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 is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1984 Ashraf Fahmy
film The Maid based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz, screenplay
and dialogue by Mostafa Moharram and starring Nadia El Guindy as
Ferdoos. Plot summary: Ferdoos killed her husband with her lover's
help, without any reservations because of his illness and old age.
She went to work with the widow Hekmat [Mediha Yousri] who owned the
company where her husband Ibrahim [Hafez Amin] used to work. Ferdoos
went to Hekmat's home and lived with her son the university student
Alaa, [Mamdouh Abd El Aleem] who depended on his mother and deferred
to her. Ferdoos made Alaa fall in love with her. He married her and
she became the dominant woman in the affairs of the family, especially
after his mother was stricken with paralysis in an accident. She
dispensed with the father quickly as well without notifying him when
he stole Hekmat Hamen's jewelry. Then she brought Fathy [Mustafa
Fahmy] the company director into her group. Alaa discovered her
betrayal, divorced her and banished her from the house. He regretted
what he had done with his mother. He comforted the father, who killed
Ferdoos.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Nadia El Guindy, Samir Farag, Naguib
Mahfouz, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Sa'eed Saleh, Mustafa Fahmy, Madiha
Yousri, Ahmed Ghanem, Naima Al Soghayar, Mostafa Moharram, Hassan
Hussein, Hafez Amin, Ahmed Ghanem, Hussein Ibrahim, Mohsen Sabry,
Sherif Hamdy
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Dar Hani and Gasour
for the 1976 Hassan Al Imam film Amar al-Zaman starring Naglaa
Fathy as Amar al-Zaman. Plot summary: Amar al-Zaman was an innocent,
naive girl who left her home town of al-Mansoura to look for work in
Cairo. Someone tried to rape her when she arrived in Cairo but she was
rescued by an acquaintance named Soltan [Sa'eed Saleh] who worked as a
magician in a cabaret. He got her a job in the cabaret but she failed
as a waitress because she was clumsy. A carnival puppeteer and former
ballet dancer named Mohsen [Mustafa Fahmy] fell in love with her.
Mohsen was obliged to work in cabarets because of a war injury and
doubted Amar al-Zaman cared for him, but in fact she loved him too.
Cast and crew: Abu Bakr Ezzat, Hassan Al Imam, Mustafa Fahmy,
Sa'eed Saleh, Younes Shalaby, Hala Fakher, Naglaa Fathy, Hala Sedki,
Ramses Marzouk, Saleh Iskandarani, Mohamed Shawky, Mohammad Nagam,
Ibrahim Nasr, Eza Kamal, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mona Abdulla
This film directed by Inas Al Degheidy is based
on the 1946 American film Gilda directed
by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth. This
Egyptian version of that classic film was a box office
failure, but it has a beautiful poster designed by
Takht Ahd. Plot summary: Jamila (Youssra) is a
singer married to Azmi (Ahmed Ramzi), the owner
of one of the hotels where she works. The hotel
has a new manager named Salah (Mustafa Fahmi)
who had recently been released from prison. Salah,
who has a secret side business as an arms dealer,
is an extremely cruel man. In his earlier years his
marriages had been unsuccessful because of his
infidelities and now he has become an older man
without ever being close to a woman. Jamila takes
up with him and abandons her husband for the
sake of her career, thinking he can help her socially,
but she then tires of Salah and returns to Azmi; this
leads to a violent altercation when Salah tries to take
revenge against Jamila for abandoning him.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Ramzy, Youssra, Inas Al Degheidy, Mustafa Fahmy, Shams, Hussein El Imam, Tarek El-Telmessani, Angel Aaram, Ali Hassanein, Hisham Madkour, Sayed Gabr, Abdel Hai Adib, Gilda, Charles Vidor
This film was directed by Hany Lasheen, screenplay and dialogue by
Mohsen Sayed and cinematography by Abdel Moneim Bahnassy; it is based
on a story by Naguib Mahfouz. The poster was designed by Sami.
Plot Summary: Abdelhamid Al-Sokkari was a successful businessman. He
returned from abroad after signing contracts for a huge project, but
because of his many responsibilities and his increased anxiety he was
stricken with paralysis. He returned in a wheelchair after his
treatement failed. His son took over the company operations and his
wife used his ideas with friends and at gatherings. His daughter
Nabila was a medical student in love with Engineer Hamed. Her father
had agreed to her engagement to him despite their social differences.
Abdelhamid met Dr. Galal, a friend from his youth when they had been
heroes of the national movement. This filled his life, made it
meaningful and got him out of his state of depression. He welcomed
life with a new personality. He decided to write his memoirs
including the truth and the names of those who participated with him
in suspicous operations until he acquired what wealth he had. The
memoirs would open the sun and moon for him and deliver the news to
his partners. He asked his friends to help him publish the book. His
partners tried without success to prevent him publishing the book;
then they shot him while he was on his way to the publisher.
