This is a 39" x 53" two-piece Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1970 Houssam El-Din Mustafa
film Duel at Alamein AKA Al-Ashrar written by Houssam
El-Din Mustafa and Faisal Nada and starring Rushdy Abaza as Khaled.
Plot summary: In Egypt's northern Sahara at Alamein, the site of a
major World War II battle between the allied and axis powers, a small
gang of smugglers is transporting a large sum in stolen US dollars to
an American client. As they do this, tourists looking at graves and
broken war machinery are woven into the narrative while romance, greed
and betrayal appear among the smugglers to keep the story on edge.
Cast and crew: Faisal Nada, Aly Kheiralla, Abdel Khalek Saleh,
Nahed Sherif, Rushdy Abaza, Adel Adham, Ibrahim Khan, Houssam El-Din
Mustafa, Salah Nazmi, Aly Kheiralla, Amira
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1969 89-minute Houssam El-Din Mustafa black-and-white
film Son of Satan [ibn al-shaytan] starring Farid Shawqi based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid with
cinematography by Victor Antoun. Plot summary: The son of Satan was a
disguised criminal whose primary aim in life was to kill all the men
who had married again after leaving their wives and children. This
was his way of getting revenge against his own father for remarrying.
There was a local lunatic who called himself the son of Satan [Tewfiq
El Dekn], but there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing against
him. The owner of a public place named Atris [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]
refused to hold any weddings in the village fearing the son of Satan
would take revenge. The police sergeant Morsi [Farid Shawqi], who
tried to keep the peace, gave him assurances. Morsi's brother
[Ibrahim Khan] came to the village and was kidnapped by the son of
Satan. He was saved by Saidia [Naglaa Fathy] who lived with her
mother at the home of the son of Satan; she then fled for her life.
The Son of Satan chased her everywhere. After a long bloody struggle
between the son of Satan, Sergeant Morsi and his brother Ibrahim, they
discovered that the real son of Satan was actually Atris, the owner of
the public place. He was killed in the struggle and then life
continued calmly in the village.
Cast and crew: Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Tewfik El Dekn, Naglaa Fathy, Ibrahim Khan, Neemet Moukhatar, Nimat Mukhtar, Adly El-Mowalid, Victor Antoun, Al-Tukhi Tewfiq, Ahmed Morsi, Alia Abdel Moneim, Ahmed Abuebia, Samir Walieddin, Qadria Kamel, Kamal al-Zeini, Hussein Ismail
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Marcel to promote the
1965 Abbas Kamel 109-minute color and black-and-white film Wisdom and Money [al-aql wal-mal]
starring Ismail Yasseen based on a story by Ezzedin Aref with
screenplay and dialogue by Abbas Kamel and cinematography by Mahmoud
Nasr. Plot summary: Fakhreddine [Ismail Yasseen] believed love was
the foundation for everything and he bet his friend [Tewfik El Dekn] he could live
happily with his beloved Shamsolasil, but his friend told him money
was the basis for everything because with money one could buy other
people and the needs of the people. When Fakhreddine saw his beloved
he told her he was going to marry her and told her about the bet he
had made with his friend about whether wisdom was better than money.
Shams gave him a novel and asked him to read it. The story was about
a man who wasted his money because he was unwise. After reading the
novel Fakhreddine concluded that wisdom is attractive in life but one
must also hang on to one's money.
Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Mahmoud Nasr, Abbas Kamel, Hassan Fayek, Tewfik El Dekn, Madiha Kamel, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Khan, Tarub, Mohammad Shawky, Kamel Anwar, Zaki Ibrahim, Anwar Mohamed, Hussein Ismail, Aly Kamel, Zeinab Alawy, Qatquta, Kitty, Kawsar al-Asal, Abdel Nabi Mohamed, Khaled Agabani, Soheir Magdi
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz to promote the 1971 Nour El-Demerdash 91-minute black-and-white
film Music Espionage and Love [musiqi wa gasusia wa hob]
starring Shams El-Barudy with story. screenplay and dialogue by Ihab
Al-Azhari and cinematography by Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: This is a
black-and-white musical with low production values using pharaonic
dance themes with a bit of Latin American music thrown in. Against
this backdrop a foreign spy, who is also one of the performers, has a
change of heart about his espionage mission and exposes himself for
the sake of Egypt, which he believes is betrayed by his mission. He
is rewarded for this with the privilege of remaining with his family
in his beloved Egypt.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Demerdash, Mahmoud Nasr, Shams El-Barudy, Adel Adham, Galal Issa, Abbas Fares, Ibrahim Khan, Ihab al-Azhari, Mahmoud Nasr
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy to
promote 1970 94-minute Houssam El-Din Mustafa film The Fox and the
Chameleon [al-tha'lab wal-herba] starring Farid Shawqi as Zarif
based on a screenplay by Houssam El-Din Mustafa, story by Mona
al-Amir, dialogue by Magdi Farid and cinematography by Ali Khair
Allah. Plot summary: Nagi, [Kanaan Wasfy] Camilia [Nahed Sherif] and
Aziz [Ibrahim Khan] made a plan together to rob Egypt's biggest
jewelry store; after they successfully did this Nagi got rid of Aziz
by accusing him of theft and getting him thrown into prison. In prison
Aziz confessed his crime to Zarif and told him the story of what had
happened and how he had been betrayed and paid the price of the theft.
Zarif promised he would help and return to him his share of the
jewels. Nagi had received a ticket from a unknown source and was
trying to learn the name of the sender. Soheir [Rawia Ashour] denied
she had anything to do with it and threatened to kill to avenge her
honor. When Zarif got out of prison he approached Nagi, said he had
been the sender and that he had come to get Aziz's share. Shortly
thereafter Soheir killed Nagi and Zarif received the briefcase filled
with stolen goods. Zarif said he had been a police officer disguised
as a prisoner so he could follow the case and arrest the gang.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Nahid Sherif, Nadia El-Guindy, Adel Adham, Tewfik El-Dekn, Habibah, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Ibrahim Khan, Nadia El Guindy, Saham Fathy, Ali Khair Allah, Magdi Farid, Mona al-Amir, Ibrahim Khan, Kanaan Wasfy, Rawia Ashour
