This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian movie poster designed by Samira for the
1984 Mohamed Khan film Missing Person written by Assem Tawfiq,
starring Yehia El-Fakharany as Atia Abdel Khaleq and inspired by the
1958 H. E. Bates novel The Darling Buds of May. Mohamed
El-Assyouti wrote this plot summary on IMDB: "A culinary piece of
cinema. This humourous critique of dehumanisation in big-city life
depicts a depressed urban dweller who leaves for the countryside,
where he tries to sell a piece of land he has inherited. He is charmed
by the idyllic life, but has to keep up with the voracious appetites
of his hosts, who literally never stop eating, even waking up to
snack. He soon adapts to their eating habits but only after he is
taken to a hospital with severe indigestion due to his hosts'
generosity."
Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Assem Tawfiq, Tewfik El Dekn, Yehia
El-Fakharany, Laila Eloui, Farid Shawqi, Tarek El-Telmessani, Aida
Abdel Aziz, H.E. Bates
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour for the 1989
Mohammed Shebl film Nightmare written by Sami Rafe and Mohammed
Shebl and starring Youssra as Mervat. Plot summary: Mervat, a
journalist, was having daily nightmares. The nightmares all had a
common theme where a gang of criminals kidnapped her and put her in a
bedroom in an abandoned mansion. When she woke up she would find
signs of the nightmare struggle on her body. Her fiancee Yehia [Ahmed
Abdel Aziz] was eager to help her. He told Mervat about a real
mansion similar to one he had seen in a dream; he tried to work
through the problem with her by taking her to the real mansion so she
would be able to escape that night if she had the same nightmare
again, especially if she learned that the prominent figure in the
nightmare and the owner of the abandoned mansion was one of her uncles
who were getting rich by smuggling weapons. Yehia and one of his
brothers took her to the mansion and let her in.
Cast and crew: Youssra, Mohammed Shebl, Ahmed Abdelaziz, Khairy
Beshara, Sami Rafe, Nahed Samir, Tarek El-Telmessani, Tamim Abdo,
Kheiry Beshara, Hossam Fayyad, Salah Hamdi, Ali Farid, Mahmoud Alwan,
Rafat Ragi, Hussein El-Sherif, Nabila Karam, Marwah El Khatib, Amira
Khaled Haroun
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1986 Mohamed Khan
film Omar's Journey based on a story by Mohamed Khan and Raouf
Tawfiq and starring Farouk Al-Fichawy. Plot Summary: Omar [Farouk
Al-Fichawy] lives dependent on his father the wealthy Al-Gawahargi
[Mohamed Reda]. His father wants him to deliver a bag of jewels to a
colleague in Tanta. On the way he runs out of gas. A worker also
named Omar [Mamdouh Abd El Aleem] at a rural gas station tries to help
him refuel but uses the wrong type. While they are trying to solve
this problem a driver [Ahmad Abdel Waress] who had agreed to provide
the correct type of fuel arrives in a big yellow dump truck and beats
up Omar. The two Omars later continue the trip after picking up a
local prostitute named Negah [Mediha Kamel] who is on her way to Port
Said. With nothing to deliver in Tanta, they change the itinerary to
take Negah to Port Said. When they stop at a restaurant for food they
see the thieves in the bathroom and get into a brief inconclusive
fight. Then they continue, driving at night. That night the first
Omar and Negah sleep together when they stop at a hotel; then they
continue the trip. On the way they are attacked again by the same
thieves with the big yellow truck, who steal the jewelry and the car
and abandon the truck. The three of them continue to Suez in the
truck. There they find Omar's stolen automobile abandoned and wrecked
by the road on a rocky beach. Negah and the second Omar continue in
the truck, leaving the first Omar with the wrecked automobile. Negah
gets out of the truck and hitches a ride with another truck driver
after the two of them argue. She immediately begins coming on to her
new driver; the film ends with the first Omar sitting sadly in his
useless automobile. A radio is playing.
Cast and crew: Ahmad Abdel Waress, Mohamed Reda, Mamdouh Abd El
Aleem, Ahmed Bedir, Zahrat El-Ola, Madiha Kamel, Farouk Al-Fichawy,
Mohamed Khan, Tarek El-Telmessani, Raouf Tawfiq, Youcef Rajai, Samia
Al-Alfy, Ismail Mahmoud, Osman Abdel Moneim, Hanem Mohamed, Zakaria
Mouafi, Hosny Abdul Jalil, Ahdey Sadek, Ahmed Abu Abih, Mohamed
Al-Dardiri, Magdy Ahmed Aly, Hanan Youssef
This film directed by Inas Al Degheidy is based
on the 1946 American film Gilda directed
by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth. This
Egyptian version of that classic film was a box office
failure, but it has a beautiful poster designed by
Takht Ahd. Plot summary: Jamila (Youssra) is a
singer married to Azmi (Ahmed Ramzi), the owner
of one of the hotels where she works. The hotel
has a new manager named Salah (Mustafa Fahmi)
who had recently been released from prison. Salah,
who has a secret side business as an arms dealer,
is an extremely cruel man. In his earlier years his
marriages had been unsuccessful because of his
infidelities and now he has become an older man
without ever being close to a woman. Jamila takes
up with him and abandons her husband for the
sake of her career, thinking he can help her socially,
but she then tires of Salah and returns to Azmi; this
leads to a violent altercation when Salah tries to take
revenge against Jamila for abandoning him.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Ramzy, Youssra, Inas Al Degheidy, Mustafa Fahmy, Shams, Hussein El Imam, Tarek El-Telmessani, Angel Aaram, Ali Hassanein, Hisham Madkour, Sayed Gabr, Abdel Hai Adib, Gilda, Charles Vidor
