This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1978 Ashraf Fahmy
film Until the End of Life based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Youssef El Sebai and starring Nagwa Ibrahim as Mona. Plot
summary: Mona married Ahmed [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] who was later
paralyzed by injuries he suffered fighting in the Yom Kippur War. She
had a conflicting relationship with Mahmoud, [Omar Nagy] a member of
her sports club.
Cast and crew: Youssef El Sebai, Ashraf Fahmy, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz,
Omar Khorshid, Imad Hamdi, Hayat Kandeel, Sa'eed Saleh, Nagwa Ibrahim,
Omar Nagy
This is a 27.5" x 39.5" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour and Aziz
for the 1979 Yehia El Alami film Afraid of Something based on a
story by Fathy Abol-Fadl, screenplay and dialogue by Yehia El Alami,
cinematography by Wadid Serri and starring Nagwa Ibrahim as Esmat.
Plot summary: Rashed [Abu Bakr Ezzat] drugged and kidnapped Esmat,
a student, and took her to his home. Before he could
attack her he was surprised by a thief named Raouf [Ezzat El Alaili]
who killed him and then fled with Esmat. To get her sympathy, Raouf
confessed to Esmat that he was being forced to steal so he could pay
for his sick daughter's [Laila Eloui] medical care.
Cast and crew: Rushdy Abaza, Yehia El Alami, Fathy Abol-Fadl, Ezzat
El Alaili, Gamil Ratib, Nagwa Ibrahim, Imad Hamdi, Hussein
El-Sherbini, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Madiha Yousri, Safi El Emari, Soheir
Reda, Essad Younes, Laila Eloui, Hanem Mohammed, Mariam Fakhr Eddine,
Farouq Naguib, Mahmoud Abuzaid, Ibrahim Helmy, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi,
Saleh al-Iskanderani, Samia Mahmoud, Mohamed Shaker, Wadid Sirri
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Anis to promote the 1978 88-minute Ashraf Fahmy color
film My Honor [karamati] starring Imad Abdel Halim and Nagwa
Ibrahim based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Abdel Wahab
with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh. Plot summary: Amal's husband
Salah betrayed her so she decided to kill herself. Tareq tried to
save her and calm her down, but she saw he was becoming attached to
her and decided to go to Cairo, far away from him. He decided to
follow her home to see where she lived. Salah went to her and
expressed regret about what happened but she refused to go back to him
at first. Later she was hurt in a traffic accident and agreed to
resume their relationship when he visited her at a hospital. This film
is largely a showcase for the singing of Imad Abdel Halim, in a
romantic spirit reminiscent of Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977).
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Mohamed Khairi, Nagwa Ibrahim, Imad Abdel Halim, Ibrahim Saleh, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, An'am Salusa, Layla Fahmy, Nabil Badr, Aly El Cherif, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Aly Ezzedin, Mazhar Abolnega, Hafez Amin
This is an Egyptian 27" x 39" one-sheet poster designed by Wahib Fahmy
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1974 Houssam El-Din Mustafa
film The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus and starring Mahmoud
Yassine as Mohammad. In his 1998 Al-Ahram article "Victory at the Box
Office" Hani Mustafa lists it as one of several dealing with the 1973
war that depict Egyptian society in crisis. This one follows the
soldier Mohammad (Mahmoud Yassine) as he returns to his village in
defeat after the 1967 war, where he is met with contempt and derision.
His cousin Fatima, (Nagwa Ibrahim) the girl he loves, has been raped
by high official Abbas (Youssef Chaban); Mohammad decides to avenge
her by killing Abbas, but fortunately he finds an outlet for his
frustration when the 1973 war breaks out. The film has glorified
reenactments of various facets of the Egyptian Suez crossing but it
completely omits the Israeli counterattack on the other side of the
canal. This time when Mohammad returns to his village he is welcomed
as a hero by his fellow citizens and Abbas is exposed as a rapist.
Mohammad marries Fatima with the bullet still in his pocket.
Cast and crew: Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Mahmoud Yassine, Nagwa Ibrahim, Hussein Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Houssam El-Din Mustafa
The Land (1969) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) Egyptian one-sheet
This film, based on a novel by Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi, took 8
years to complete and was voted the the best Egyptian film of all time
in a poll of Egyptian film critics; it is also on Ahmad Al-Hadari's
2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films. It featured the debut
performance of actor Ali El Cherif. The film is about rural feudalism
and depicts the struggle of peasants in a small village against a
landowner's abuses.
Plot Summary: In the 1930s when the Egyptian farmer was victimized
by the both the men in the government and the feudal lords, the feudal
lord Mohammad Bey governed the destinies of the farmers in his
village. He tried to irrigate his land as much as possible for its
cultivation, but he only allowed the farmers to irrigate their lands
for ten days. However this was not enough for the feudal lord and he
soon reduced this to five days. He then went further and took a piece
of farmer land to allow for the construction of a secondary road that
would connect to his splendid palace from the main road. The farmer
Abou Swelem [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] lamented "the people need land, the
land needs water, the water needs connections, connections mean a
palace, the palace wants a road and the road has its victims; we
always are the ones who pay. That's the story of our lives with
Mohammad Bey and the story of our forefathers with his." Interwoven
with this complex tale of land grabs and deprivation of the poor are
romantic rivaries and political intrigues. This is an epic film giving
a broad overview of Egypt's classic lines of conflict and tension
between rural farming folk, upper classes and political elites.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Hamdy Ahmed, Yehia Chahine, Ezzat El Aliali, Tewfik El Dekn, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Salah El-Saadany, Abderrahman Charkawi, Ali El Cherif, Nagwa Ibrahim, Abdel Rahman El-Sharkawi, Hamdy Ahmed, Abdel Rahman El Khamesy, Hussein Assar, Abdel Waress Assar, Nabila El Sayed, Hussein Ismail, Abdelhalim Nasr
