssef Issa and Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Issa and
cinematography by Hesham Wadid Serri. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Omar
Sharif] assassinates the prime minister who has been collaborating
with the imperialists, then asks his friend Mohey [Hassan Youssef] to
hide him. Mohey's father does not welcome the fugitive, but his
sisters are happy to help Ibrahim contact his political friends.
Ibrahim eventually rejoins the rebellion in Egypt and is killed in an
attack on a British base. This film is on film critic Ahmad
Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.
Cast and crew: Zubaida Tharwat, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus,
Rushdy Abaza, Omar Sharif, Zahrat El-Ola, Hassan Youssef, Tewfik El
Dekn, Hesham Wadid Serri, Hussein Riad, Nahed Samir, Abdel Khalek
Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Abdel Moneim Bassioni
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Fawzi and Studio Adly for the
1965 El-Sayed Ziada film In the Name of Love based on a story
by Hassan Hamed, screenplay and dialogue by Fayek Ismail and starring
Lobna Abdel Aziz as Laila. Plot summary: Laila went with her sick
mother to live in a building owned by Abdel Ghaffar [Yehia Chahine]
and his son Ahmed [Hassan Youssef]. Ahmed fell in love with Laila but
the father refused to allow the relationship because he thought Laila
loved him. Abdel Ghaffar accordingly proposed to Laila through her
brother; the brother agreed to let her marry him because he wanted the
old man's money.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1972 Houssam El-Din
Mustafa crime comedy Devils of the Sea based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid and starring Shukry
Sarhan. Plot summary: In the city of Alexandria Hamada, [Mohamed Awad]
Salah [Youssef Fakhr Eddine] and Hassan [Hassan Youssef] were brought
together by friendship and locale. The three of them were trying to
get into a relationship with some men dealing in contraband. One day
they stole Haroun's [Ahmed Louxor] automobile, fled in it and were
chased by the police. The three friends went to a recruiting office
and joined the navy. At the same time Salah's sister Samia [Nelly]
went to work for Haroun as his secretary; she was also helping Adel,
[Shukry Sarhan] an undercover detective, in his effort to trap
Haroun's gang.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Kamal Al-Shennawi (1918-2011) for
the 1973 Helmy Rafla film Women of the Night AKA nesa'
al-layl based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Abdel
Wahab and Faisal Nada and starring Kamal Al-Shennawy as Ahmed
Hamdy. Plot summary: Ahmed Hamdy chose a nightclub singer and dancer
named Zeinab [Nahed Sherif] to model for one of his paintings. He was
trying to convey a sense of loss in the portrait, which he was
planning to enter in a contest at a government festival. In frequent
visits to Ahmed's studio Zeinab came to understand his various
feelings, the most important of which was his love for her. Ahmed's
painting won a big prize at the government festival and he became
famous. When he went back to Cairo, Yousria [Nelly] tried to see him
because she wanted him to marry her, but even though she needed him
desperately he could not stand her.
Cast and crew: Hassan Youssef, Nelly, Nahed Sherif, Helmy
Rafla, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Wedad Hamdy, Ghassan Mattar, Aziza Helmy,
Ibrahim Saafan, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, Faisal Nada, Kawsar Ramzi, Mokhtar
El Sayed, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Hamdy Youssef
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 designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1966 Atef Salem film Khan
al-Khalili based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Samira
Ahmed as Nawal. Plot Summary: The Akef family moved to Khan
al-Khalili. They were the parents, the big brother Ahmed Akef [Imad
Hamdi] who was over 40 and the little brother Rushdy [Hassan Youssef]
who was completing his studies. A variety of personality types lived
in Khan al-Khalili such as the teacher Nunu who lived his life with no
tomorrow and ran sentences together when he spoke. In the midst of
the air raids during World War II the people in the neighborhood took
refuge in the air raid shelter. Ahmed loved his good-looking neighbor
Nawal [Samira Ahmed] and tried to get close to her. His mother talked
about his feelings for her. He felt he had hopes. When Nawal fell in
love with Rushdy, met him and went for a walk with him Rushdy went
through a crisis within and came down with tuberculosis. He thought
of Ahmad and the sacrifice of his love for Nawal. Ahmad began to get
involved with the Khan al-Khalil society and had an encounter with the
teacher Nunu's nihilism. Rushdy's illness worsened and he died.
Nawal was stricken by Rushdy's death and the family decided to move
from Khan al-Khalili to another area.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Atef Salem, Samira Ahmed, Imad
Hamdi, Hassan Youssef, Taheya Cariocca, Abdel Waress Assar, Mohamed
Reda, George Sidhum, Tewfik El Dekn, Amal Zayed, Abdel Khalek Saleh,
Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Mustafa Samy
The poster pictured is a 27" x 39" stone lithograph showing the title
of the film as the name of the protagonist Hamida (played by Shadia).
The film is based on the 1947 novel zoqaq al-midaq by Naguib
Mahfouz. Plot Summary: People of various nationalities and trades
lived in Midaq Alley. This story is about Hamida and Hassan when he
was treating her like a sister, but had no influence with her. Hamida
was trying to leave poor Midaq and rise to a better life . Hamida was
able to leave Midaq and work at the English prison in Abbasia where
she met some of the English soldiers and supplied them with narcotics
obtained in Midaq. Her mother could not control her. Abbas the
barber was able to attract Hamida's attention for he loved her and
wanted to marry her. She neither accepted nor refused but she was
hoping for better. Abbas decided to go to the prison to get money. He
went with Uncle Kamel the pastry seller to ask for Hamida's hand. She
agreed to marry him after he returned. However Sayed Atwan the big
merchant in Midaq wanted to marry Hamida too, even though he was
already married. Hamida's mother refused to allow this even though
Hamida was agreeable. However Sayed Atwan took a fall on the street
and died of a heart attack a few days later. Ibrahim Farahat, who was
running for Parliament, appeared in the neighborhood with Farag.
Farag had succeeded in getting Hamida to go with him to the cinema.
He then took her to his sumptious apartment where he tried to kiss
her, but she ran away. The next day Hamida went to Farag without
returning to Midaq, Farad turned his apartment into a dance school and
nicknamed Hamida Titi. Abbas returned from vacation and did not find
Hamida. Hussein quarreled with his father the old teacher who owned a
coffee shop in Midaq and was planning to leave the neighborhood. The
end of the war was announced, which embittered Farag. A drunken
English soldier shot at Titi. She grabbed the gun, shot at Farag and
he died. Abbas happened to be at the bar and he carried Hamida when
she died at Midaq.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chaban, Naguib Mahfouz, Hassan Al Imam, Salah Kabil, Hassan Youssef, Abdel Waress Assar, Aly Hassan, Adly Kasseb, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Hassan el Baroudi, Aqila Ratib, Tewfik El Dekn, Souraya Helmy, Mohamed Reda, Choukoukou, Shadia, Samia Gamal, Hussein Riad
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Khalil and Wahib Fahmy
to promote the 1966 Fatin Abdel Wahab film Apple of their Eye.
Plot summary: Galila was a young girl who lived with her mother's
husband. He was always making her steal from the customers at a
tavern he managed, where her sister was a dancer. Galila decided to
stop stealing. One night she fled the tavern and went to a distant
village. She turned up at the home of Youssef Bey who had taken her in
to work in his home. Galila's presence soon caused many problems for
she was a beautiful girl who attracted the attention of both the
father Youssef and the son Hassan, who worked as a veterinarian, as
well as Shaaban the school superintendent who tried to rape her. They
all wanted to get close to Galila. Shaaban discoverd the truth about
Galila and she found herself surrounded by harsh language. The father
and the son fell in love with her. Galila decided to leave the farm.
Hassan was hurt. Galila returned to her mother's husband leaving an
open question at the end of the film: would she marry Hassan or not?
Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Yehia Chahine, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Hassan Youssef, Salah Mansour, Naima Wasfy, Nahed Sabri, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Malek El Gamal, Ismail Al-Qadi, Fathi Zeki, Hassan Hussein, Fahmy Aman, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Al-Shami
Pictured are two original year Egyptian posters designed by
Mohamed Abdel Aziz to promote the 1964 Ahmed Diaeddin 109-minute color
film The Mountain Singer [shadiet al-gabal] starring Farid
Shawqi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Diaeddin with
cinematography by Ibrahim Adel. Plot summary: The journalist Monir
[Farid Shawqi] and his photographer colleague Hassan [Hassan Youssef]
are driving through Lebanon in a jeep to the mountain camp of the
Nazaria Bedouin tribe to contact a mysterious highway robber named
al-Daba'a [Mahmoud El-Meliguy], the leader of a criminal gang. The
gang runs away from them leaving behind an injured Bedouin girl named
Rabia [Rabia Ezzedine], the daughter of Sheik Ibrahim; they know her
sister Laila [Berlanty Abdel Hamid] has been kidnapped by the gang and
is being held for ransom. They drive to the gang's ancient stone
fortress, pose as lost travelers and cleverly sneak Laila out while
staying with al-Daba'a as his guests. On their way back to the
Bedouin camp they get into gunfights and fistfights with the men
al-Daba'a has sent in pursuit; fortunately the two heroic journalists
turn out to be deadly marksmen and invincible boxers and al-Daba'a's
armed horsemen are no match for them. When they bring Laila back the
sheikh thanks them; they tell him they want to marry his two
daughters. Rabia has already been promised in marriage to her cousin
Nasir [Nasir Qortobawy] but she will have none of this because she has
fallen in love with Monir. The music, dance and dress in this film
are all Lebanese.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Mahmud El-Meliguy, Ahmed Diaeddin, Ibrahim Adel, Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Hassan Youssef, Rabia Ezzedine, Nagwa Fouad, Tewfik El Dekn, Hussein Riad, Nasir Qortobawy, Ibrahim Adel
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Aziz and
Abdel Fathy to promote the 1973 101-minute Helmy Rafla color film The
Sound of Love starring Warda al-Gezaeriyah based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowaled and with cinematography by
Ibrahim Saleh. Plot summary: This is a simple romantic musical. It
begins with idylic scenes of the betrothed couple strolling in a
luxury hotel setting and takes an ominous tone when the bride-to-be
reads a note to her fiancee from his father, instructing him to stay
away from her. Dr. Mohsen [Hassan Youssef] loves his nurse Mona [Warda
al-Gezaeriya] and wants to marry her but his father Dr. Shakur [Imad
Hamdy] objects because he does not want his son to marry a nurse.
Mona goes to Dr. Shakur's palatial estate to work as his private nurse
and begins working with him as much as possible; he soon finds he is
unable to do without her and depends on her. This convinces him she
is a worthy wife for his son. While working for Dr. Shakur, Mona
channels Warda and sings a few heavily orchestrated songs while
strolling about the grounds, which also seems to impress the good
Dr. Shakur along with the other members of his impressionable
household.
Cast and crew: Hassan Youssef, Warda al-Gazaeriya, Helmy Rafla, Imad Hamdi, Mohammed El Arabi, Sa'eed Saleh, Hassan Mustafa, Ashraf Abdel Ghafour, Hayat Kandeel, Aziza Rashed, Hussein Assar, Ragaa Sadeq, Nawal Fahmy, Adly El-Mowaled
Pictured is a first printing of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed
by Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1964 90-minute Houssam El-Din
Mustafa black-and-white film The Three Devils [al-shayatin
al-thalatha] starring Rushdy Abaza based on a story idea from Lucien
Lambert with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Kamel Abdel Salam and
Behgat Kamar and cinematography by Adel Abdel Azim. Plot summary:
Prisoners are breaking up rocks at Abu Zaabal Prison. Saadawi [Rushdy
Abaza] is serving time for murder, Fatouh Madaan [Hassan Youssef] for
selling narcotics and Azab [Ahmed Ramzy] for fighting with a fish
merchant. When their sentences are served, before release they swear
to live peaceful lives, especially Azab, who loves Zeinab [Nawal Abdul
Fotouh] and plans to marry her after telling her family he will be
taking a trip abroad. Azab asks the fish merchant Abdel Razeq [Abdel
Alim Khattab] to return to him his automobile, which he has left with
him while in prison. Abdel Razeq refuses and he and his men beat up
Azab. The three friends meet Hamdia [Berlanty Abdel Hamid], a woman
who owns a fishing boat in Suez. Like the other fishermen, she
suffers from the domination of Abdel Razeq, who has a monopoly on the
shipping of fish to Cairo. The three friends try to establish an
understanding with him but the only language he understands is the
language of force and violence. They work with Hamdia and Shalabi,
Zeinab's father, buy a new truck for transporting the fish and begin a
freelance business doing this. Abdel Razeq and his men burn the truck
but Saadawy has insured it so he buys another one. Abdel Razeq and
his men then stash narcotics in the fish the three men are shipping to
Cairo thinking they belong to Hamdia. Meanwhile the police have been
watching Abdel Razeq's gang while they are taking the narcotics to
shore using Hamdia's boat. After a big fight they arrest Abdel Razeq
and his men.
Cast and crew: Rushdy Abaza, Ahmad Ramzy, Hassan Youssef, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Behgat Kamar, Mohamed Kamel Abdel Salam, Lucien Lambert, Nawal Abdul Foutouh, Abdel Alim Khattab, Nasr Seif, Mohamed Sabih, Hussein Ismail, Mohamed al-Tukhi
Pictured is a 32" x 42" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly to
promote the 1961 153-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white
film There is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragol] starring
Omar Sharif based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus with screenplay by
Youssef Issa and Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Issa and
cinematography by Hesham Wadid Serri. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Omar
Sharif] assassinates the prime minister who has been collaborating
with the imperialists, then asks his friend Mohey [Hassan Youssef] to
hide him. Mohey's father does not welcome the fugitive, but his
sisters are happy to help Ibrahim contact his political friends.
Ibrahim eventually escapes, rejoins the rebellion in Egypt and is
killed in an attack on a British base.
This film is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.
Cast and crew: Zubaida Tharwat, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Youssef Issa, Rushdy Abaza, Omar Sharif, Zahrat El-Ola, Hassan Youssef, Tewfik El Dekn, Hesham Wadid Serri, Hussein Riad, Nahed Samir, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Khalil Badreddine, Zaki Abel Magid, Sherif Hamdya
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease poster designed to promote the
1969 123-minute Salah Abouseif color film Some Suffering [Shay
min al-azab] starring Soad Hosny based on a story by Ahmed Ragab with
screenplay by Naguib Mahfouz and Youssef Francis and cinematography by
Ibrahim Shamat. Plot summary: Elham [Soad Hosny] fled from her
mother's husband after he tried to rape her and she had beaten and
killed him with an umbrella in self-defense. She took refuge at a
villa in Sidi Abdel Rahman at the studio of the artist Ahmed Khaled
[Yehia Chahine]. She introduced herself to him as Salwa, claiming she
had been on a school trip and lost the way. He tried to drive her out
but she pleaded that she would stay with him one night only and he
accepted. In the morning Sherif the artist [Hassan Youssef] appeared,
who was surprised to see this girl. She claimed falsely that she was
Ahmed Khaled's niece and had been living in Khartoum. She asked him
to help her stay and not travel. Salwa had Sherif make a statue of
her so she would have to stay in the villa until it was finished.
While Sherif was making the statue he began to love her but Salwa
deeply loved Ahmed. Sherif went to his boss to ask for Salwa's hand.
Ahmed was astonished, began to be concerned about Salwa and asked her
to leave the house. Salwa felt she had failed in her love with Ahmed
and tried to commit suicide by drowning herself in the sea. Ahmed
asked Sherif to save her and admitted the truth to him. Sherif
insisted on his love for Salwa. Ahmed felt the difference in age
between himself and Salwa and could not continue with this love. He
left her a letter of apology, left the house and took refuge with his
friend the musician Hussein Shukry [Abdel Moneim Madbouly], who
believed the age difference makes no difference to an artist and that
an artist's love cannot be measured. Sherif saw Salwa's picture in
magazines. She had confessed, surrendered, gone to trial and been
found innocent on grounds of self-defense. The artist Ahmed Khaled
left her life and returned with Sherif to make a new life.
Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Naguib Mahfouz, Soad Hosny, Hassan Youssef, Yehia Chahine, Ibrahim Shamat, Ahmed Ragab, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, nmsp, Farouk Ibrahim, Youssef Francis, Mohamed al-Dib, Fathy Youssef
Pictured is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Stamatis Vassiliou and Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1962 Hassan Al Imam 146-minute
black-and-white film Sins [al-khataya] starring Abdel Halim
Hafez based on a story by Mohamed Osman with screenplay and dialogue
by Mohamed Moustapha Sami and Mohamed Osman and with cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: This film depicts a family conflict over
which of its two sons Hussein [Abdel Halim Hafez] or Ahmed [Hassan
Youssef] should marry Soheir [Nadia Lutfi], even though Soheir and
Hussein have decided they want to marry. The father [Mahmoud
El-Meliguy] does not want to give his blessing because he does not
believe Hussein is actually his son; he tries to drive Hussein out of
the family after he and Ahmed have been raised as brothers, which
proves to be an impossibility. The film showcases the singing of
Abdel Halim Hafez.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, Hassan Youssef, Fakher Fakher, Imad Hamdi, Hassan Al Imam, Wahid Farid, Madiha Yousri, Mohamed Osman, Galal Issa, Zein El-Ashmawy, Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Kamal Hussein, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Fifi Youssef
Pictured is an Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy and Mohammad
Abdel Aziz to promote the 1969 Mahmoud Zulfikar 103-minute
black-and-white film Showgirl [fatat al-isterad] starring Soad
Hosny based on the 1960 George Cukor film Let's Make Love with
screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Abu Youssef and cinematography by
Wadid Serri. Plot summary: A dance troupe rented a theater so they
could mount a confrontation in the press with the wealthy Ahmed Eloui
[Hassan Youssef]. Fahmy [Adel Imam], his director of executive
affairs, told him about it and they went together to attend one of the
troupe's rehearsals. Ahmed invited the troupe's star Faeza [Soad
Hosny] to dinner and he became known to her as Ahmed Al-Eshmawy
because he did not want her to know his real name. However as the
story developed Ahmed fell in love with Faeza, told her his real name
and asked her to marry him.
Cast and crew: Hesham Wadid Serri, Hassan Afifi, Soad Hosny, Hassan Youssef, Adel Imam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Wadid Serri, Mohamed Abu Youssef, George Cukor, Hussein Ismail, El Sayed Radi, Fifi Youssef, Alia Abdel Moneim, Mimi Gamal, Kamel Anwar, Zakarai Mouafi, Hamed Morsi
