This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1981 Zaki Saleh
film Beware We Are the Crazy Ones based on story, screenplay
and dialogue by Anwar Abdel Malek and starring Nahed Sherif as Ashjan.
Plot summary: Hoda [Safa Abu Al-Saud] loved Wahid [Mustafa Fahmy] who
lived in an apartment in the building her mother owned. Wahid got
mixed up in narcotics smuggling and got involved with Ashjan, one of
the smugglers. He was arrested, after which he and Hoda were reunited.
Cast and crew: Nahed Sherif, Mustafa Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Younes
Shalaby, Zaki Saleh, Safa Abu Al-Saud, Salah El-Saadany, Mohamed Reda,
Aqila Ratib, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Magda Hamada, Samir Wali Eddine,
Mohamed Hamdi, Anwar Abdel Malek
This 1960 Egyptian black-and-white film was directed by Fatin Abdel
Wahab, screenplay by Mohamed Abu Youssef, dialogue by Amin Yussef
Ghurab, cinematography Aly Hassan; it tells the story of a cabaret
dancer in Alexandria named Leila [Samia Gamal]. Many of the customers
liked her but she resisted their offers of marriage and requests that
she become their mistress. She had one importunate pursuer named
Hamada [Ahmed Mazhar] whom she always resisted. He was shocked when
she married another man named Abbas [Mahmoud El-Meliguy], with whom
she ran the cabaret after they were married. Hamada, shocked and
disappointed, disappeared. Then Abbas apparently died in a fire on his
boat. Hamada returned and this time she accepted him. Abbas, who had
not actually died, came back and tried to separate them but could not
do so.
Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Ahmed Mazhar, Fatin Abdel Wahab,
Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohamed Reda, Mohammed Tawfik, Said Khalil,
Souraya Fakhry, Mohamed Badreddine, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Amin Yousseff
Ghurab, Aly Hassan
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1986 Mohamed Khan
film Omar's Journey based on a story by Mohamed Khan and Raouf
Tawfiq and starring Farouk Al-Fichawy. Plot Summary: Omar [Farouk
Al-Fichawy] lives dependent on his father the wealthy Al-Gawahargi
[Mohamed Reda]. His father wants him to deliver a bag of jewels to a
colleague in Tanta. On the way he runs out of gas. A worker also
named Omar [Mamdouh Abd El Aleem] at a rural gas station tries to help
him refuel but uses the wrong type. While they are trying to solve
this problem a driver [Ahmad Abdel Waress] who had agreed to provide
the correct type of fuel arrives in a big yellow dump truck and beats
up Omar. The two Omars later continue the trip after picking up a
local prostitute named Negah [Mediha Kamel] who is on her way to Port
Said. With nothing to deliver in Tanta, they change the itinerary to
take Negah to Port Said. When they stop at a restaurant for food they
see the thieves in the bathroom and get into a brief inconclusive
fight. Then they continue, driving at night. That night the first
Omar and Negah sleep together when they stop at a hotel; then they
continue the trip. On the way they are attacked again by the same
thieves with the big yellow truck, who steal the jewelry and the car
and abandon the truck. The three of them continue to Suez in the
truck. There they find Omar's stolen automobile abandoned and wrecked
by the road on a rocky beach. Negah and the second Omar continue in
the truck, leaving the first Omar with the wrecked automobile. Negah
gets out of the truck and hitches a ride with another truck driver
after the two of them argue. She immediately begins coming on to her
new driver; the film ends with the first Omar sitting sadly in his
useless automobile. A radio is playing.
Cast and crew: Ahmad Abdel Waress, Mohamed Reda, Mamdouh Abd El
Aleem, Ahmed Bedir, Zahrat El-Ola, Madiha Kamel, Farouk Al-Fichawy,
Mohamed Khan, Tarek El-Telmessani, Raouf Tawfiq, Youcef Rajai, Samia
Al-Alfy, Ismail Mahmoud, Osman Abdel Moneim, Hanem Mohamed, Zakaria
Mouafi, Hosny Abdul Jalil, Ahdey Sadek, Ahmed Abu Abih, Mohamed
Al-Dardiri, Magdy Ahmed Aly, Hanan Youssef
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1972 Houssam El-Din
Mustafa crime comedy Devils of the Sea based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid and starring Shukry
Sarhan. Plot summary: In the city of Alexandria Hamada, [Mohamed Awad]
Salah [Youssef Fakhr Eddine] and Hassan [Hassan Youssef] were brought
together by friendship and locale. The three of them were trying to
get into a relationship with some men dealing in contraband. One day
they stole Haroun's [Ahmed Louxor] automobile, fled in it and were
chased by the police. The three friends went to a recruiting office
and joined the navy. At the same time Salah's sister Samia [Nelly]
went to work for Haroun as his secretary; she was also helping Adel,
[Shukry Sarhan] an undercover detective, in his effort to trap
Haroun's gang.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz
and Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1975 Atef Salem film Youth These
Days based on a story by Mohammad al-Hadidi, screenplay and
dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Rushdy Abaza as Hosni. Plot
summary: As editor of an important journal, Hosni did not have enough
time to stay at home and look after his wife Eqbal [Mariam Fakhr
Eddine] and children. He wrote about youth affairs and was in a
relationship with his secretary Soheir [Safia El Emari] without
realizing she was secretly married to his son Khaled [Samir Sabri].
Khaled was killed in the October War, but before that he sent his
father a letter telling him about his marriage to Soheir.
Cast and crew: Atef Salem, Rushdy Abaza, Mohamed Awad, Mohamed
Reda, Samir Sabri, Safia El Emari, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Sameer Ghanem,
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Leila Hamada, Khayria Ahmed, Saed Zayan, Amira,
Abdel Moneim Bahnassy, Mohammad al-Hadidi, Abdel Hay Adib
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
for the 1985 Adel Sadiq film Husband on Call AKA [zawg taht
al-talab based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Helmy Salem
and starring Adel Imam as Mamdouh. Plot summary: Mamdouh is recruited
by a broker [Fouad El-Mohandes] to act as a temporary husband. He is
not comfortable doing this at first, but he plays the part for three
different women. In the final episode the wealthy Naeem [Mohamed
Reda] decides to remarry his divorced wife Nahed [Laila Eloui]. Nahed
decides to teach Naeem a lesson; she makes a secret arrangement with
Mamdouh, who is as usual being paid handsomely to make the remarriage
possible by acting as an interim husband. Nahed thinks her arrangement
with Mamdouh will make Naeem worry about losing her.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Laila Eloui, Samir Farag, Helmy Salem,
Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Hala Sedki, Sally, Adel Sadiq, Fouad
El-Mohandes, Mohamed Reda, Said Abdel Ghani, Angel Aaram, Youseff
Daoud, Othman Abdul Menem, Mahmoud Rashad, Angel, Mona Darwish,
Mokhtar Al Sayed, Wahid Hamdi, Ali al-Sharif al-Saghir, Mohammad
Sanad, Awatef Ramadan, Nabawia Said, Ahmed Shoukry
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster desiged by Wahib
Fahmy for the 1974 Mahmoud Farid film Devils Forever based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Behgat Kamar and Kamal Zakaria and
starring Adel Imam as Fakhrani. Plot summary: Fakhrani and Kamal
Taleban [Farouk Youssef] wanted to marry the sisters Faten [Safa Abu
al-Saud] and Ferial [Hayat Kandeel] but their father the Sergeant
Maghawy [Mohamed Reda] refused to allow it because their family's
military tradition required the husbands of its daughters to be
soldiers. Fakhrani and Kamal therefore joined the Police Institute
Trustees after finishing school. Their father then agreed to let his
daughters marry them. The plan was delayed when Maghawy's youngest
son Galal was kidnapped.
Cast and crew: Mahmoud Farid, Safa Abu Al-Saud, Hayat Kandeel,
Nagwa Fouad, Nabila El Sayed, Mohamed Reda, Adel Imam, Behgat Kamar,
Victor Antoun, Kamal Zakaria, Farouk Youssef, Safaa Abo Seud, Madhar
Abol Nega, Ibrahim Saafan, Medhat Gamal, Nasr Seif, Ahmed Salama,
Mohamed Abo Hashish, Mahmoud al-Tufi, Sayed Ibrahim, Ahmed Nabil
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1981 Ahmed Sarwat film Bayada based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Kamal Karim and starring Youssra as Bayada. Plot summary:
Bayada was a waitress who took a simple delight in her village of
Ma'adia; her fiancee Hassan [Rushdy Abaza] worked as a fisherman.
Some foreigners came to the village who said they were looking for the
body of their grandfather on the bottom of the ocean; Hassan helped
them even though they were actually smuggling gold. They also hired a
young diver named Khalil to help them. Hassan was suspicious and
began watching them. One of them found a chest of gold and tried to
hide it. Hassan notified the police, who arrested all the foreigners.
It turned out Khalil was one of the police.
Cast and crew: Amal Sherif, Rushdy Abaza, Mohamed Reda, Wahid Seif,
Youssra, Ahmed Sarwat, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Farouk Youssef, Fakri Taha,
Farouq Suleiman, Naim Esa, Mohammad al-Sisi, Al-Toukhi Tawfiq
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1966 Atef Salem film Khan
al-Khalili based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Samira
Ahmed as Nawal. Plot Summary: The Akef family moved to Khan
al-Khalili. They were the parents, the big brother Ahmed Akef [Imad
Hamdi] who was over 40 and the little brother Rushdy [Hassan Youssef]
who was completing his studies. A variety of personality types lived
in Khan al-Khalili such as the teacher Nunu who lived his life with no
tomorrow and ran sentences together when he spoke. In the midst of
the air raids during World War II the people in the neighborhood took
refuge in the air raid shelter. Ahmed loved his good-looking neighbor
Nawal [Samira Ahmed] and tried to get close to her. His mother talked
about his feelings for her. He felt he had hopes. When Nawal fell in
love with Rushdy, met him and went for a walk with him Rushdy went
through a crisis within and came down with tuberculosis. He thought
of Ahmad and the sacrifice of his love for Nawal. Ahmad began to get
involved with the Khan al-Khalil society and had an encounter with the
teacher Nunu's nihilism. Rushdy's illness worsened and he died.
Nawal was stricken by Rushdy's death and the family decided to move
from Khan al-Khalili to another area.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Atef Salem, Samira Ahmed, Imad
Hamdi, Hassan Youssef, Taheya Cariocca, Abdel Waress Assar, Mohamed
Reda, George Sidhum, Tewfik El Dekn, Amal Zayed, Abdel Khalek Saleh,
Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Mustafa Samy
Pictured is an undated Egptian rerelease poster designed by Abdel
Rahman to promote the 1967 148-minute Essa Karama black-and-white
film That Man Is Driving Me Crazy [al-ragol da haganini]
starring Fouad El-Mohandes based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Abdel Fatah al-Sayed with cinematography by Mostafa Hassan. Plot
summary: Attia [Fouad El-Mohandes] was a good man whose wife Amina
[Shouweikar] complained about his weak character and finally left him.
He did not know what happened to her or their daughter [Madiha
Salem]. After a few years Attia decided decided to look for work in
the cinema. He met a greedy producer [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] and learned
that he intended to use a wealthy woman to produce films for him
because he was bankrupt. Attia learned that this woman was none other
than his wife, who had been left a large amount of money from a man
she had been nursing. Attia tried to save his daughter, who thought he
had died, and his wife from the greedy producer. He hid his identity
from his daughter [Madiha Salem] hoping to prevent her from marrying
the producer's son [Samir Sabri], but then he had a change of heart
when the producer's son turned out to be different from his father;
the marriage eventually took place and Attia and Amina were also
reconciled again.
Pictured is a 27.5" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohamed Abdel
Aziz to promote the 1955 112-minute Niazi Mostafa black-and-white
film A Cigarette and a Glass [sigara wa kas] starring Samia
Gamal based on a story by Abdel Aziz Salam, screenplay by Abdel Aziz
Salam, Hassan Tewfik and Niazi Mostafa, dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam
and Hassan Tewfik and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot
summary: This is a famous Egyptian melodrama in which the late Samia
Gamal (1924 - 1994) plays the part of a renowned dancer named Hoda
Gamal, who gives up the spotlight for marriage and is then driven to
drink by jealousy. Hoda is jealous of a scheming Italian nurse named
Yolanda [Dalida] who is working for her husband Dr. Mamdouh Samy
[Nabil Al Alfi]. The tension is resolved at the end with the outbreak
of a fire in their apartment that threatens the life of their
daughter; this brings the couple to their senses and results in
Yolanda's replacement as Dr. Mamdouh's assistant. Kouka, the wife of
director Niazi Mostafa, sings the title song in her role as Hoda's
friend and fellow performer Azz.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Aziz Salam, Nabil Al Alfi, Seraj Munir, Dalida, Kouka, Mohamed Reda, Hussein Abdel Nabi, Hosni Claude, Mervat Kazem, Kamal al-Zeini, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Hassan Tewfik, Samia Gamal
This film is based on Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce with a story
that begins in 1942 beside the Suez Canal in the city of Ismailia
Egypt. The poster measures 25.5" x 37" and was designed for a 1994
rerelease of Samir Seif's 1984 108-minute color film Streets of
Fire starring Nour El-Sherif based on screenplay and dialogue by
Ibrahim al-Mawgi and Ahmed Saleh with cinematography by Essam Farid.
Plot summary: A policeman named Imam [Nour El-Sherif] was transferred
from Ismailia to Cairo to work in a red light district. He fell in
love with a whore named Nousa [Madiha Kamel] who worked with a local
thug named Galal [Sayed Zayan], but Imam did not know Nousa was a
whore. In an incident defending Nousa, Imam beat up a British soldier
and then lost his job. He returned to the neighborhood looking for
work, became a pimp and got into a fight with Galal. Imam won the
fight, became the district's dominant tough guy and married
Nousa. Later when prostitution was outlawed, Imam took to nightclub
life and then joined revolutionaries fighting the British. A year
earlier the 1983 Nader Galal film Five Doors Bar [khamsa bab]
had also been based on Irma La Douce, set at about the same
time in Cairo's Ezbekia district.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Madiha Kamel, Laila Eloui, Sayed Zayan, Mohamed Reda, Samir Seif, Naima Al Soghayar, Negah El-Mogui, Atef Barakat, Zakaria Mouafi, Billy Wilder, Essam Farid, Karima El-Sherif, Hanem Mohamed, Sharifa Zaitoun, Amima Selim, Mohammad Shawky, Zakaria Mouafi, Ahmed Abu Abia, Kassim Al Daly, Fouad Khalil, Reda Al Sayed, Souraya Ezzeddine, Fouad Abdel Aziz, Youssef Fawzi, Wasila Hussein, Hosni Abdel Galil, Hayatem, Youssef Assal, Ahmed Abdel Hadi, Ahmed Farid
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
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz and Wahib Fahmy to support the 1967 164-minute Helmy Rafla color film Loved by
the Masses [ma'budet al-gamahir] starring Abdel Halim Hafez based
on a story by Mustafa Amin with dialogue by Mohammed Abu Youssef,
screenplay by Helmy Halim and Youssef Gohar and cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Abdel Halim Hafez] was an actor
and a musician at the beginning of his career living in a poor
neighborhood. He loved a famous musician named Soheir [Shadia], who
was the star of his band, and he discovered she had the same feelings
for him. They surprised everyone by deciding to marry, but this did
not please the band director, who tried to separate them. Soheir was
surprised to discover on the night of the marrriage contract that there
was a woman who claimed to be Ibrahim's wife and that she had borne his
child. Soheir decided to cancel the marriage and because of her sadness her
popularity faded, while Ibrahim's popularity increased and he became a
famous musician. He did not forget his love for Soheir. One day
Soheir saw a picture of the woman who was claiming to be Ibrahim's
wife and realized she was an actress who had been trying to steal her
beloved. She did not care about the woman's false claims so she went
to Ibrahim's neighborhood, who welcomed her and publicly declared his
return to her.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Fouad El-Mohandes, Mohamed Reda, Youssef Chaban, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Shafik Noureddin, Shadia, Abdel Halim Hafez, Wahid Farid, Zein El-Ashmawy, George Sidhum, Ahmed El Haddad, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mustafa Amin, Helmy Halim, Youssef Gohar, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Nadia Ezzat, Hussein Ismail, Ahmed Farahat
Life and Hope [hayat wa amal] (1961) - (Imane) Egyptian film poster
This is a picture of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad
Aziz to promote the 1961 95-minute Zoheir Bakir black-and-white
film Life and Hope [hayat wa amal] starring Imane based on
story and screenplay by Zoheir Bakir with dialogue by Adly Nour and
cinematography by Ali Hassan. Plot summary: The famous soccer player
Kamal married Salwa, the daughter of an industrialist, while at the
same time her cousin was wanting to marry her. The two lived happily,
then Kamal went abroad to play in a tournament. The plane crashed and
everyone was killed except Kamal, who landed on the coast of Lebanon.
A Lebanese girl picked him up, took him to her family and discovered
he had lost his memory. She took care of him, and in his new identity
he fell in love with her. Then they married. Back in Egypt after
Salwa learned he had died she agreed to a paper marriage to her
cousin. The years passed and Kamal became a success. He went to
Egypt with his second wife to to sign a contract for a special deal in
the textile business. Salwa saw him there and tried to tell him the
truth, but his Lebanese wife kept a watch on this. Kamal didn't
return to his original identity until he had been injured in an
automobile accident. Then the Lebanese wife went back to her country after
deciding to sacrifice her husband, and Kamal went back to Salwa.
Cast and crew: Imane, Ahmed Ramzy, Nagwa Fouad, Zoheir Bakir, Mahmoud Azmy, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Ahmed Mazhar, Ali Hassan, Julia Daw, Adly Kasseb, Nahed Samir, Mohamed Reda, Mohamed Al-Tayeb, Adly Nour, Yasmin, Ahmed Abu'ebia, Ebtesam Helmy, Abu Lam'a, Dr. Shadid, Kamal Al-Zeyni
This is an undated rerelease Egyptian promotional poster designed by
Wael for the 1968 127-minute black-and-white Abbas Kamel film I Am
the Doctor [ana al-doktor] starring Farid Shawqi with screenplay
and dialogue by Abbas Kamel and cinematography by Adel Abdel Azim.
The film tells a tale of Egyptian medical quackery and chicanery.
Plot summary: Ibrahim was a nurse who impersonated a doctor so he
could work in Dr. Sami's clinic. He bought the clinic to move it to a
village in upper Egypt with his former colleague Karim [Adel Imam] and Nadia, [Nelly] whom he
had met while she was working as a waitress in a cafeteria. Working
as a physician he accumulated enormous wealth by convincing the
healthy people in the village that they were sick. He also had a
commission from the village pharmacy for charging each patient
exhorbitant prices for medicines. Ibrahim and Nadia decided to marry
and he told her the truth about what he had been doing, but she still
loved him. Then the police arrested him in Alexandria just as the
opening of a new hospital was being celebrated.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Nelly, Mohamed Reda, Tewfik el-dikn, Adel Imam, Hassan Mustafa, Nadia Seif El-Nasr, Nawal El Sogiera, Abbas Kamel, George Sidhum, Adel Abdel Azim, Mohammad Al-Gizawi
This Egyptian film poster was designed by an unknown artist to promote
the 1966 85-minute El-Sayed Ziada black-and-white film Street of
the Water Carriers with screenplay and dialogue by Anwar Abdalla
and cinematography by Gamal Ebada. Plot Summary: The film is a
caricature of the Egyptian film industry as seen by poor Egyptian
audiences who dream of participation. It is about a girl named Fakiha
[Sharifa Fadel] who lived in the district of the water carriers with
her uncle Hussein [Amin El-Heinedy] the composer. Her uncle was a
talented man whose work was not appreciated until a film studio gave
him the opportunity to write a song for a new movie. When she went to
the studio with her uncle, as a singer Fakiha also got a chance for a
role in the new film to replace the lead actress, whose singing the
producer did not like. Fakiha's fiancee Salem [Mohamed Awad] became
angry with her because he was afraid she would get a job in the movies
and leave him, but she just ignored him. Fakiha left the district of
the water carriers and went to live with her uncle in an upscale
neighborhood while preparing herself to become a movie star. She
was bitterly disappointed later to find that her role had been given back to
the original lead actress. She returned to the district of the water
carriers with her uncle; Salem was there waiting for her and everybody
in the district of the water carriers was happy to have her back.
