This is an original 23.5"x 35" Egyptian poster for the 1949 Mahmoud
Zulfikar film The Night is Ours based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Youssef Gohar and starring Sabah as Nawal. Plot summary:
Nawal is a singer who falsely presents herself as a student to
Dr. Medhat, [Mahmoud Zulfikar] who falls in love with her. After she
confesses she is not really a student, he says he still loves her and
wants to marry her.
Cast and crew: Youssef Gohar, Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Soleiman
Naguib, Salah Nazmi, Bruno Salvi, Wahba Hessaballah, Nelly Mazloum,
Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Kamel, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Shafik Nour El Din,
Mahmoud Azmy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mousen Hassanein
This is a 33" x 44" oversize Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly
to promote the 1955 Helmy Rafla film Revolt in the City
[thawret al-medina] starring Mohammad Fawzi and Sabah based on
screenplay and dialogue by Nairuz Abdel Malek with cinematography by
Masud Isa. Plot summary: This is a musical melodrama showcasing the
singing talents of Sabah and Mohammad Fawzi. Fatima's [Sabah] mother
died giving birth to her and her father [Hussein Riad] believed women
died immediately after giving birth. Fatima was raised believing this
too, so she avoided marriage and the idea of having children. However
she still fell in love with Ahmad [Mohammad Fawzi], a boy from a rich
family, and he asked her to marry him. Then her father was killed in
a factory accident and combined impact of mourning her father and her
psychological anti-marriage complex caused her to spend a lot of time
resisting before she finally accepted Ahmad's proposal. After
marriage, Fatima had children and was expecting to die, but she did
not die. This resolved her fear of dying because of childbirth and
she went on with her life in "happily ever after" mode. The "revolt"
theme in the title and on the poster is about an incident in the film
where the family home was destroyed in a riot while Fatima was still a
child, and has nothing at all to do with the main story. The image on the poster of Mohammad Fawzi carrying Sabah as an adult is from a different part of the film that is unrelated to the riot.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Mohammad Fawzi, Hussein Riad, Helmy Rafla, Ahmed Allam, Wedad Hamdy, Masud Isa, Shafik Noureddin, Hussein Ismail, Nairuz Abdel Malek, Qadria Qadri, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Sabih, Suleiman al-Guindy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Ragaa Youssef, Qadria Kamel, Doha Nagdi
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda Anise to
promote the 1983 Mohamed Fadel 124-minute color film Love in
Prison [hob fil-zinzana] starring Adel Imam and Soad Hosny based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ibrahim El-Mougy with
cinematography by Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: Abol Fotouh, [Abdel
Moneim Madbouli] the secretary of the greedy merchant al-Sherbouni,
[Gamil Rateb] persuaded Salah [Adel Imam] to go to prison in exchange
for a promise of an apartment and a lathe workshop. In prison Salah
met the imprisoned artist Farouq [Yehia El-Fakharani] and Ali
Shamsoun, [Aly El Cherif] who was condemned to death but had been
given a reprieve. With the help of hand signals, Salah fell in love
with Faiza, [Soad Hosny] a prisoner in the adjacent women's prison.
After Faiza was released she went to get the apartment but
Al-Sherbouni hid it from her and did not keep his promise. Salah broke
out of prison so he could take revenge against Al-Sherbouni. He
married Faiza and remained in hiding until he could travel abroad with
Farouq's fake passport. Seduced by money, Farouq had to declare the
date of Al-Sharbouni's trip. The police went to the airport but Salah
evaded them and fled. He went to Al-Sherbouni's home and killed him;
then he was put back in prison.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Soad Hosny, Mohamed Fadel, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Yehia El-Fakharany, Gamil Ratib, Aly El Cherif, Mohamed Kamel, Naima El Saghier, Magda Zaki, Ibrahim El-Mougy, Mohsen Nasr, Badr Nofal, Mohamed Shawky, Hamdy Youssef, Abou Lam'a, Sami Moghawari, Awatef Tekla, Ahmed Al-Badri, Mahmoud Massoud, Mohammad Farid, Said Tarabik, Osman Salim
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian film poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour and Morteda Anise and printed by Arabic Cinema printers
to promote the 1984 110-minute Hussein El-Wakeel color film The
Curse [al-la'na] starring Nour El-Sherif with screenplay by
Hussein El-Wakeel, dialogue by Salah Gabin and cinematography by
Mostafa Imam, based on the 1963 film Shock Corridor written and
directed by Samuel Fuller. The film was produced by Aflam Eskandaria
and distributed by Ihab al-Leisi films. Plot summary: Chief Editor
Tantawy [Nabil Dessouky] gave the journalist Hamdy [Nour El-Sherif]
the job of investigating the murder of Saluma, an inmate at a mental
hospital. Hamdy gained entrance into the hospital claiming to be
insane, despite the objections of his wife Madiha [Madiha Kamel].
Based on consultations with a psychiatrist he learned how to imitate
the state of a mental patient. At the hospital he found three
witnesses who said the patient Khalil was the one who had killed
Salmuma because she had seen him assault another patient
sexually. Hamdy left the hospital and published his report, but
discovered he had gone insane himself.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Samuel Fuller, Madiha Kamel, Hussein El-Wakeel, Mustafa Imam, Gamil Ratib, Ahmed Bedir, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Aly El Cherif, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Morshed, Ahmed Abdel Hadi, Mohamed Nouh, Nabil Dessouky, Kamal Hussein
Pictured is a promotional poster designed by Morteda Anise for the
1991 120-minute color film Woman Marked for Destruction [emraa
ayla lel soqut] written and directed by Medhat El-Sebaiy and starring
Youssra as Ahlam based on a story taken from court cases, with
cinematography by Tarek El-Telmisany. Plot summary: Poverty drove
Ahlam to the commission of illegal acts for which she was never
arrested such as swindling, theft and prostitution; she formed a
professional gang with two clever thieves named Mohsen [Mohamed Kamel]
and Sharif [Ramzi Gheith]. Ahlam fell in love with Shukry, [Mahmoud
Hemida] a novice journalist and they dreamed together about wealth and
freedom. Then she dumped him for a wealthy man who refused to marry
her after seducing her. She was passed from one man to another and
became a whore. She was imprisoned on false testimony; after her
release she married a waiter named Hamdy [Abdel Aziz Makhyoun] at a
nightclub where she worked, but then she discovered he was addicted to
heroin. The owner of the house raped her in front of her husband, but
he made no move to save her. The thieves Mohsen and Sharif broke into
a wealthy woman's villa, stole her jewels and killed her and her son.
Her young daughter Abir [Amira Ibrahim] saw them and ran away. The
thieves hid the stolen jewels in Ahlam's apartment but the police
arrested the three of them. Ahlam was sentenced to death because the
evidence of the crime was found in her apartment. Ahlam's former
fiancee Shukry came to her defense and went looking for Abir, the only
witness who could save Ahlam from the noose.
Cast and crew: Medhat El-Sebaiy, Farid Shawqi, Youssra, Hoda Soltan, Mohsen Sarhan, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Mahmoud Hemida, Salah Kabil, Ragaa Hussein, Seif Abdel Rahman, Seif El Dine, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Wafik, Tarek El-Telmisany, Mohammad Rafiq, Mohsen Sarhan, Mahmood Massood, Zeinab Wahbi, Shadia Abdel Hamid, Sayed Sadek, Mufid Ashour, Ibrahim Mabruk, Anwar Abdel Aziz, Mervat Hafez, Amira Ibrahim, Mostafa Ibrahim
