This is a 22" x 31" Polish poster designed by Wiktor Górka for the
1977 film The Hyena Sun written and directed by Ridha Behi and
starring Mahmoud Moursy as Lamine. Plot summary: The traditional
fishing culture in a Tunisian village is disrupted when a German
construction company builds a beach resort there and most of the
fishermen become construction workers. When the construction ends few
of the fishermen are able to rebuild their former way of life.
Cast and crew: Ridha Behi, Wiktor Górka, Salah Benmoussa, Hélène
Catzaras, El Ghazi, Tewfik Guiga, Habachi, Mohamed Jalali, Doghmi
Larbi, Mohammed Mehdi, Mourad Methkal, Mahmoud Moursy, El Omari, Aicha
Rachidi, Ahmed Snoussi, Moustapha Zaari
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 an unknown artist for
an undated rerelease of the 1963 Niazi Mostafa film I Am the
Fugitive [ana al-hareb] written by Abdel Hay Adib and starring
Farid Shawqi as Hamdi. Plot summary: Hamdi was working as a
corrections officer in a prison. He had a child afflicted with
cerebral palsy in need of expensive treatment. When Hamdi was
transporting four narcotics smugglers one of them tried to escape and
Hamdi killed him. The dead man's family learned about Hamdi's
need for money and tried to bribe him to get revenge.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Hay Adib, Zahrat
El-Ola, Salah Mansour, Mahmoud Moursy, Mohamed Hamdi, Masud Isa, Abdel
Khalek Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Nimat Mukhtar
This film was directed by Hussein Kamal based on a story
by Tharwat Abaza, with screenplay and dialogue by Sabry Ezzat; the
cinematography was done by Ahmed Khorshed; it is on Ahmad Al-Hadari's
2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films. The poster was
designed by Mohamed Hussein. Plot Summary: Atris the grandson became
the image of his grandfather in cruelty, violence, tyranny and crime.
He ruled the life of his village with the terror he imposed upon its
inhabitants. He had loved Fouada since she was a child but she
refused him after he came to resemble his grandfather in spirit and
action. Atris courted Fouada and asked her father for her hand in
marriage but Fouada refused the marriage. Her father feared Atris's
anger, and instead of announcing her refusal of the marriage he
announced her agreeent to it. Atris was overjoyed when he heard this
news, but Sheikh Ibrahim incited the people against Atris and his
gang, declaring that his marriage to Fouada had been cancelled.
Ignoring Atris's orders, Fouada allowed water to flow into the lands
of the farmers after he had denied it to them. The people defied
Atris and his gang and burned his mansion while he was in it.
Cast and crew: Shadia, Hussein Kamal, Sabry Ezzat, Amal Zayed, Yehia Chahine, Mohammed Tawfik, Mahmoud Moursy, Ahmed Khorshed, Salah Nazmi, Tharwat Abaza, Sabry Ezzat
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda Anis to
promote the 1985 Ashraf Fahmy film Saad the Orphan [saad
al-yatim] starring Ahmed Zaki based on a story by Yousry Al-Gendy with
screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hai Adib and cinematography by Mohsen
Nasr. Plot summary: Saad the Orphan [Ahmed Zaki] was in love with
Sabah [Naglaa Fathy], the daughter of a gang leader named Badran
[Mahmoud Moursy]. Another gang leader named al-Halbawy [Farid Shawqi]
also wanted to marry Sabah. This created a conflict for Sabah's
father Badran and a rivaly between al-Halbawy and Saad the Orphan,
although arrangements had been made for Saad the Orphan to marry
Sabah, since this was what Sabah wanted and her father Badran had
agreed to it. There was a fight on the wedding night between
al-Halbawy and Saad the Orphan where Saad the Orphan prevailed. Then
there was another fight the same night where Badran was killed after
Saad the Orphan learned that Badran, his father-in-law, had been the
killer of his father and mother.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Naglaa Fathy, Ahmed Zaki, Mahmoud Moursy, Tewfik El Dekn, Shouweikar, Karima Mokhtar, Ashraf Fahmy, Ahmed Bedir, Mohamed Wafik, Ahmed Ghanem, Zizi Mustafa, Mohsen Nasr, Ibrahim Abdel Razaq, Yousry Al-Gendy, Abdel Hai Adib
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly and Abdel
Rahman to promote the 1964 81-minute Nour El-Demerdash black-and-white
film The Price of Freedom starring Mahmoud Moursy adapted for
cinema by Naguib Mahfouz from the 1948 play Montserrat by
Emmanuel Robles based on an Arabic translation done in Lebanon by
Sohail Idris. The screenplay was done by Lutfy El-Kholy and Tulba
Radwan and cinematography was by Masud Isa. The components of the
story are taken directly from the original play with changes of name
and locale to suit the Egyptian environment. Plot summary: During the
British occupation of Egypt (1882-1956) there was a secret
organization led by a young fighter named Ahmed Abdel Hafiz. The
organization was opposed to the occupying forces. The British
governor ordered an Egyptian officer to find the chief of the
organization quickly. If this could not be done it would be necessary
to arrest the first six people to pass on the street in front of the
office and kill them by firing squad. The officer was not able to
find the fighter so six people were arrested, including a cart driver,
a merchant who had left a dinner party for his wedding, a student
whose brother had died as a martyr during his resistance to the
occupation, a mother who was returning to her small children who had
no one but her and were waiting for her return at the time, and a
pretty girl who was singing a Sayed Darwish patriotic tune. The
randomly arrested bystanders were left alone with the Egyptian officer
and told they had one hour to persuade him to divulge the location of
Ahmed Abdel Hafiz. When this did not produce the desired results, the
British officer prepared to shoot the innocents, but before doing that
he shot and killed the Egyptian officer. The multiple venues where
this play has appeared in film and on stage were traced by Nehad
Selaiha for Al-Ahram Weekly on 20 February 2013.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Nour El-Demerdash, Masud Isa, Mahmoud Moursy, Abdallah Gheith, Karima Mokhtar, Salah Mansour, Ahmed Al-Gezeiry, Nahed Samir, Ahmed Abaza, Hamed Morsi, Masud Isa, Faiza Fouad, Kamal Yasseen, Mohammed Tawfik, Hamed Moursy, Mahmoud al-Hadini, Sabri Abdel Aziz, Mohammed Abaza, Sayed al-Rais, Gamil Ezzedine, Mohamed Yahya Soleyman, Emmanuel Robles, Lutfy El-Kholy, Tulba Radwan, Sohail Idris, Ahmed al-Hamaqi
A Bit of Fear [shay min al-khawf] (1969) - (Shadia) Egyptian film poster
This film was directed by Hussein Kamal based on a story
by Tharwat Abaza, with screenplay and dialogue by Sabry Ezzat; the
cinematography was done by Ahmed Khorshed; it is on Ahmad Al-Hadari's
2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films. The poster was
designed by Mohamed Hussein. Plot Summary: Atris the grandson became
the image of his grandfather in cruelty, violence, tyranny and crime.
He ruled the life of his village with the terror he imposed upon its
inhabitants. He had loved Fouada since she was a child but she
refused him after he came to resemble his grandfather in spirit and
action. Atris courted Fouada and asked her father for her hand in
marriage but Fouada refused the marriage. Her father feared Atris's
anger, and instead of announcing her refusal of the marriage he
announced her agreeent to it. Atris was overjoyed when he heard this
news, but Sheikh Ibrahim incited the people against Atris and his
gang, declaring that his marriage to Fouada was cancelled. Ignoring
Atris's orders, Fouada allowed water to flow into the lands of the
farmers after he had denied it to them. The people defied Atris
and his gang and burned his mansion while he was in it.
Cast and crew: Shadia, Hussein Kamal, Sabry Ezzat, Amal Zayed, Yehia Chahine, Mohammed Tawfik, Mahmoud Moursy, Ahmed Khorshed, Salah Nazmi, Tharwat Abaza, Sabry Ezzat
