This is a 5" x 6" 8-page Egyptian film program for the 1947 Niazi
Mostafa film War Profiteer written by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and
starring Bechara Wakim as Hassanein. After the end of World War II,
to compensate for lost war revenues some wealthy traders took to
bribing government employees so they could get cheap goods for resale
at high prices. The daughter of one of the war profiteers fell in
love with a poor man. The war profiteer tried to buy off his
daughter's love, but the boy refused and the trader had to agree to
the marriage.
Cast and crew: Bechara Wakim, Niazi Mostafa, Kamal Al-Shennawi,
Elham Hussein, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Hassan Fayek, Aziz Osman, Marie
Monib, Leila Fawzi, Fathia Shahin, Farag al-Nahas, Hager Hamdi, Farid
Shawqi, Mohammad Kamal al-Masri
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Walid Wahig for the
1970 Hassan Al Imam film Dalal, the Egyptian based on a Naguib
Mahfouz adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel al-ba'th
(Resurrection) [voskrecenye/Воскресение]. This was Tolstoy's last
novel. It was produced in several other film adapations, most notably
the 1934 production by Samuel Goldwyn of Rouben Mamoulian's We Live
Again starring Fredric March and Anna Stein. Plot Summary: The
orphan girl Atiyat [Magda El-Khatib] grew up in an old mansion with
the sons of the current owner (Fouad Bey's aunt) until the owner threw
her out after discovering she had lost her virginity, not knowing that
Fouad Bey himself [Hussein Fahmy] had been responsible. Atiyat tried
to do the honorable thing. She took a job at a dye factory where she
met Mohammad, [Salah Kabil] who loved her and wanted to marry her.
Things did not go well for her there however; she quit working at the
factory and went to work as a dancer for Fatma Al-Falali [Hoda
Soltan]. Years later while she was working there she was accused of
murder. Fouad Ahmad was a judge on the court that sentenced her to 15
years in prison, but something moved inside Fouad Bey causing him to
suffer pangs of remorse. He resigned so he could mount a defense for
Atiyat; after much effort collecting judicial papers he was able to
get her exonerated. He thought he could now make amends for the past
and marry her, but she turned him down and married Mohammad back at
the dye factory.
Cast and crew: Magda El-Khatib, Salah Kabil, Hussein Fahmy, Madiha
Kamel, Hassan Al Imam, Soheir El-Barouni, Souraya Helmy, Leila Fawzi,
Hoda Soltan, Abdelhalim Nasr, Naguib Mahfouz, Leo Tolstoy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist to
promote the 1966 97-minute Niazi Mostafa color film Knight of Bani
Hamdan [fares bani hamdan] starring Farid Shawqi and Soad Hosny
based on a story by Ali Al-Garim with screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib and
dialogue by Mohammad Abouseif. Cinematography was by Wahid Farid.
Plot summary: Abu Fares al-Hamdani (Farid Shawqi) was a famous Arab
poet among the lords of the Al-Hamdania. He was also famous for his
chivalry and bravery in the court of Prince Seif ad-Dawla. The people
everywhere loved him. He fell in love with Naglaa al-Khaledia (Soad
Hosny), an attractive performer in the prince's palace. This made the
commander of the army jealous, and he competed with Fares for the love
of Naglaa. The prince decided to appoint Abu Fares as successor to
the governor of the city of Manih, while Farawia, the Hamdani army
commander, began to hate him. Fares was taken prisoner and tortured
by the Hamdani Empress Tifano. He learned Farawiya had made a plot on
Rome's behalf to destroy the al-Hamdania government. In a wild escape
Seif al-Dawlah avoided being murdered. He led the Arabs in the
expulsion of Rome; then he met his love Naglaa and raised banners of
victory.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Farid Shawqi, Soad Hosny, Imad Hamdi,
Leila Fawzi, Mahmoud Moursy, Adel Adham, Nadia El Guindy, Omar
Zolficar, Wahid Farid, Ali al-Garim, Abdel Hay Adib, Mohammad
Abouseif, Shams El-Barudy, Imad Hamdi, Omar Zulfikar, Ahmed Khamees,
Nadia El Guindy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for the 1981
Henry Barakat film Valley of Memories AKA wadi
al-zekriat based on a story by Michel Sawaya, screenplay by Rafiq
al-Saban and starring Shadia as Soad. Plot summary: Rafat [Mahmoud
Kabil] married Soad despite strong family opposition and the two of
them went to Syria where Soad's aunt was living. Rafat died after a
critical illness and Soad worked to finance the education of her
daughter Sahar [Hayat Kandeel]. This reinforced the bond of love
between them. Sahar fell in love with their neighbor Walid [Mahmoud
Abdel Aziz] and they made plans to marry. Soad became ill but hid it
from her daughter. Sahar went to Cairo to live with her rich aunt
Dowlat [Leila Fawzi]. A physician decided Soad needed surgery. When
Dowlat heard about this she asked Sahar to marry a wealthy boy named
Adham to get the money to pay for Soad's operation. After objecting
strenuously, Sahar finally agreed for her mother's sake and told Walid
about her situation. Soad became upset when she heard what was
happening and flew to Egypt, where she had a confrontation with
Dowlat; then Dowlat regretted interfering and gave the money to Soad.
Sahar went back to Walid in Syria. Happy ending!
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Shadia, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Leila
Fawzi, Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud Kabil, Hayat Kandeel, Fekry Abaza, Qadria
Qadri, Hani Al-Rumani, Zafira Qatan, Mahmoud Kamel, Anwar Madkour,
Michel Sawaya, Rafiq al-Saban, Abdel Moneim Bahnassy
This is a 27.5" x 39.25" Lebanese one-sheet poster designed by
Hewarian for the 1979 Samir Seif film Wild Woman المتوحشة written by
Ibrahim El-Mougy and starring Soad Hosny as Baheya. Plot summary:
Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival
entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf
[Mahmoud Abdel Aziz]. She later takes a factory job and is followed
there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees
to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to
his mother Eqbal [Leila Fawzi] she objects because of their social and
class differences.
Cast and crew: Samir Seif, Hewarian, Ibrahim El-Mougy, Soad Hosny,
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Leila Fawzi, Tewfik El Dekn, Ragaa Hussein, Soad
Nasr, Ahmed Abdel Waress, Naima Wassfi, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra
This is a 27.5" x 39.25" Lebanese one-sheet poster designed by
Hewarian for the 1979 Samir Seif film Wild Woman written by
Ibrahim El-Mougy and starring Soad Hosny as Baheya. Plot summary:
Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival
entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf
[Mahmoud Abdel Aziz]. She later takes a factory job and is followed
there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees
to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to
his mother Eqbal [Leila Fawzi] she objects because of their social and
class differences.
Cast and crew: Samir Seif, Hewarian, Ibrahim El-Mougy, Soad Hosny, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Leila Fawzi, Tewfik El Dekn, Ragaa Hussein, Soad Nasr, Ahmed Abdel Waress, Naima Wassfi, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra
This is a 35" x 23.5" Egyptian stone litho one-sheet designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1952 Hassan Al Imam 150-minute
black-and-white film Whose Daughter Am I? based on story and
dialogue by Mohamed Mustafa Samy, screenplay by Hassan Al Imam and
starring Leila Fawzi as Nemat. Plot summary: Moharram [Mohsen
Hassanein] is managing his niece Zizi's money; Zizi has killed her
father with the help of Hamed [Farid Shawqi]. Galal [Mohsen Sarhan],
the son of Moharram, has a relationship with Nemat and she becomes
pregnant, but Moharram will not allow his son to marry her. She is
obliged to flee the scandal and live with the blind Sheikh Saleh,
where she has her baby, a girl named Samiha. Hamed burns the home of
Sheikh Saleh when he finds out Nemat is living there. He kidnapped
the girl and adopted her. Galal married Zizi. Samiha grows up a poor
orphan without knowing the identity of her father.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Mohsen Sarhan, Mohsen Hassanein, Hussein Riad, Sanaa Gamil, Hassan el Baroudi, Farid Shawqi, Leila Fawzi, Ahmed Allam, Sherifa Maher, Mohamed Mustafa Samy, Mostafa Hassan, Mansi Fahmi, Wedad Hamdy, Fakher Fakher, Salah Wahbi, Souraya Fakhry, Zaki Ibrahim, Mohammad Idris, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Soheir Fakhry
This is an original-year 23.5" x 35" Egyptian poster designed by
Studio Gasour and Khatab and printed by al-Halaby printers of Cairo to
promote the 1950 Helmy Rafla film The Girl from Paris [bint
bariz] starring Taheya Cariocca based on story and dialogue by Abou
Seoud El-Ibiary with cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: The
manager of a theater where Adel [Mohammad Fawzi] worked as a musician
hired a French dancer to work with him; when a cable came to the
manager apologizing that the dancer would not be coming to Cairo, he
hired a local look-alike [Taheya Cariocca] whom he falsely presented
as the French dancer. Adel was not aware of the impersonation at
first but he fell in love with the substitute and married her even
after he realized what had happened.
Cast and crew: Muhammad Fawzi, Taheya Cariocca, Leila Fawzi, Helmy Rafla, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Aziz Osman, Samiha Tawfiq, Stephan Rosti, Elias Moadab, Abou Seoud El-Ibiary, Bruno Salvi, Sanaa Samih, Wedad Hamdy, Edmond Tuema, Abdel Moneim Ismail
This is a 26.5" x 38" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1978 113-minute Mohamed Khan color film Sunstroke [darbet shams] starring Nour El-Sherif based on a story by
Mohamed Khan with screenplay and dialogue by Fayez Ghali and
cinematograpy by Said Al-Shiemy. Plot summary: This film is a remake
of the 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni film Blow-Up. Shams [Nour
El-Sherif] is a magazine photojournalist in love with a woman named
Salwa [Noura], a woman with a salaried job who supports him in his
work. Together they dream of big projects. Shams is called to
photograph a sumptuous party. He happens to photograph some papyrus
with words burned on it that are difficult to decipher. These words
lead him to a gang led by a woman [Leila Fawzi]. This gang is
smuggling rare works abroad and counterfeiting money. The gang begins
to pursue Shams after he discovers its secret and the police are
unable to reach this mysterious woman, who commits a series of
murders. The man investigating Shams gives him a picture of the gang.
The two of them look for Salwa after the gang kidnaps her but she
escapes after fleeing on the Helwan Metro at night. The gangleader
dies when she falls out the door from a moving train while Shams is
chasing her and the police are able to catch the rest of the
gang. Shams and Salwa resume their lives and are shown in a final
scene walking together on the old elevated pedestrian walkway in
Cairo's Tahrir Square.
This relatively unpeopled film relies heavily on night highway
chase scenes, and other tense escapades in the metro, in train
stations, on trains and in abandoned buildings. Nour El-Sherif and
Noura move about a great deal on a small blue motorbike through
various parts of Cairo and Helwan; these scenes are also shown in
aerial shots. The poster shows the film's emphasis on various modes
of transportation.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Nour El-Sherif, Noura, Leila Fawzi, Said Al-Shiemy, Tewfik El Dekn, Abel Salam Mohamed, Motafa Metwalli, Mahmoud Farag, Farouk Falawkas, Mahmoud al-Zoheiri, Amima Salim, Adib al-Tarabolsi, Mahmoud al-Gowhari, Hamdy Salem, Ahmed Hussein, Mokhtar al-Sayed, Abdel Hamis Onsi, Hussein Abdel Wahab, Zeinab Shamis, Reshwan Mostafa, Magdi Wahba, Hussein El-Sherbini, Mahmoud Farag, Hussein Oraby, Lotfy Mansour, Abdel Hamid Anise, Mansour al-Gowhari, Habi Gamil, Mostafa Qadri, Ezzat Fouad, Sayed Khatab, Zeinab Shamis, Reshwan Mostafa, Mohammadein, Lewis Youssef, Saleh al-Eskandarani, Mohammad al-Sisi, Seif al-Nasr, Farag Hamad
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Khalil and Hassan
Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1967 Kamal El Sheikh film The
Saboteurs [al-mokharibun] starring Lobna Abdel Aziz and Ahmed
Mazhar based on a story by Ibrahim El-Bady with screenplay by Hassan
Ramzy and Fathy Zaky, dialogue by Moussa Sabry and cinematography by
Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: This film is authentic Egyptian
urban noir. Engineer Adel [Ahmed Mazhar] was framed in a
construction fraud case, convicted of the crime and imporisoned. Adel
escaped from prison, found the ones who had framed him, turned them
over to the police and got himself acquitted.
Cast and crew: Kamal El Sheikh, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Mazhar, Omar El-Hariri, Leila Fawzi, Hassan Ramzy, Mahmoud Nasr, Ibrahim El-Bady, Fathy Zaky, Moussa Sabry, Adel Adham, Abdel Alim Khattab, Rashuan Tewfik, Hussein El-Sherbini, Wagih Eskandar, Hussein Assar, Samir Walieddine, Nabil al-Ashari, Abbas Rahmy, Lutfy Ahmed al-Sirafi
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman
to promote the 1957 134-minute Ezzel Dine Zulficar black-and-white
film Port Said starring Farid Shawqi based on story and
screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar with dialogue by Aly Al-Zarkani and
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. This film is considered a
milestone in the career of its star Farid Shawqi, the breakthrough
where he was first recognized as a major Egyptian star and also the
point where the quality of his work began a long decline. Plot
summary: The film provides a nationalistic and patriotic view of the
1956 Tripartite Aggression in the Egyptian city of Port Said, with the
Egyptian resistance shown as unfailingly heroic, righteous and morally
victorious. It is populist war propaganda.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Leila Fawzi, Shukry Sarhan, Zahrat El-Ola, Amina Rizk, Hussein Riad, Seraj Munir, Ahmed Mazhar, Tewfik El Dekn, Zeinat Sedki, Rushdy Abaza, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Abdelhalim Nasr, Aly Al-Zarkany, Kamal Yasseen, Naima Wasfy, Kamal Hussein, Nour El-Demerdash, Adly Kasseb, Suleiman al-Guindy, Reyad El Kasabgy, Shafik Noureddin
This is an original Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Marcel to
promote the 1964 Hassan Al Imam 125-minute color film A Thousand and
One Nights [الف ليلة وليلة] starring Shadia as Shahira with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed
Moustapha Sami and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary:
Hassan [Farid Shawqi] the beggar and his son Shahtut frequented fairs, where Hassan
did tricks. They were often away from home. His wife Shahira worked
in his absence and entertained her paramour, a genie. However Shahtut
discovered the genie's presence once when he come home unexpectedly.
He warned his mother he would say somthing to his father. The lover
seized him and threatened him, and the boy died in his hands. Shahira
fled with the paramour to the desert and he began attacking caravans.
He was able to get away from the caliph's men. Shahira had a baby but
lost the way with him in the desert. She left him alone in the desert
with half an amulet, the other half of which was with the paramour.
The caliph's soldiers took him and named him Kazem. Meanwhile Hassan
married Ka'ba al-Ghazal and had a baby named Hayat. The soldiers
declared a curfew and were beating the people to drive them into their
homes. Hayat was knocked to the ground, but she was saved by Fotouh.
She thought he was a beggar but discovered he was a gardener in the
sultan's palace and fell in love with him. However, Nourhan, a lady
from the palace, was eavesdropping on the conversations between Fotouh
and Hayat. Kazem grew up and because of his intrigues he bacame a
minister who took lovers, among them Zubayda and Nourhan, who brought
him news from the palace. The caliph made a plan for his son
Noureddin to masquerade as one of the people and present himself to
Hayat as the gardener named Fotouh if he was not in agreement with the
behavior of his minister Kazem. A caravan came into Baghdad owned by
Sheikh Gawal. Hassan the beggar knew him as the old genie enemy who
had killed his son, and decided to take revenge against him. The
paramour accused him of theft and asked the sultan to cut off his
hand, but the caliph died and his son Noureddin took the throne. Hayat
was surprised when she learned the new caliph was the palace gardener.
The new caliph revoked all the orders Kazem had issued. Zubayda
offered to kill the caliph by means of Hassan. Kazem released Hassan
and asked him for the hand of his daughter Hayat and to kill the
caliph during the dance that would take place at the celebration.
However Nourhan intervened at the last minute and intercepted the
knife thrust Hassan had directed at the caliph. When Hassan was
caught he said it was the genie who had incited him to commit this
crime; he had taken advantage of the fact that he was in the same
prison, killed him and fled. Kazem fell in love with Hayat. This
angered Zubayda, who decided to take revenge. She allowed Hassan into
the palace, who dicovered that Kazem was carrying the other part of
the amulet, learned he was the son of the genie and attacked him.
However Kazem did not die and he ordered that Hassan and his son be
burned in the public square. The caliph returned from his journey at
that time, revoked Kazem's order and asked Hayat to marry him.
Cast and crew: Shadia, Farid Shawqi, Leila Fawzi, Hassan Al Imam, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Youssef Chaban, Fakher Fakher, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Nahed Sabri, Mohammad Awad, Aleyah Abdel Monem, Gawaher, Salwa Mahmoud, Zein El-Ashmawy, Mohammad Sabih
Pictured is a three-piece promotional poster for the 1965 130-minute
black-and-white Helmy Salim film The Entire Life Story, with story and
screenplay by Helmy Salim and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot
Summary: The musician Farid (Farid Al Atrache) had many friends who
spent the night at his home. He lived his life fully. Nadia (Faten
Hamama) came to his house one day to tell him she was the daughter of
his professor who had just died. Farid asked her to stay at his
house. There was no doubt that the presence of the girl in his house
would be quite undignified for him and would tarnish his reputation;
this caused him to have a heart attack. Nadia began taking care of him
and nursing him; feelings of love grew in one of them, and that was
the musician. However Nadia loved Mamdouh (Ahmed Ramzy), Farid's
little brother who had returned from abroad. Their affairs fell into
disarray as the love between the two of them grew, while Farid tried
to reveal his feelings to Nadia without knowing about his brother's
feelings for Nadia. A friend tried to convince Farid that she loved
him and Farid's best friend Sami defended her in that. However Laila
(Laila Fawzi) always felt frustrated while Farid was always distracted
from Laila and tried to give the reasons why he loved Nadia, who ran
away with her love and by chance went to the city of Alexandria for a
honeymoon. Farid met them at the train station to bless them and
acknowledge their love.
Cast and crew: Helmy Halim, Farid Al Atrache, Leila Fawzi, Faten Hamama, Ahmed Ramzy, Maha Sabry, Wahid Farid, Ahmed Ramzy, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Kamel Anwar
A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] (1964) - (Shadia) Style A Egyptian film poster
In this film director Hassan Al Imam, screenplay and dialogue writer
Mohamed Moustapha Sami and cinematographer Abdelhalim Nasr join forces
with the help of an all-star cast to play the role of the mythical
storyteller Scheherezade as she spins in the language of cinema one of
her many tales of desert mystery, magic, palace intrigue, mendicant
effrontery and sexual desire. The poster was designed by Mohammad
Abdel Aziz.
As You Like [ala kayfak] (1952) - (Taheya Cariocca) oversize Egyptian film poster (36" x 47")
This film was directed by Helmy Raflah with story and dialogue by Abu
Seoud El-Ibiary. Cinematography was by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: A
young man celebrated his wedding day but it was discovered that night
that a child was attributed to him. The child's grandfather learned
about this and appeared to demand that the bridegroom marry his
daughter after going back to her. The young man was innocent of this
accusation, but the only solution
was to find the boy who had gotten the girl pregnant and have him
marry her. Otherwise he would have to refuse to complete the marriage
after being accused about the child. The only way out for the boy
they were looking for was to claim insanity and commit himself. The
bridegroom learned he had done and went to visit him. The boy
emphasized his innocence and then the bride agreed to the completion
of the marriage.
Cast and crew: Taheya Cariocca, Leila Fawzi, Ismail Yasseen, Mohsen Sarhan, Aziz Osman, Wedad Hamdy, Aida Kamel, Nour El-Demerdash, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Helmy Rafla, Bruno Salvi, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Gamalat Zayed, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Kamal Hussein, Negah Salam, Zaki Ibrahim
This film is included on Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of Egypt's 100 most important films. In 1979 it won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and was also nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear. Also in 1979 it was nominated at the Chicago International Film Festival for the Gold Hugo Award for best feature.
Plot Summary: The film is an historic and autobiographical tale interpreting the life of director Youssef Chahine, World War II in North Africa and several other interwoven story lines. It is set in 1942 as British and Arab forces are fighting the German army advancing towards Alexandria. In Alexandria, the boy Yehia (the young Chahine) dreams of Hollywood musicals, Shakespeare and studying acting in the USA. A beautiful Jewish socialite is caught between the urge to flee the advancing Germans with her father and remaining in Alexandria with her Egyptian lover, who is secretly collaborating with the Germans. An Egyptian aristocrat is murdering occupying British soldiers one by one, but then becomes attached to a young British soldier.
Cast and Crew: Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed, Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathy, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohsen Nasr, Ezzat El Alaili, Youssef Wahby, Yehia Chahine, Leila Fawzi, Mohsena Tewfik, Akela Kateb, Zeinab Sedky, Seif El Dine, Ahmad Abdel Waress, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Gerry Sundquist
