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 is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda Anise for the
1992 Ahmed Yehia film Samara the Prince based on a story by
Naguib Mahfouz and starring Nabila Ebeid as Shalabia/Samara. Plot
Summary: Shalabia, a beautiful country girl, moved from her village to
work as a maid in a pasha's palace in Alexandria. However she fell in
love with the pasha's opportunist driver Ali [Mahmoud Hemida] and made
the other maids jealous. One of them told the pasha about their
relationship so he would fire them both. He took advantage of the
opportunity to exploit his lover Shalabia in the acquisition of much
wealth for his illegitimate purposes. He swept her out with the trash
after using her as a dancer at the Al-Faramawy Nightclub and promising
to marry her while he was improving his financial situation. Shalabia
learned the art of dancing and changed her name to Samara the Prince
to increase her fame among the wealthy people who frequented the
nightclub. Her fans who showered her with wealth multiplied. They
included Marwan Amin the nationalist journalist, Mr. Faw the English
stockbroker and Mehdi Pasha, a prominent politician. When Samara the
Prince met the tax agent Omar Abdel Awi she found in him a life
partner and married him hoping to begin an honorable life without
depravity. She tried to quit the night life but her first lover Ali
refused to allow this because he wanted to keep stealing her money.
Ali decided she had to return to her work as a dancer. Her husband
Omar negotiated for a divorce in return for a sum of money but when
Ali failed to win the argument with Omar he killed him to punish
Samara.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Ahmed Yehia, Wahid Seif, Youseff
Daoud, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Hamdy Ghayth, Nabila
Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida, Ramses Marzouk, Mostafa Moharram, Mohammad
Tawfik, Sanaa Shafei, Ahmad Mostafa, Umran Bahar, Howeida Omran, Ahmed
Abu Abih, Osman Al-Hamamsi
This is a 27.25" x 39.5" Lebanese poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour for the 1977 Ashraf Fahmy musical Look, See What Sugar Is
Doing! starring Hussein Fahmy based on story and screenplay by
Abdel Hay Adib. Plot summary: The little orphan girl Sugar [Sukkar]
lived with a gang led by Atris and Zakia, who taught children to beg
and pick pockets. Atris and Zakia learned that Sugar was the daughter
of a wealthy man and that her uncle Zaki had told Atris to kidnap and
kill the girl so his brother could get the inheritance. However he
refused and turned her over to Zakia, who taught her to dance and sing
at public celebrations. At the same time one of the investigating
officers wanted to return her to her uncle.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Ramses Marzouk, Abdel Hay Adib, Behgat
Kamar, Hussein Fahmy, Sukkar, Fatma Mazhar, Sameer Ghanem, Lebleba,
Tewfik El Dekn, Salah Nazmi, Wahid Seif, Ibrahim Saafan, Bahiget
Mohammad Ali, Zakaria Mouafi, Ezzat Abdel Gawad, Malek Al-Gamal, Aly
El Cherif
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
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Aly Al-Sayed and
Moaty to promote the 118-minute Hassan Al Imam color film Time of
Love [asr al-hob] starring Mahmoud Yassine based on a story by
Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay and dialogue by Essam al-Gomblati and
cinematography by Ramses Marzouk. Plot summary: Two friends, the
theater actor Hamdy [Mahmoud Yassine] and the merchant Ezzat [Magdy
Wahba], competed to win the heart of their neighbor Badria [Soheir
Ramzy]. She married Hamdy and they worked together in political
theater. The police were chasing Hamdy and he sought refuge with his
friend Hussein. He came upon his wife Badria at Hussein's apartment
as he was trying to rape her. Hamdy thought she was being disloyal to
him. He killed Hussein and was sentenced to life in prison. He
learned from fellow detainee Ahmad that Ezzat had informed on him. He
broke with him and told Badria he regretted the way he had treated
her. Ezzat arrived and they fought. When Ezzat got the upper hand
with Hamdy Badria rushed in and killed him, and she was imprisoned.
The years passed. They met and neither recognized the other. Hamdy
had lost his sight.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Ramses Marzouk, Naguib Mahfouz, Mahmoud Yassine, Soheir Ramzy, Magdy Wahba, Taheya Cariocca, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Mohamed Khairi, Salah Nazmi, Ahmed Diab, Essam al-Gomblati, Shahira, Aziza Rashed, Samiha Tawfiq, Mostafa Karim, Ahmed Diab, Hayam Halal, Fawzy Al Sharkawi
This is a 27" x 38.5" Egyptian poster designed by the Sign Agency to
promote the 2007 121-minute Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef color
film Is it Chaos? [hiyya fawda?] starring Khaled Saleh based on
screenplay and dialogue by Nasser Abdel-Rahmane with cinematography by
Ramses Marzouk. Plot summary: This film is set in the midst of social
unrest in Cairo, where the endemic police corruption is addressed by
focusing on a corrupt officer named Hatem [Khaled Saleh] who
becomes a law unto himself and controls everyone except the woman
named Nour [Menna Shalabi] for whom he has a passionate desire but
cannot win.
Cast and crew: Youssef El Sherif, Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Hala Fakher, Khaled Saleh, Hala Sedki, Menna Shalabi, Dorra Razouk, Amr Abdel Gelil, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Safwa, Nasser Abdel-Rahmane, Ramses Marzouk, Seif Abdel Rahman, Abdullah Mosharraf, Maher Salim, Ahmed Yehia, Rola Mahmoud, Mahmoud Sameh Abdullah, Hanan Abbas, Ahmed al-Adawy, Mohamed Fawzi
This is a 27" x 38.5" Egyptian poster designed by Nagy Shaker to
promote the 2007 126-minute Khaled Youssef color film In Better
Times [heyna maysara] starring Hala Fakher as Om Reda based on
screenplay, story and dialogue by Naser Abdel Rahman and Khaled
Youssef with cinematography by Ramses Marzouk. The film was produced
by the Al-Batros Company for Cinema Production and Distribution. Plot
summary: Om Reda was living in poverty in the Aswa'iya district
awiating the return of her son from Iraq after the Gulf War. Living
with her was her youngest son Adel Hashisha [Amru Saad]. He left his
friend Nahed [Samia al-Khashshab] with his mother to live there while
he served a six-month prison sentence for getting into a fight to
rescue her. After he got out of prison he fell in love with Nahed but
refused to marry her until times got better. Nahed abandoned her son
in an empty seat on a city bus because of the father's refusal to
recognize him. Adel regretted what he had done and tried to get Nahed
back but it was not feasible. He was put in prison again on a charge
contrived against him by the officer who had been giving him guidance
and teaching him about terrorist activities. He then became trustee
of a workshop owner to learn terrorist operations, and he found a
hideout on an estate. Adel was trying to find himself with difficulty
at a time when Nahed was going from house to house falling in love
with the rich people. She tried to go back to Adel again but could not
find him. Their son grew up in a home that had adopted him, but then
the owner of the home threw him out and he took refuge in ad hoc
street shelters. He slept with one of the girls there and they fled to
Alexandria together. There was a fracas at the estate between the
police and Al-Qaeda which ended with the removal of all street
shelters and some of their residents, including Om Reda, Fathy [Amru
Abdel Galil], his wife and others. Adel fled to Alexandria on the
same train Nahed was riding, while his son, his grandson and his wife
were all on the roof of the same train, but none of them knew about
each other. The film closes with a printed text apology read aloud by
director Khaled Youssef: "I apologize to the people if they cannot
understand what they have seen, but in fact I found the reality even
more cruel than what was shown on the screen."
Cast and crew: Khaled Youssef, Amr Abd El-Guelil, Hala Fakher, Somaya El Khashab, Ghada Abdel Razek, Ramses Marzouk, Naser Abdel Rahman, Amru Saad, Ahmed Bedir, Sawsan Badr, Ahmed Said Abdel Ghani, Wafaa Amer, Amru Abdel Galil, Khaled Saleh, Amira Fathy, Abdollah Mosharaf, Sameh Al-Sariti, Mohamed Karim, Sameh Moghawari, Motaz Al-Swifi, Mohammad Farouq
Pictured is a somewhat worn 27" x 39" promotional poster for the 1994
Youssef Chahine 120-minute color film The Emigrant [al-mohager] with
screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Chahine, poster art by Jan and
cinematography by Ramses Marzouk. Plot summary: Ram [Khaled Nabawy]
lived with his old father [Michel Piccoli] in a poor tribe outside
Egypt. Ram suffered from an unhappy dislike of his position as the
favorite of his father's seven sons; he refused to accept that
situation or to live in fear of drought, famine and flood. He dreamed
of being in control of his own life and of his tribe being prosperous.
He decided to go to Egypt to learn agriculture and to make use of
other areas of knowledge found in Egyptian civilization. His brothers
tied him up and threw him into the hold of a ship bound for Egypt,
believing they had gotten rid of him forever, but Ram made it to Egypt
and began learning agriculture. There he discovered the Egyptians were
more interested in the arts and embalming. Ram met Amihar, [Mahmoud
Hemida] the leader of the Egyptian armies. Amihar was impotent
despite his physical strength and was unable to satisfy his wife
Simihit [Youssra] after she fell in love with him. Amihar gave Ram a
plot of land to farm. Ram fell in love with a pretty Egyptian girl
named Haty [Hanan Turk] who said she would marry him. The two of them
joined with an Egyptian minister farming the new land; they
successfully cultivated the plot from Amihar. They divided the crop
to help alleviate the famine that was threatening Egypt and Ram became
a minister in the Pharaoh's government. Nonetheless he longed to
return to his country after disclosing his identity to his seven
brothers; he returned to his tribe with his wife, where he met with
his father after long years of absence. He found his father had gone
blind crying so much in the belief he had died, as his lying brothers
had claimed. This film was banned by religious authorities in Egypt in
1994 and 1995, both times for violating Islamic strictures against
depicting religious prophets--in this case the Prophet Joseph. After
the ban was lifted The Emigrant became Chahine's most popular
film.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Khaled el Nabaoui, Ahmed Bedir, Safia El Emari, Mahmoud Hemida, Yousef Ismail, Khaled Nabawy, Michel Piccoli, Ahmad Salama, Hanan Turk, Youssra, Ramses Marzouk, Menaha al-Batrawy, Sayed Abdel Karim, Amru Abdel Khalil, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Pierre Sioufi
