Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1991 Samir Seif
film Certified Dangerous based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Wahid Hamed and starring Adel Imam as Sayed Kabaka. Plot
summary: In prison Sayed Kabaka met two other prisoners who were later
to become close friends. The three friends formed an alliance to
avenge a broken promise after their release from prison.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Wahid Hamed, Salah Kabil, Samir Seif,
Said Abdel Ghani, Mostafa Metwalli, Hatem Zolfikar
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 27.25" x 38.75" Egyptian poster designed by al-Khad for
the 1990 Mohamed Radi film Appointment with the President based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmad Al-Khatib and starring
Elham Shaheen as Magda Kamel. Plot summary: With bribery, a big
construction company was able to get a permit to demolish an entire
residential neighborhood and to build luxury apartment towers on the
site. A member of the People's Assembly (Magda Kamel) took up the
cause, but during one of her meetings with the president of the
republic while the People's Assembly was in session, corrupt officials
asked to meet with her in Aswan to see the documents proving the
corruption of the officials; they tried to spoil her case and get her
removed from office for stealing the documents. The train trip to
Aswan is where most of the action takes place; this is one of the
great Egyptian train movies, although the poster gives no hint of
that.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Radi, Ahmad Al-Khatib, Kamal Al-Shennawi,
Farouk Al-Fishawy, Elham Shaheen, El Sayed Radi, Said Abdel Ghani, Saad
Ardash, Ossama Abbas, Amal Ibrahim, Hanan Shawqi, Tareq Al-Nahri,
Fathia Qandil, Soheil Farahat
This is a 26.5"x 38.25" Egyptian poster designed by Cover Media for
the 2010 Wael Ihsan film Light of My Eyes written by Ahmed
Abdel Fattah and Tamer Hosny and starring Menna Shalabi as Sara. Plot
summary: Ahmad [Tamer Hosny] and his little brother were living in
Syria after the death of their mother and their father's marriage to a
young girl. While studying music and working as a singer Ahmad met
fellow musician Sara; Sara had been blind since birth but Ahmad was not
aware of her blindness at first.
Cast and crew: Wael Ihsan, Ahmed Abdel Fattah, Tamer Hosny, Said
Abdel Ghani, Mohamed El Sobky, Menna Fadaly, Elslam Gamal, Tamer
Hosny, Reem Raafat, Reem Sabony, Abeer Sabry, Menna Shalabi, Amr
Youssef, Ehab Mohamed Ali
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammed Abdel
Aziz to promote the 1978 Hussein Kamal 137-minute color film We're
the Bus People [ehna bitu' al-otobis] starring Adel Imam based on
the 1976 Jalal al-Din Al-Hamamsi novel Dialogue behind the
Walls [hewar wara' al-aswar] with screenplay and dialogue by
Farouk Sabry and cinematography by Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: The
story's events begin in the days leading up to the 1967 six-day war. A
quarrel breaks out on a crowded bus between two acquaintance
passengers named Gaber [Adel Imam] and Marzouq [Abdel Moneim Madbouly]
and the bus conductor. Gaber and Marzouq are eventually jailed for
their conduct. A group of arrested political dissidents later joins
them in the jail. They are all transferred to another holding facility
and accused of distributing publications calling for the overthrow of
the government; of course Gaber and Marzouq refuse to sign confessions since they have been accidentally grouped with the
dissidents. They are not believed, brutally flogged, tortured and
forced to confess to crimes of which they are not guilty. Marzouq is
later killed by gunfire from guards during a prison revolt. The title
of the film is a line Marzouq repeats several times while pleading his
innocence under interrogation. This film is widely understood
as a fierce indictment of oppression under corrupt Arab governments.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Moshira Ismail, Hussein Kamal, Aqila Ratib, Said Abdel Ghani, Younes Shalaby, Ibrahim Saafan, Wagdy El-Araby, Essad Youniss, Gamal Ismail, Gamal Ismail, Madhar Abol Naga, Abdalah Mishrif, Ahmed Salama, Reshwan Said, Ali Al Ghandour, Adawy Gheith, Alia Abdel Moneim, Ahmed Salama, Abdel Hamid al-Monir, Abou Al-Seoud Attia, Sayed Mahmoud, Rafet Ragi, Faisal Azab, Reshwan Mostafa
