This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Aziz and Abdel
Fathy for the 1982 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film At the Minister's Door
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdel Azim
and starring Adel Imam as Kamal. Plot summary: Noora's [Youssra]
father [Salah Nazmi] refuses to allow her to marry Kamal because his family is too
poor. A neighbor woman named Anhar [Safia El Emari] marries Kamal's
father [Tewfik El Dekn] after her fiance Khamis [Sa'eed Saleh] abandons her.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Fathy, Mohamed Abdel Aziz,
Adel Imam, Youssra, Tewfik El Dekn, Salah Nazmi, Sa'eed Saleh, Safia
El Emari, Ahmed Rateb, Ahmed Bedir, Ahmed Shokry, Lucy, Mokhtar Al
Sayed, Ibrahim Qadry, Essam Farid, Samir Abdelazim"
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1983 Nader Galal
film Nobody Saw and Nobody Knows AKA Wala Men Shaf wala Men Deri
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Farouk Sabri and
starring Adel Imam as Morsy. Morsy is an elementary school history
teacher with financial problems and unfulfilled ambitions. His life
becomes much more complicated when he is drawn into the milieu of a
glamorous prostitute [Iman].
Cast and crew: Nader Galal, Adel Imam, Iman, Maali Zayed, Salah
Nazmi, Ibrahim El-Shamy, Aqila Rateb, Ali El Sherif, Ahmed Rateb,
Mahmoud Al Qalaawi, Farouk Sabry, Ghanim Behnasy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty and al-Thaghr
Khamis to promote the 1978 Nader Galal film Judge and Executioner
AKA Woman's Revenge (an alternate title shown
on this poster) based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Faisal Nada
and starring Naglaa Fathy as Nahed. Plot summary: Laila [Miriam Fakhr
Eddine] takes revenge against Sherif [Rushdy Abaza] for two-timing her
and Nahed.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1973 Henry Barakat film A Woman with a Bad Repuation based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Mamdou El Leithy and starring Shams
El-Barudy as Henaa. Plot summary: Henaa and Kamal Shukry [Youssef
Chaban] got married, but then he made her compromise her principles to
help him fulfill his ambitions. He introduced her to his manager
Saafan, [Imad Hamdi] who rewarded Kamal by making him company sales
manager. Henaa soon became a prostitute selling her body to get
promotions. Henaa met her old boyfriend Ahmed Fouad [Mahmoud Yassine]
but she did not tell him about the way she had been behaving with
Saafan. She promised Ahmed she would ask Kamal for a divorce so she
could marry him.
Cast and crew: Shams El-Barudy, Mamdouh El Leithy, Henry Barakat,
Mahmoud Yassine, Imad Hamdi, Hesham Wadid Serri, Mamdouh El Leithy,
George Sidhum, Salah Nazmi, Nagwa Fouad, Youssef Chaban
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Ghani for the
1972 Niazi Mostafa film The Return of the Most Dangerous Man in the
World based on a screenplay by Mohamed Anwar Abdullah and starring
Fouad El-Mohandes as Meftah/Mr. X. Plot summary: Mr. X, the world's
most dangerous gangster, returned so he could snatch a precious gem
owned by an Indian maharaja staying at a Cairo hotel. At the same time
an insurance company employee named Meftah was trying to convince the
maharaja of the need to insure the gem. There were many incidents
because of the strong resemblance between Meftah and Mr. X.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Ghani, Mohammad Anwar Abdullah,
Fouad El-Mohandes, Mervat Amin, Samir Sabri, Mahmoud Farid, Salah
Nazmi, Afaf Wagdi, Ali Gohar, Wafiq Fahmy, Kanaan Wasfy, Salama Elias
This is an original 23.5"x 35" Egyptian poster for the 1949 Mahmoud
Zulfikar film The Night is Ours based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Youssef Gohar and starring Sabah as Nawal. Plot summary:
Nawal is a singer who falsely presents herself as a student to
Dr. Medhat, [Mahmoud Zulfikar] who falls in love with her. After she
confesses she is not really a student, he says he still loves her and
wants to marry her.
Cast and crew: Youssef Gohar, Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Soleiman
Naguib, Salah Nazmi, Bruno Salvi, Wahba Hessaballah, Nelly Mazloum,
Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Kamel, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Shafik Nour El Din,
Mahmoud Azmy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mousen Hassanein
Notes from inside back of film program cover: "Nahed, a beauitiful
young woman, on the threshold of life, her heart open to love and
looking up to her future, is preparing to leave her family's home to
join her husband Raouf, who is now her betrothed.
"Her life could have continued for the achievement of all her
aspirations and those of her mother and her father, a successful
attorney. But, in the depth of her soul she was suffering from a
bitter struggle, of which neither her family nor her most intimates knew
nothing. Even Nahed was unaware of it, as it took place in her
subconscious mind.
"Nahed had, in childhood, suffered from an unusual experience which
had a great effect on her. She thought, with the passing of years,
that she had forgotten, but actually that complex remained dormant,
ready to reappear. When at last the complex moved to show itself, Nahed
was exposed to the meanest situation she could find herself in,
without being aware of it.
"The danger was not limited to her strange actions and the
consequences, but was apt to threaten her future, her love and even
her life. A solution was imperative before it was too late."
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1969 Kamal El Sheikh
film Insatiable AKA The Well of Deprivation based on a
story by Ihsan Abdul Quddus, adapted for the cinema by Naguib Mahfouz
and starring Soad Hosny as Mervat/Nahed. Plot Summary: Mervat and
Nahed were the same girl. Mervat was an irresponsible person who
tempted the boy Taha at a nightclub, encouraged him, spent the evening
drinking with him, then went home with him before anyone knew they had
left. As for Nahed, she kept the habits of the family. She was
engaged to Raoul who had won a fencing trophy and given it to her.
Nahed lived with her mother who lived with her husband in the same
house but in reality they were separated. Nahed tried to restore the
bond between them without success. Nahed suffered constant headaches
and went to Dr. Talaat for treatment. In numerous appointments Nahed
was transported to Mervat's personality, which led Dr. Talaat there.
The doctor took advantage of this opportunity and tried to eliminate
Nahed's Mervat complex. The doctor saw her childhood, her mother's
relationship with her father, how she felt her father had killed her
mother and how the mother had fallen into a well after the father
caught her one night in a red dress. This complex had settled into
the child's psyche and when Nahed became an adult the complex emerged
unrestricted as Mervat, a substitute for her mother's personality.
Dr. Talaat overcame Mervat's personality to restore Nahed's
personality, but then she discovered her fiancee had left her.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Mahmoud El-Meliguy,
Nour El-Sherif, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Kamal El Sheikh, Essam Farid,
Salah Nazmi, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Mohi Ismail, Naguib Mahfouz,
Wahid Farid, nmsp, Soraya Ezeddine, Hamdy Youssef, Hamza al-Shimi,
Aqila Raf'at
This is a 27" x 39" poster for the 1968 Ahmed Mazhar film Souls in
Distress, designed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz and Wahib Fahmy. The
film contains three stories written by Ahmed Mazhar and starring
Mervat Amin. In one of the stories Layla is a Bedouin girl from a
delta tribe who falls in love with an outsider named Rashwan [Ahmed
Mazhar]. Her tribe will not allow her to marry Rashwan; it requires
her to marry her cousin instead.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Mazhar, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Wahib Fahmy,
Mervat Amin, Salah Nazmi, Shafik Noureddin, Wahid Farid, Abdel Aziz
Fakhry, Qadria Kamel, Hassan Attila, Ibrahim Qadri, Imane, Malek
Ismail
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammed Abdel Aziz
and Wahib Fahmy for the 1979 Yehia El Alami film An Angel's Sin
based on a story by Abdel Hamid Gouda, screenplay and dialogue by
Yehia El Alami and starring Nelly as Yasmin. Plot summary: The angel
Tumar [Hussein Fahmy] came to earth to live with its inhabitants for a
little while to satisfy his curiosity. He met the magician Soleyman
[Adel Adham]; since they both had supernatural powers they decided to
do an act together. Their first criminal collaboration was an
attempted hotel robbery. Yasmin killed Soleyman during an
altercation; Tumar was arrested by police who responded to the sound
of gunfire. Tumar was hung for murder and went back to resume life
with the angels.
Cast and crew: Adel Adham, Mohammed Abdel Aziz, Wahib Fahmy,
Hussein Fahmy, Nelly, Salah Zulfikar, Salah Nazmi, Yehia El Alami,
Hesham Wadid Serri, Abdel Hamid Gouda, Mona Gabar, Zahrat El-Ola,
Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Hallali Mohammad, Mohamed Kamel, Badr Nufal,
Sayed al-Arabi, Adib al-Trabolsi, Nabawia Said, Mokhtar al-Sayed
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdouh Mohammad and
Fouad Aziz for the 1960 Mahmoud Zulfikar film The Blessed
Marriage based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Tewfik
El-Hakim and Youssef Gohar and starring Sabah as Samiha. Plot
summary: When Samiha's husband Rafet [Salah Zulfikar] does not pay
enough attention to her she becomes interested in other men, but she
eventually realizes her husband is the most important man in her
life.
Cast and crew: Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Salah Zulfikar, Sabah,
Hesham Wadid Serri, Tewfik El-Hakim, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Youssef
Gohar, Wadid Sirry, Khayria Ahmed, Omar Al Hariri, Salah Nazmi, Zahrat
El-Ola
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for the 1980
Ashraf Fahmy film The Homeless based on a story by Naguib
Mahfouz, screenplay by Ahmed Saleh and starring Naglaa Fathy as Laila.
Laila was a successful attorney married to a wealthy contractor named
Fathy [Mahmoud Yassine]. They were entirely different culturally. He
was ignorant whereas she was a hard worker in a high social position.
She was constrained in her life with him and withdrew from him after
failing to improve his social worth. Fathy took up with a woman with
a bad reputation named Sausan [Nabila Ebeid]. Laila learned about his
relationship with her and asked him for a divorce, which she got.
Laila defended a woman in a case similar to the one in her own life.
The person she was defending killed her husband after discovering he
had been unfaithful to her, even though he had lifted her out of
poverty and married her, and this is what had happened to Laila.
During a visit to Sausan Fathy suddenly had a severe heart attack.
Sausan contacted Laila to tell her about his illness. Laila felt
regret about the way she had treated him and asked him to forgive her,
but he died in Sausan's home as a result of the heart attack.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Naglaa Fathy, Mikhtar Al Sayed,
Mahmoud Yassine, Naguib Mahfouz, Nabila Ebeid, Salah Nazmi, Essam
Farid, Imane, Aly El Cherif, Nawal Fahmy, Hassan Hussein, Ahmad Khamees,
Aleya Abdel Moneim, Salah Nazmi, Badr Nofal, Qadreya Qadry, Enaam
Salousa, Ahmed Saleh
This is a 47" x 36" Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Ahmed
Abdel Aziz for the 1952 Henry Barakat film I am Alone
AKA Ana Wahdi based on a story by Youssef Esa and starring
Magda as Nawal. Plot summary: Nawal and Afaf [Mona] were seamstresses
at a tailor shop making women's dresses. At a fancy formal occasion a
weathy man named Ehsan [Omar El-Hariri] fell in love with Nawal and
his friend Atef [Salah Nazmi] fell in love with Afaf. When they found
out who the girls really were they abandoned them, after which Nawal
tried to commit suicide.
Cast and crew: Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Youssef Esa, Magda, Mona, Soad
Mohamed, Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Mimi Gamal, Omar
El-Hariri, Souraya Fakhri, Nour El-Demerdash, Salah Nazmi, Henry
Barakat, Mimi Shakeeb, Yousef Eisa, Giulio De Luca
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" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Morteda Anise for the 1980 Ali Abdel-Khalek
film Torments of Love based on story, screenplay and dialogue
by Mostafa Moharram and starring Madiha Kamel as Madiha. Plot
summary: Ismail [Salah Nazmi] discovered a relationship between his
wife and his friend Salem. He notified the police so they could prove
the relationship between them. The police arrived and arrested Salem,
but the wife killed herself with an overdose of pills. The years
passed and Ismail's son Ahmed [Imad Abdel Halim] met Salem's daughter
Madiha [Madiha Kamel] at a university where they were both students.
Ahmed told his father about his relationship with Madiha and how he
sincerely loved her and wanted his father's approval to marry her.
Ahmed's father discovered that Madiha was his friend Salem's daughter
so he opposed the marriage. Ahmed had to run away with Madiha to
marry her. He was obliged to work in a nightclub, but his father
Ismail still tried to end the relationship. He notified Madiha's
fiance Rifaat [Ahmad Khamees] (Madiha's father had agreed to their
engagement). He gave Rifaat the address of the nightclub where Ahmed
was working; Rifaat tried to kill Ahmed just after the wedding, but
Madiha stepped into the line of fire and was killed herself.
Cast and crew: Madiha Kamel, Said Shimi, Ahmad Khamees, Imad Abdel
Halim, Farouk Al-Fichawy, Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Khalil, Ali
Abdel-Khalek, Aida Riad, Amal Ibrahim, Marwah El Khatib, Wasila
Hussein, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Ahmed Farid, Sami Nawar, Mostafa
Moharram
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour for the 1978
Hassan El-Seify film A Type of Woman based on a story by
Mostafa Moharram, screenplay and dialogue by Ali Salem and starring
Nahed Sherif as Samia. Plot summary: The widow Samia saw a strong
resemblance between Hussein [Sameer Ghanem] and her late husband Hosni
and she therefore became attached to him, while Hussein saw her as a
young and wealthy woman. They married. He got to know Kawsar [Safia
El Emari] because they saw each other everywhere and she was the
couple's only friend. A gang kidnapped Hussein thinking he was their
leader Hosni, although Kawsar knew the difference because she had had
a special relationship with Hosni. Hussein found out about Samia's
first husband, his role as the gang leader and his relationship with
her friend Kawsar.
Cast and crew: Nahed Sherif, Sameer Ghanem, Hassan El-Seify,
Mostafa Moharram, Ali Salem, Safia El Emari, Salah Nazmi, Aly El
Cherif, Ahmed El Haddad, Ahmed Bedir, Mohammad Shawqi, Ahmed Shawqi,
Hossan Iliani, Nadia Shamseddine, Hassan Mostafa Ali
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made by an unknown designer to
promote the 1974 Mohamed Tayseer Aboud film Nights that Will Never
Return [layali lan ta'oud] starring Nour El-Sherif as Hussein with
screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Osman and Ahmed Abdel Wahab and
cinematography Mohamed Emara. Plot summary: Mona [Nahed Sherif] tried
to rescue Laila [Bussy] from the wealthy Redwan, [Salah Nazmi] who was
also her husband. She also tried to free her from the clutches of
Hussein, a man of low moral principles. However Hussein threatened to
reveal Mona's secrets to her wealthy husband. Hussein took Laila to
his home and tried to assault her, putting her in a state of
psychological torment. After her husband was killed in a traffic
accident Mona went to Alexandria and fell in love with Adel [Mohammad
Al-Araby].
Cast and crew: Mohamed Tayseer Aboud, Salah Nazmi, Nahed Sherif,
Nour El-Sherif, Bussy, Mohammad Al-Araby, Mohamed Emara, Mohamed Osman
This is a 39" x 53" two-piece Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1970 Houssam El-Din Mustafa
film Duel at Alamein AKA Al-Ashrar written by Houssam
El-Din Mustafa and Faisal Nada and starring Rushdy Abaza as Khaled.
Plot summary: In Egypt's northern Sahara at Alamein, the site of a
major World War II battle between the allied and axis powers, a small
gang of smugglers is transporting a large sum in stolen US dollars to
an American client. As they do this, tourists looking at graves and
broken war machinery are woven into the narrative while romance, greed
and betrayal appear among the smugglers to keep the story on edge.
Cast and crew: Faisal Nada, Aly Kheiralla, Abdel Khalek Saleh,
Nahed Sherif, Rushdy Abaza, Adel Adham, Ibrahim Khan, Houssam El-Din
Mustafa, Salah Nazmi, Aly Kheiralla, Amira
