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
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown designer
for the 1977 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film Some Go to the Justice of the
Peace Twice based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Farouk
Sabry and starring Adel Imam as Masoud. Plot summary: This is a
comedy about marriages in crisis. Dr. Mamdouh's [Nour El-Sherif] wife
Mona [Mervat Amin] was consumed with jealousy despite his love for
her, while his brother Masoud's wife Mahasin [Lebleba] was preoccupied
with house and children. They were referred to their uncle Ezzat
[Sameer Ghanem] and his approach to his wife Sonia [Amal Ramzy]. He
was untrue to her but at the same time he smothered her with love and
attention. There were many complications when Mamdouh and Masoud
adopted Ezzat's idea.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Mervat Amin, Kamal Korayem, Nour
El-Sherif, Lebleba, Sameer Ghanem, Farouk Sabry, Mohamed Abdel Aziz,
George Sidhum, Aqila Ratib, Mimi Gamal, Amal Ramzy, Hana al-Shourbagy,
Galila Mahmoud, Ibrahim Abdel Razzaq, Amima Salim, Salama Elias, Nelly
Wanoura, Raafat Ragi, Abdel Hamid al-Monir
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist for
the 1961 Kamal El Sheikh film My Only Love based on a story by
Sabry Ezzat, screenplay and dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and Sabry Ezzat
and starring Omar Sharif as Adel. Plot summary: Adel was a commercial
airline pilot who loved a girl named Mona [Nadia Lutfi] while Shukry
[Kamal Al-Shennawi] a friend of Mona's family was also trying to get
close to her. She stopped him because she knew Adel was planning to
propose. However Shukry still got the jump on Adel and ended up
marrying Mona because Mona thought Adel was seeing another woman.
Later Mona realized she had been mistaken and asked Shukry for a
divorce so she could go back to Adel.
Cast and crew: Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Omar Sharif, Nadia
Lutfi, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim
Ibrahim, Showeikar, Fakher Fakher, Fotouh Neshati, Mohamed Abaza,
Nazim Shaarawy, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Amal Ramzy
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour and Moaty
to promote the 1968 Ahmed Diaeddin 96-minute black-and-white
film The Student and the Professor [al-talmiza wal-ostaz]
starring Soad Hosny based on a story by Adly el-Mowalid with
screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid and Abdel Fatah al-Sayed
with cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: When Salwa's
[Soad Hosny] father dies she must quit school and become an apprentice
seamstress, but because of a conflict there she is ordered into a
reformatory for girls. In the reformatory she also has problems with
the personnel, but she gradually forms a relationship with Wahid Farid
[Shukry Sarhan], a music teacher she eventually marries.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Shukry Sarhan, Abdel Moneim Madbouly,
Ahmed Diaeddin, Adly El-Mowalid, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim Madbouly,
Samia Shukry, Gamalat Zayed, Wahid Farid, Abdel Fatah al-Sayed, Ahmed
al-Haddad, Salama Elias, Alia Abdel Moneim, Nadia Ezzat, Enaam
Salousa, Hekmat Fouad, Nadia Gamil
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Mohammad
Abdel Aziz to promote the 1962 124-minute Kamal El Sheikh
black-and-white film Chased by the Dogs [al-liss wal-kelab]
starring Shadia and Shukry Sarhan based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz
with screenplay by Sabry Ezzat, dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and
cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: Said Mohran [Shukry
Sarhan] worked as a house servant in a student's home. Because of his
mother's illness he had to steal a watch from a student. Raouf Alwan
[Kamal al-Shennawi] got involved, tried to save him and took him as a
protege in crime. Said became a big thief. His assistant Alish [Zein
El-Ashmawy] informed on him so he would be free to marry his wife
Nabawiya. When Said Mohran got out of prison his goal was to take
revenge against Alish and Nabawiya, but he killed some innocent people
instead by blindly shooting at window silhouettes, because Alish and
Nabawiya had fled their home. Said ran away and became a fugitive.
Raouf, who had become a famous journalist, denounced Said in newspaper
articles, turning public opinion against him. Said confessed what he
had done to his former lover Nour [Shadia] and lived in her house. He
also sought solace with a Sufi sheikh but found no relief. Although
Nour tried help him, the police found his hiding place and killed him
on a mountain during a chase.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Shadia, Shukry Sarhan, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fakher Fakher, Samir Sabri, Salah Mansour, Kamal Korayem, Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Salwa Mahmoud, Salah Jahine, Adly Kasseb, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Anise to promote the 1989 105-minute Mohamed Abdel Aziz color
film Bad Guy [al-fata al-sherrir] starring Nour El-Sherif
based on the 1983 Brian De Palma film Scarface with screenplay
and dialogue by Basyouni Othman and cinematography by Kamal Korayem.
Plot summary: This film is not as realistic as Scarface, the
sets and production values are cheaper, Cairo bears very little
resemblance to Miami and Nour El-Sherif, great as he is, is no Al
Pacino. However it roughly follows the original story
line, consisting of a series of loosely connected bitter
disputes and violent clashes culminating in a mass armed assault on
a sumptuous mansion. In this narrative Salah [Nour El-Sherif] is
given a seven-year prison sentence for manslaughter. In prison he
meets Said [Ali al-Hagar] and a strong friendship grows between them.
When Salah gets out of prison he cannot find a job so he takes up
dealing in currency for a trader. He gains the trader's confidence
and becomes wealthy while working for him. Salah discovers that his
girlfriend Elham [Noura], for whom he has been searching since his
release from prison, has married Zohdi [Mohamed El Dafrawy], an
important crime boss. He fights with Zohdi over Elham. Said tries to
convince Salah to give up the life of crime and stops working with
him. Zohdi's gang fails in its attempt to kill Salah and its members
are all arrested. Salah marries Elham after her divorce from the
arrested Zohdi. She also tries unsuccessfully to convince Salah to
give up his life of crime. Members of Zohdi's gang raid the home of
Salah and Said; Salah defeats them, Said is injured and Salah
continues his criminal activity.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Noura, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Basyouni Othman, Aziza Helmy, Said Tarabeek, Kamal Korayem, Mohamed El Defrawy, Ali al-Hagar, Sayed Sadeq, Ahmed Abou Ebia, Salwa Othman, Kawsar Ramzy, Nasr Seif, Hamdi Morsy, Ahmed Redwan, Mohamed Abu Hashish, Ahmed Sami Abdullah, Metawei Awis, Hafez al-Ebiari, Othman al-Hamamsi, Hosni Abdel Galil, Sami Attaya, Fouad Ferghali, Sayed Hassan, Shukry Mansour, Salah Sadeq, Hosni Saqr, Nabawia Said, Mohamed Halali, Sayed Alam, Samir Abdel Hamid, Hussein Abdel Wahab, Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed
Pictured is an original 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the
1960 127-minute Salah Abouseif black-and-white film The Dead among
the Living [bedaya wa nehaya] based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz
with screenplay by Salah Ezzedine, dialogue by Ahmed Shawqi and Kamel
Abdel Salam and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: The
head of the household died leaving the family suffering from hardship
and deprivation. The oldest son Hassan [Farid Shawqi] ended up living
in a depraved neighborhood dealing in drugs and women. Hussein [Kamal
Hussein] the middle son took work with his middle school diploma to
provide an opportunity for his brother Hassanein [Omar Sharif] to
complete his studies and go to the war college. The daughter Nafisa
[Sanaa Gamil] was without beauty and found herself driven out of the
life of Soliman [Salah Mansour] the grocer after sinning with him.
She continued on this disreputable path without any friends. She
helped her brother Hassanein and her mother [Amina Rizk] with small
amounts of money she had acquired. Hassanein graduated as an officer.
He turned his back on his family, his fiancee Bayeha [Amal Farid] and
his social milieu and rose to associate with the wealthy class through
marriage. Hassan returned to his family broken-hearted, wounded and
driven out of the police force. At the same time Hassanein was
summoned to the police station because his sister had been accused of
debauchery. Hassanein was in denial at first, but then knocked Nafisa
down, kicked dirt on her and finally goaded her into drowning herself
to eliminate the scandal after he was forced to acknowledge her guilt.
This is the confrontation depicted on the poster. Then when it was too
late he regretted her death, thought about his own life, saw his own
world in ruins and jumped into the Nile himself.
This film is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.
Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Farid Shawqi, Amina Rizk, Amal Zayed, Sanaa Gamil, Kamal Hussein, Salah Mansour, Omar Sharif, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Kamal Korayem, Naguib Mahfouz, Amina Rizk, Amal Farid, Hamed Morsi, Ahmed Shoukry, Souraya Fakhry, Mokhtar Hussein, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Moniem Ismail, Kamal Karim, Salah Ezzedine, Ahmed Shawqi, Kamel Abdel Salam
Pictured is a 35" x 41" three-piece Egyptian poster designed by Abdel
Aziz to promote the 1962 124-minute Kamal El Sheikh black-and-white
film Chased by the Dogs [al-liss wal-kelab] starring Shadia and
Shukry Sarhan based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay by
Sabry Ezzat, dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and cinematography by Kamal
Korayem. Plot summary: Said Mahran [Shukry Sarhan] worked as a house
servant in a student's home. Because of his mother's illness he had
to steal a watch from a student. Raouf Alwan [Kamal al-Shennawi] got
involved, tried to save him and took him as a protege in crime.
Said became a big thief. His assistant Alish [Zein El-Ashmawy] informed
on him so he would be free to marry his wife Nabawiya [Salwa Mahmoud]. When Said
Mahran got out of prison his goal was to take revenge against Alish
and Nabawiya, but he killed some innocent people instead by blindly
shooting at window silhouettes, because Alish and Nabawiya had fled
their home. Said ran away and became a fugitive. Raouf, who had
become a famous journalist, denounced Said in newspaper articles,
turning public opinion against him. Said confessed what he had done
to his former lover Nour [Shadia] and lived in her house. He also
sought solace with a Sufi sheikh but found no relief. Although Nour
tried help him, the police found his hiding place and killed him on
the Mokattam Mountain during a chase.
According to film critic Sa'ad al-Din Tawfiq this is one of the top
100 Egyptian films. The title is literally translated as The Thief
and the Dogs.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Shadia, Shukry Sarhan, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fakher Fakher, Samir Sabri, Salah Mansour, Kamal Korayem, Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Salwa Mahmoud, Salah Jahine, Adly Kasseb, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy
Pictured is an Egyptian promotional poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz and Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1962 110-minute black-and-white
Henry Barakat film Silken Chains [salasel men harir] starring
Madiha Yousri, based on story and screenplay by Youssef Issa with
dialogue by Fathy Abol-Fadl and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot
summary: After Hamdi [Muharram Fouad] graduated from music school as a
singer he was planning to marry his girlfriend Leila [Zizi
El-Badrawy], but Leila's father died after a long illness and her
mother decided to marry her to her cousin Anwar. Leila refused to go
along with this and remained with Hamdi. A wealthy man named Ahmad
[Imad Hamdi] invited Hamdi to a party at his home to hear Faiza
[Madiha Yousri] sing. They became friends and she fell in love with
him. She tried to disrupt the relationship between Hamdi and Leila and
help him become a famous singer. She asked him to marry her, but he
told her he would not be happy with her. He knew Leila loved him and
that what Faiza had told him about her was not true. Hamdi remained
with Leila and Faiza realized she would have to give up the boy she
loved, so she left him to his happiness.
Cast and crew: Madiha Yousri, Henry Barakat, Imad Hamdi, Zizi
El-Badrawy, Mohamed Reda, Ahmed al-Hadad, Kamal Karim, Yousef Issa,
Fathy Abol-Fadl, Kamal Korayem, Muharram Fouad, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim,
Zuzu Madi, Ahmed El Haddad, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Zeinat Alawy, Hussein
Assar, Ibrahim Heshmat, Anwar Madkour, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Hussein
Ismail, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Ahmed Abaza, Zoheir Sabri, Kamal
Korayem
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Moaty to promote the 1969 Mahmoud Zulfikar 104-minute
black-and-white film The Secrets of Girls [asrar al-banat]
starring Naglaa Fathy based on a story by Adly El-Mowalid with
screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid, Abdel Fatah Al-Sayed and
Farouk Said and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: This
film is about lives of four schoolgirls, their family problems, their
troubles at school and their relations with men. The end comes when
three of them receive marriage proposals.
Cast and crew: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Naglaa Fathy, Hassan Youssef, Nelly, Youssef Fakhreddine, Nelly, Fatma Mazhar, Hala Fakher, Adly El-Mowalid, Abdel Fatah Al-Sayed, Farouk Said, Kamal Korayem, Badreddine Gamgoum, Adly Kasseb, Mimi Shakeeb, Tewfik El Dekn, Mohamed Reda, Nazim Shaarawy, Ibrahim Saafan, Fifi Youssef, Zizi Mustafa, Safinazi Qadri, Aleyah Abdel Monem, Qadria Kamel, Sayed Abdullah, Ahmed Abo Abeya, Abdel Moneim Bassioni
This is a picture of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Aziz to
promote the 1967 Houssam El-Din Mustafa film The Naughty Girl
[bint shaqiya] starring Nadia Lutfi based on a story by Adly
El-Mowalid with screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid and Abdel
Fatah al-Sayed and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary:
Samira [Nadia Lutfi] was a successful nurse who fell in love with
Engineer Shukry [Hassan Youssef], while his friend Sami [Mohamed Awad]
was also in love with her even though she did not feel anything for
him. However Sami was at the same time engaged to another pretty girl
[Nawal Abul Foutouh]. Sami decided to separate from his fiance hoping
Samira would change her mind. He revealed his feelings to Samira but she
told him she was committed to Shukry. Sami learned his lesson and
went back to his fiance with apologies; Samira and Shukry got married.
Cast and crew: Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Adly El-Mowalid, Nadia Lutfi, Hassan Youssef, Mohamed Awad, Nawal Abul Foutouh, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Kamal Korayem, Zizi Mustafa, Adly El-Mowalid, Abdel Fatah Al-Sayed, Al-Sayed Radi
This is an Egyptian promotional poster by an unknown designer for
the 1966 Hassan El-Seify film Love's Lamentations [mabka
al-'oshaq] based on a story by Youssef El Sebai with dialogue and
screenplay by Mohamed Osman and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot
summary: Engineer Shab (Rushdy Abaza) was living happily when his wife
died in an automobile accident, leaving him with a small daughter.
Because he was a petroleum engineer, he had to be away from home. He
fell in love with a maid (Soad Hosny) who was coming to the home.
He saw her beauty once when he came upon her washing her clothing in
the bathroom. He took her with him to his home in Switzerland where
he worked. One night he raped her. Then when she became pregnant he
demanded that she get an abortion, but a physician told him this would
endanger her life. This was a crisis for the engineer, and the maid
would not stop crying. The little girl saw how sad the maid was and
realized her father was the cause of the problem. She tried to kill
herself; this prompted the father to correct his mistake and marry
the maid.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Rushdy Abaza, Youssef Chaban, Zahrat El-Ola, Hassan El-Seify, Youssef Chaban, Soheir El-Barouni, Youssef El Sebai, Mohamed Osman, Kamal Korayem, Kamal Karim, Shouweikar, Faiza Fouad, Baligh Habashi
This is a promotional poster designed by Mohammed Abdel Aziz for the
1963 95-minute black-and-white Hassan Reda film Fire in My Heart
starring Mariam Fakhr Eddine with story and dialogue by Mahrous
Al-Garehi and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot Summary:
Dr. Shawqi attended a surgery conference in Alexandria where he gave
an important talk. His daughter Nadia was proud of him. Shawqi
celebrated the occasion with his colleagues at a nightclub. At the
nightclub he saw his former wife Laila, the mother of his
daughter. When he approached her she ran away and was hit by an
automobile. He then took her to a hospital and they operated on her.
He sent her flowers continuously. He had met her 15 years earlier at
a train station, when she was running a piano school He lived with her
in Aswan where they were blessed with Nadia. He forced his wife to
plead with the king and his creditors to postpone their debts, she had
to give piano lessons secretly to Aida, the daughter of Alia Hanem and
he was able to pay the debts. However Aida had a brother who told his
colleagues that Laila was his mistress and began wooing her with words
of love. His mother learned about what her son was doing, apologized
to Laila and sent her a gift for her wedding anniversary. Dr. Shawqi
heard some of the talk about his wife straying, divorced her and told
his daughter she had died. Then he asked her to forgive him and
return to her former life for the sake of his daughter, but Laila did
not agree easily, especially since Youssra was helping her while she
was alone. Then Laila finally agreed to go back home and in front of
her daughter she became the wife of the father. Nadia objected to
this marriage and indeed she ran away from home. She went to her
mother's grave which she was accustomed to visiting and started
crying. No one but Youssra was able to restore her smile with a magic
trick. She promised to draw her a picture of her mother for her
birthday, since Nadia did not have any pictures of her mother. Laila
had completely forgotten about her daughter Nadia so she decided to
leave home forever. Youssra gave Nadia the picture of her mother,
which resembled the wife of her father, and she immediately understood
the truth.
Cast and crew: Hassan Reda, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Ahmed Mazhar, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mahrous El Garhi, Kamal Karim, Nahed Sabri, Bussy, Fatheya Chahine, Mokhtar Amin, Bussy, Kamal Korayem, Mahrous Al-Garehi
