This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1980 Samir Seif
film The Suspect based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Ibrahim al-Mawgi and starring Soad Hosny as Fatma/Batta. Plot
summary: Maher [Adel Imam] was a thief who met the whore Fatma/Batta
while he was robbing an apartment. They got married and decided to
repent their crimes.
Cast and crew: Samir Seif, Fouad Ahmed, Aly El Cherif, Naima Al
Soghayar, Soad Hosny, Adel Imam, Sa'eed Saleh, Farouk Al-Fichawi,
Ibrahim al-Mawgi
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour to promote the 1976 109-minute Hassan Al Imam color
film The Nightingale Has Lips [al-kerwan luh shafayef] starring Soheir
Ramzy based on a story by Roget Lahont, screenplay and dialogue by
Hassan Al Imam and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary:
Hussein [Samir Sabri] and Qasem [Youssef Chaban] worked with Kerwan,
[Soheir Ramzy] the female star of a dance troupe. The troupe fell
heavily into debt and there was a breakup. Afterwards there was a
false murder accusation and an incident of marital infidelity,
followed by a resumption of what had gone before.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Roget Lahont, Imad Hamdi, Soheir
Ramzy, Nabila Ebeid, Naima Al Soghayar, Youssef Chaban, Abu Bakr
Ezzat, Hayat Kandeel, Samir Sabri, Enaam Salousa, Wahid Farid, Robab,
Farouq Naguib, Walid Tewfiq, Enaam Salousa
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" Egytian poster designed by Morteda Anise for the
1986 Ashraf Fahmy film Naked Shame based on a story by Naguib
Mahfouz with screenplay and dialogue by Mostafa Moharram and starring
Youssra as Elham. Plot summary: After being sentenced to a prison
term in an indecency case Aziza [Hoda Soltan] of Alexandria admitted
to her son Mokhtar [Nour El-Sherif] that his father was the wealthy
Sayed Al-Gamei; she gave him his picture and her marriage contract
with him. Mokhtar went to Cairo to look for his father. He published
a photo of his father in the newspapers a number of times without
result. He got into relationships with Karima, [Shahira] a clerk at
his hotel and the wife of an old man named Khalil Mokhtar [Mohammed
Tawfik] and also with Elham. Mokhtar killed Khalil for his money to
please Karima. Karima had another lover who killed her for her money,
but Mokhtar, who because of circumstances was thought by the police to
be the one who had murdered her, was wrongly arrested and sentenced to
death.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Naguib Mahfouz, Mostafa Moharram,
Ramses Marzouk, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Youssef Chaban, Shahira,
Mohammed Tawfik, Hoda Soltan, Ahmed Ghanem, Naima Al Soghayar, Mariam
Fakhr Eddine, Hassan Hussein
This isa 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Marcel and Mohamed
Abdel Aziz for the 1970 Aly Reda black-and-white musical Ticket
Thief based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Osman and
starring Naglaa Fathy. Plot summary: Zeinab, [Naglaa Fathy] a poor
woman with a factory job, bought a lottery ticket, had it stolen and
then reported the numbers on the stolen ticket to the police. After
the stolen ticket won 5000 pounds, the man the thief sold it to, an
underpaid dancer named Ahmed Shaker, [Mahmoud Reda] was arrested when
he tried to claim his winnings.
Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Marcel, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Aly Reda,
Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud Reda, Adel Adham, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Tewfik
El Dekn, Hassan Mustafa, Mahmoud Choukou, Naima Al Soghayar, Zizi
Mustafa, Ahmed Khorshed, Mohamed Osman, Mimi Shakeeb, Ahmed Khorshed,
Ali Gohar, Hassan al-Meliguy, Fatma Emara, Faiza Fouad
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour for the 1985
Ahmed El-Sabawy film Ramadan over a Volcano based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim and starring Adel Imam as
Ramadan. Plot summary: Under pressure from the mother of his fiancee
[Elham Shaheen] Ramadan embezzled his company's payroll, knowing the
legal consequences. He turned himself in and went to prison, planning
to use the money to marry after his release. He hid the bag
containing the payroll, but it was stolen. When the police inspector
realized there was no money in the stash, he released Ramadan from
prison. Ramadan went after the gang and recovered the lost stash,
then turned himself in again.
Cast and crew: Ahmed El-Sabawy, Adel Imam, Sameer Ghanem, Elham
Shaheen, Naima Al Soghayar, Hassan Hussein, Wahid Seif, Zakaria
Mouafi, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Ezzat Abdul Jawad, Hosny Abdul Jalil, Sami
Sarhan, Naeem Issa, Umran Bahar, Hafez Amin, Sadiq Ameen, Sayed Allam
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese one-sheet poster designed by Gasour for
the 1985 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film Take Care of Your Mind based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Abdel Wahab and starring
Adel Imam as Wael Abdel Halim. Plot summary: Wael Abdel Halim was
studying for a masters degree in psychology while working in a cabaret
at night to meet expenses. In the mornings he would go to a hospital
for field training in mental illness. He met a girl there named Salwa
[Sherihan] who had severe psychological problems; he became
emotionally involved and decided to marry her after she improved under
his care.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, Naima Al
Soghayar, Umran Bahar, Ahmed Bedir, Aziza Helmy, Sherihan, Galal El
Sharkawy, Fouad Ahmed, Laila Yousra, Sayed Sadeq, Adawi Geith,
Sausan Rabia, Na'im Esa, Shawqi Shamekh, Awatef Takala, Rafet Ragi,
Ahmed Abuabih, Sameh Mojahed, Hussein al-Sherif, Samir Rostam,
Badria Abdel Gawad, Hoda Kamal, Mahmoud Abu Galila, Samia Hatam, Zizi
Farid
This is a 27" by 39" Egyptian one-sheet designed by Gasour for the
1980 Hassan Al Imam film Don't Be Unfair to Women based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Faisal Neda and starring Hanaa
Tharwat as Fatma. Plot summary: Fatma worked as a maid in Hamuda's
[Sayed El-Sawy] villa. She shot him and turned herself in to the
police. During the investigation she refused to give a motive for the
killing, but it was also found that Hamuda was shot three times while
Fatma had fired only one bullet. Hamuda had gotten Fatma's mother
pregnant and then refused to marry her. Hassanein, [Mustafa Metwalli]
who had been working at the villa and was tired of fulfilling Hamadu's
every whim, was the one who had fired the fatal bullets after Fatma
had fired her one shot and left the room. Fatma was found innocent.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Taheya Cariocca, Hala Fakher, Sa'eed
Saleh, Naima Al Soghayar, Mustafa Metwalli, Shafik Galal, Ibrahim
Saleh, Inas Al Degheidy, Faisal Nada
Pictured is an undated Egyptian rerelease poster designed by Wahib
Fahmy and Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1970 Hussein Kamal
109-minute black-and-white film We Don't Plant Thorns [nehnu la
nezra al-shuk] starring Shadia and Mahmoud Yassine based on story and
dialogue by Yousssef El Sebai with screenplay by Ahmed Saleh and
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Sayeda [Shadia]
suffered from torment and cruelty after her mother died as a result of
the way she was treated by her father's wife. She took a job as a
maid for the family of Abbas [Salah Kabil], who was interested in her
and pursued her. She fled his home and took a job with the family of
Hamdi al-Samaduni [Mahmoud Yassine]. This family treated her with
love and kindness. Sayeda fell in love with Hamdi, but she soon
learned he was planning to marry another girl. She therefore decided
to marry Alam Marghama [Adly Kasseb], a thug and a seller of soft
drinks, but later got into conflict with him. She bore his child, but
ran away from him because of his violence. In this midst of this
suffering she came under the influence of a pimp who got her into a
brothel. There she saw Abbas, who had come to a whorehouse for the
first time in his life. They reconciled and married, and she bore his
son. Then Hamdi arrived and declared his love for her, there were
more conflicts with Abbas and she was forced by court order to move
into a marital obedience dwelling with him. When their child died she
demanded and received a divorce from Abbas. After a short time Sayeda
herself became ill and died with Hamdi at her bedside.
Cast and crew: Hussein Kamal, Salah Kabil, Shadia, Mahmoud Yassine, Abdelhalim Nasr, Karima Mokhtar, Adly Kasseb, Ahmed Al-Gezeiry, Naima Al Soghayar, Ahmed Saleh, Youssef El Sebai, Wafik Fahmy, Rawhiyya Khaled, Ahmed Al Jaziri, Mahmoud Al Iraqi, Mohamed Othman, Hamdy Youssef, Samiha Tawfik, Fatheyya Ali, Mohamed Abu Hashish, Thorayya Ezzeddine, Etedal Shaheen, Soher Tawfik, Mimi Gamal, Samir Tewfik, Amira, Kawsar al-Assal
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
This is an Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the
1977 Houssam El-Din Mustafa 122-minute color film
Sonya and the Madman [sonya wal-magnun], with cinematography by
Ibrahim Saleh, printed by Arabic Cinema Printers. The film is based on
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, but the central
character is switched and in this Egyptian film adaptation becomes
Dostoevsky's Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov (Sonya) who in the novel
falls in love with the criminal protagonist, Rodio Romanovitch
Raskalnikov (Rodya); Raskalnikof (the madman) is played in this
Egyptian film by Mahmoud Yassine.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Imad Hamdi, Sa'eed Saleh, Abdel Waress Assar, Hayat Kandeel, Naglaa Fathy, Mahmoud Yassine, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Naima Al Soghayar, Nazim Shaarawy, Ruhia Khalid, Ibrahim Saleh, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty, Ihsan and
Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1971 Kamal El Sheikh 102-minute
color film Something Within [shay'on fi sadri] starring Rushdy
Abaza based on a story by Ihsan Abdel Qudus with screenplay and
dialogue by Raafat El Meihy and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr.
Plot Summary: Hussein Basha Shaker [Rushdy Abaza] was climbing one of
the peaks of power in a violent struggle with the government. This
was in cooperation with the English imperialists and included an
effort to impose political influence on his peers. He tried to bring
Seyyed Mohamed Effendi under his influence but this was not possible
because of Mohamed Effendi's strong patriotism, and in any case the
effort ended when Mohamed Effendi died. However the lust for power
made Hussein Basha extend his effort to achieve influence and
domination to his family; his wife, his daughter and his neighbors
became the focus of his life and his chronic domineering drives.
Cast and crew: Rushdy Abaza, Magda El-Khatib, Shukry Sarhan, Salah Mansour, Hassan Mustafa, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hoda Soltan, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Kamal El Sheikh, Yasmeen, Khaled Fahmy, Aziza Rached, Naima Al Soghayar, Mahmoud Rashad, Ali Ezzedine, Elhami Fayed, Ezzat Sherif
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian film poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour to promote the 1989 Hassan El-Seify 100-minute color
film Habaeb District starring Saeed Saleh and Younes Shalabi
based on a story by Morad Ali Amin with screenplay and dialogue by
Kamal Salah Eddine and cinematography by Aly Khairollah. Plot
summary: Sayed Ahmed Desouqi [Saeed Saleh] and Farouq Abdel Daem
Ibrahim [Younes Shalabi] were distibutors of residential gas
cannisters living in the Habaeb district. They loved two sisters whom
they had promised to marry, but on their distribution rounds they met
and fell in love with two other women. These two women, who were
nightclub dancers, decided to set a trap for them. One of the women
named Soraya [Nagwa Fouad] led the men to the apartment of Aziz, a
jeweler, so she could steal his jewels and blame them. She got Sayed
and Farouq drunk; when they became sober and saw the crime that had
been committed, they fled the scene with the help of one of the
building residents. A disagreement broke out between Soraya and her
friend, because the stolen jewels were found to be fake. The police
were notified, Soraya was arrested and Sayed and Farouq were exonerated
and returned to the Habaeb district and their girlfriends.
Cast and crew: Sa'eed Saleh, Younes Shalabi, Nagwa Fouad, Nabila Karam, Naima Al Soghayar, Hassan Hussein, Hassan El-Seify, Aly Kheirolla, Magda Hamada, Mohamed Abo Hashish, Nsnils Karam, Fouad Khalil, Samira Sedki, Salah Yehia, Sayed Alam, Mahmoud Abuzaid
