Movie Poster Collecting: Seif El Dine

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Adieu Bonaparte [الوداع يا بونابرت] dir: Youssef Chanine 1985 Large Egyptian poster

Adieu Bonaparte [الوداع يا بونابرت] (1985) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) Egyptian film poster

This is a 46.5" x 60.5" Egyptian poster for the 1985 Youssef Chahine film Adieu Bonaparte [الوداع يا بونابرت] based on a screenplay by Youssef Chahine and Yousry Nasrallah and starring Michel Piccoli as Cafarelli. "The film relates the experiences of an Egyptian family during the occupation of Alexandria by Napoleon and his army, and the uneasy friendship between a young Egyptian poet and one of Bonaparte's advisers. The exigencies of a big budget co-production might have accounted for a diminution in the great Chahine's poetry and power, but there are some spectacular scenes and excellent performances, notably from [Patrice] Chereau as a fanatical Bonaparte." - The Faber Companion to Foreign Films.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chereau, Mohsena Tewfik, Taheya Cariocca, Hoda Soltan, Gamil Ratib, Salah Zulfikar, Tewfik El Dekn, Seif El Dine, Mohamed Atef, Farid Mahmoud, Hassan Husseiny, Hassan El Adl, Mohamad Dardiri, Claude Cernay, Christian Patey, Mohsen Nasr, Abla Kamel

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Those People of the Nile [الناس و النيل] (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1972)

Those People of the Nile [الناس و النيل al-nas wal-nil] (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1972) Egyptian film poster

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed to promote the 1972 105-minute Youssef Chahine color film Those People of the Nile [الناس و النيل al-nas wal-nil]) based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Hassan Faoud and Nicolai Vigorovosky and cinematography by Yu-Lan Chen, Aleksandre Shelenkov and Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: This film dramatizes the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt, a joint Russian-Egyptian project completed in 1971. When the film was completed in 1968 it was banned by both governments because of political issues and not cleared for official release until 1972 after some of the scenes had been filmed again. The film portrays the personal conflicts of displaced Russian workers and the displeasure of some Egyptian workers and local residents because of the impact of the diversion of the Nile.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Abdelmaig Baraka, Ezzat El Alaili, Tewfik El Dekn, Seif El Dine, Inna Fyodorova, Imad Hamdi, Soad Hosny, Hocine Ismael, Vladimir Ivashov, Yuri Kamomyj, Valentina Kutsenko, Mabrouka, Zouzou Mady, Mohamed Morshed, Madiha Salem, Igor Vladimirov, Svetlana Zhgun, Salah Zulfikar, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Aleksandr Shelenkov, Yu-Lan Chen, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Alia Abdel Moneim, Fatma Emara, Valeria Ivashokov, Diwari Kamiruni, Yuri Cameroni

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Woman Marked for Destruction امراة آيلة للسقوط (Youssra) - (1991) Egyptian one-sheet

Woman Marked for Destruction (1991) - (Youssra) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is a promotional poster designed by Morteda Anise for the 1991 120-minute color film Woman Marked for Destruction [emraa ayla lel soqut] written and directed by Medhat El-Sebaiy and starring Youssra as Ahlam based on a story taken from court cases, with cinematography by Tarek El-Telmisany. Plot summary: Poverty drove Ahlam to the commission of illegal acts for which she was never arrested such as swindling, theft and prostitution; she formed a professional gang with two clever thieves named Mohsen [Mohamed Kamel] and Sharif [Ramzi Gheith]. Ahlam fell in love with Shukry, [Mahmoud Hemida] a novice journalist and they dreamed together about wealth and freedom. Then she dumped him for a wealthy man who refused to marry her after seducing her. She was passed from one man to another and became a whore. She was imprisoned on false testimony; after her release she married a waiter named Hamdy [Abdel Aziz Makhyoun] at a nightclub where she worked, but then she discovered he was addicted to heroin. The owner of the house raped her in front of her husband, but he made no move to save her. The thieves Mohsen and Sharif broke into a wealthy woman's villa, stole her jewels and killed her and her son. Her young daughter Abir [Amira Ibrahim] saw them and ran away. The thieves hid the stolen jewels in Ahlam's apartment but the police arrested the three of them. Ahlam was sentenced to death because the evidence of the crime was found in her apartment. Ahlam's former fiancee Shukry came to her defense and went looking for Abir, the only witness who could save Ahlam from the noose.

Cast and crew: Medhat El-Sebaiy, Farid Shawqi, Youssra, Hoda Soltan, Mohsen Sarhan, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Mahmoud Hemida, Salah Kabil, Ragaa Hussein, Seif Abdel Rahman, Seif El Dine, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Wafik, Tarek El-Telmisany, Mohammad Rafiq, Mohsen Sarhan, Mahmood Massood, Zeinab Wahbi, Shadia Abdel Hamid, Sayed Sadek, Mufid Ashour, Ibrahim Mabruk, Anwar Abdel Aziz, Mervat Hafez, Amira Ibrahim, Mostafa Ibrahim

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Adieu Bonaparte الوداع يا بونابرت (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1985) Egyptian one-sheet

Adieu Bonaparte (1985) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an Egyptian poster for the classic 1985 Youssef Chahine film Adieu Bonaparte, featuring Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. From the Faber Companion to Foreign Films: "The film relates the experiences of an Egyptian family during the occupation of Alexandria by Napoleon and his army, and the uneasy friendship between a young Egyptian poet and one of Bonaparte's advisers. The exigencies of a big budget co-production might have accounted for a diminution in the great Chahine's poetry and power, but there are some spectacular scenes and excellent performances, notably from [Patrice] Chereau as a fanatical Bonaparte."

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

An Egyptian Story حدوتة مصرية (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1982) Egyptian one-sheet

An Egyptian Story (1982) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a promotional poster designed by Gasour for the 1982 120-minute Youssef Chahine color film An Egyptian Story [haduta masria] based on a story idea by Yousef Idriss, screenplay by Youssef Chahine and cinematography by Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: In this autobiographical meditation director Yehia (Chahine) has a heart attack while directing one of his films. He is obliged to go to England and submit to the care of coronary specialist Magdy Ya'qoub. During the operation he sees scenes from the past, critiques of the way he directs his films, how he met his wife the daughter of a film producer, how he dreamed of exhibiting his film Nile Boy at the Cannes Film Festival, and his direction of films like Cairo Station and Jamila. These scenes are shown in the framework of a trial where there is a confrontation between the successful director and the small child within. The dream trial also brings out the director's relationship with the Egyptian revolution, his craving for success and his encounter with the American dream. The heart operation is a success.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Youssef Idriss, Oussama Nadir, Mohsen Mohieddin, Nour El-Sherif, Ahmed Mehrez, Abdullah Mahmoud, Mahmoud Elgendi, Mohamed Mounir, Ragaa Hussein, Seif El Dine, Youssra, Hanan, Leila Hamada, Magda El-Khatib, Raga El Geddaoui, Ahmed Salama, Soheir El Monsaterli, Andrew Dinwoodie, Abdel Hadi Anwar, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Said Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Abdel Hadi, Nabila El Sayed, Soad Nasr, Aly El Cherif, Hassan Hussein, Mohsen Nasr, Tewfik El Dekn, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Soheir El-Bably, Mimi Shakeeb, Leila Sheir, Aly Ezeddin, Lotfala Hanan

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Dawn of a New Day فجر يوم جديد (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1964) Egyptian one-sheet

Dawn of a New Day (1964) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an Egyptian film poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1964 Youssef Chahine 100-minute color film Dawn of a New Day [fagr yom gedid] with story and screenplay by Samir Nasry, dialogue by Abdel Rahman El-Sharqawy, cinematography by Abel Aziz Fahmy and starring the late Sanaa Gamil (1930-2002) as Nayed. Plot summary: A varied group of bourgeois people were living in poverty in Cairo after political conditions turned against them. They included Nayed, a women in her 40s. She met a young man named Tareq (Seif El Dine) and was drawn to him even though he was from a completely different social class; she did not choose a man from her own class, not even Abu Al-Ala who was trying to get close to her. Tareq was still a student at the university living in a humble room on an upper floor and studying engineering. The boy had to go abroad for three years to complete his studies. He discovered that Nayed was treating him as a substitute for a small boy who had died years ago. This is what started her relationship with a poor man, but he was unable to correct the situation. Nayed tried to obtain the money to give to her beloved so he could complete his studies, working as a secretary at the press office her brother managed, but then she suddenly decided to end her association with this boy, who was no more than twenty-two years of age; they said goodbye to each other at the Cairo Station.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Sanaa Gamil, Seif Eddine Shawkat, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Seif El Dine, Hamdy Gheith, Soheir El-Bably, Abdel Rahman El-Sharqawy, Samir Nasry

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Choice الاختيار (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1971) Egyptian one-sheet

The Choice (1971) - (Soad Hosny) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1971 Youssef Chahine (1926-2008) film The Choice based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz and Youssef Chahine. It won the Tanit d'Or prize at the 1971 Carthage Film Festival. Cinematography was by Ahmed Khorshed. Plot Summary: Sayed [Ezzat El Alaili] was a famous writer and researcher living in Alexandria who had climbed to the top of the social and political pyramid. He was married to Sharifa [Soad Hosny]. He and his wife were preparing for a trip abroad to work in a UN delegation. He read a report in a newspaper about the murder of his twin brother Mahmoud [Ezzat El Alaili] and postponed his trip. He contacted the police and asked them to investigate. Mahmoud was a sailor who lived his life far and wide as he wished to do, without any responsibilities. He had absolutely no interest in social or political centers; in this he was the opposite of his brother who tried to be at the top of social affairs. However he was often defeated by his own reworked ideas, which contained nothing new. Mahmoud stayed away from the social life Sayed loved; he preferred instead to live his life free of tedious problems. He moved as he wished according to whim, across Mahmoud's magical world and frequenting all its places from the homes of artists to magificent mansions. The police officer was skeptical about what was happening around him and began to develop a plan for tracking this writer Sayed, who was living a double life: The cultured man was caught between the true roots of culture and the effort to rise socially. Sayed fled but the police caught him and put him in a mental hospital. "When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother--a famous novelist--is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owe much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the novelist seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...? In this very personal film, one can see the symbolic outlines of the uneasy relationship between Egyptian intellectuals and the problems of the proletariat". From the Cornell University Library web site.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Saad Ardash, Abdel Kader Hussein, Mahmoud Sobhi, Rashad Hamed, Kemal Morsy, Ashraf al-Solhdar, Hoda Soltan, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Naguib Mahfouz, Ezzat El Alaili, Seif El Dine, Soad Hosny, Seif Eddine Shawkat, Ahmed Khorshed, Mimi Shakeeb, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Madiha Kamel, Youssef Wahby, Aly El Cherif