This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour for the 1979
Mohamed Abdel Aziz film Take Care of Your Neighbors based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Farouq Sabry and starring Adel Imam
as the attorney Ahmed. Plot summary: A couple shares an apartment on
their honeymoon with some strange neighbors.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Lebleba, Madiha Yousri, Fouad
El-Mohandes, Wahid Seif, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Mimi Gamal, Aly El
Cherif, Farouq Sabry
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour and Morteda
Anise for the 1982 Houssam El-Din Mustafa film The Balah Agency
written by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Nadia El Guindy as Nematollah.
Plot summary: Nematollah lived at the Balah Agency. She had married
most of the merchants and used her relationship with the important
employee Amgad, [Ahmed Louxor] who helped her learn the secrets of
bargaining. She did not hesitate to kill her competitors. Abdollah
[Mahmoud Yassine] came to the agency and went to work for Nematollah.
She liked him, married him and made him the boss of the agency in
charge of her affairs. This angered her former husband Abdoun
[Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] who had gone to work for her after his
bankruptcy. Abdollah discovered the truth about Nematollah and her
crimes. He left her, met Amgad's daughter Mervat, [Samia Al-Alfy]
married her and established a special agency with Amgad's help.
Nematollah tried to bring Abdollah back but he refused. She took
revenge against him by arranging to kill Amgad so no one would help
him when she got her assistants to steal Amgad's goods. Abdollah
thought of returning to her and asked her to confess to her crimes.
The police came and arrested Namatollah. Abdoun pick up an axe to
kill Abdollah with it out of revenge but Nematollah sacrificed herself
for him and met her demise.
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 27.5" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour and Abdel
Rahman for the 1980 Ahmed Yehia film The Night the Moon Cried
AKA [leilet baka fiha al-qamar] based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Farouk Sabry and starring Sabah as Hanan. Plot summary:
The luxury automobile belonging to a famous elderly singer named Hanan
broke down on a desert highway. A penurious man named Ahmed Fahmy
[Hussein Fahmy] stopped to help in his battered old Volkswagen,
recognized her and then gradually found other ways to work his way
into her affluent life. She fell in love with him, began following
him around and even helped him realize his dream of producing
theatrical exhibitions.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Yehia, Samir Farag, Sabah, Hussein Fahmy,
Minerva, Farouk Sabry, Nabil al-Dessouki, Nazim Shaawy, Nabila El
Sayed, Wahid Seif, Alia Ali, Minerva, Mohamed Abu Hashish, Ahmed El
Tohamy
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour for the 1985
Ahmed El-Sabawy film Ramadan over a Volcano based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim and starring Adel Imam as
Ramadan. Plot summary: Under pressure from the mother of his fiancee
[Elham Shaheen] Ramadan embezzled his company's payroll, knowing the
legal consequences. He turned himself in and went to prison, planning
to use the money to marry after his release. He hid the bag
containing the payroll, but it was stolen. When the police inspector
realized there was no money in the stash, he released Ramadan from
prison. Ramadan went after the gang and recovered the lost stash,
then turned himself in again.
Cast and crew: Ahmed El-Sabawy, Adel Imam, Sameer Ghanem, Elham
Shaheen, Naima Al Soghayar, Hassan Hussein, Wahid Seif, Zakaria
Mouafi, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Ezzat Abdul Jawad, Hosny Abdul Jalil, Sami
Sarhan, Naeem Issa, Umran Bahar, Hafez Amin, Sadiq Ameen, Sayed Allam
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the 1982 Ahmed
Sarwat film Five in Hell based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Sami Ghoneim, cinematography by Said Chimi and starring
Sa'eed Saleh as Fahmy. Plot summary: Fahmy makes an agreement
with his friends Nasr [Younes Shalaby] and Kamal [Ahmed Adawiyya] to
steal a company's treasury to pay for the medical expenses of Fahmy's
son. After stealing the money they hide it before they are arrested.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Tharwat, Sa'eed Saleh, Sami Ghoneim, Younes
Shalaby, Ahmed Adawiyya, Wahid Seif, Aly El Cherif, Essad Youniss,
Aida Riad, Ahmed Abdel Waress, Zizi Mustafa, Said Chimi, Othman Abdul
Menem, Mohamed Abo Hashish, Salah Yehia, Nasr Hammad
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1981 Ahmed Sarwat film Bayada based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Kamal Karim and starring Youssra as Bayada. Plot summary:
Bayada was a waitress who took a simple delight in her village of
Ma'adia; her fiancee Hassan [Rushdy Abaza] worked as a fisherman.
Some foreigners came to the village who said they were looking for the
body of their grandfather on the bottom of the ocean; Hassan helped
them even though they were actually smuggling gold. They also hired a
young diver named Khalil to help them. Hassan was suspicious and
began watching them. One of them found a chest of gold and tried to
hide it. Hassan notified the police, who arrested all the foreigners.
It turned out Khalil was one of the police.
Cast and crew: Amal Sherif, Rushdy Abaza, Mohamed Reda, Wahid Seif,
Youssra, Ahmed Sarwat, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Farouk Youssef, Fakri Taha,
Farouq Suleiman, Naim Esa, Mohammad al-Sisi, Al-Toukhi Tawfiq
This film was an important milestone in the career of Adel Imam, best known in the West for his starring role in the 2006 Marwan Hamed film The Yacoubian Building [emaret ya'qubian]. This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian film poster designed by
Moaty to promote the 1979 128-minute Ahmed Fouad color film Ragab
on a Hot Tin Roof [ragab fou' safeeh sakhen] starring Adel Imam
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ebrahim Maher with
cinematography by Essam Farid. Plot summary: The people in Ragab's
[Adel Imam] village pooled their money to buy a plow and sent him to
Cairo to buy it. As soon as he got there he met Bolbol, [Sa'eed
Saleh] a professional thief, who stole the money the people of Ragab's
village had given him, then disappeared in the Cairo crowds. Ragab
went looking for him. He ended up in a nightclub, where he met
Bobbol's friend Eglal [Nahed Sherif], the owner of a nighclub. Bolbol
had seen Ragab and fled with the money. When Ragab found him he
claimed to have lost all the money gambling. Ragab tried to find
work. When that failed he asked Bolbol to teach him how to gamble.
After he learned how to do this he won a lot of money, but one of the
ones who lost money to him went after him with the intent of killing
him; Bolbol tried to defend Ragab and suffered a few stab wounds. The
police intervened and arrested all of them. Ragab did not return to
his village. After his release he took a job in Cairo looking for
newcomers from rural areas and upper Egypt so he could swindle them.
In Egypt Today September 2004 Sherif Awad said of this film:
"Comedian Adel Imam made cinema history with Ragab Fouk Safeeh Sakhen
([Ragab on a Hot Tin Roof], 1979). The film broke all previous
box-office records and spent 37 weeks in theaters. Throughout the past
two decades, he has been the uncontested king of the box office,
churning out roles in every conceivable genre. Now in his fifties,
Imam is still going strong."
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Nahed Sherif, Sa'eed Saleh, Wahid Seif, Zuzu Shakeeb, Ahmed Fouad, Essam Farid, Mimi Gamal, Aly El Cherif, Soad Hussein, Nahed Gabr, George Sidhum, Madhar Abol Naga, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Hafez Amin, Essam Farid, Maher Ibrahim, Farouk Falawkas, Samie Al-Adel, Amima Salim, Ahmed Amer, Sha'ban Taha, Mahmoud al-Eraqi, Mona Abdullah, Fawzi Ibrahim
Pictured are two Egyptian promotional posters designed by Sami for the
1986 Ahmad Fouad film The Train [al-qatar] based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad Said Marzouk with cinematography by
Ramses Marzouk. Plot summary: The train engineer Ibrahim [Fouad
Ahmed] was sure his wife Gamalat [Amal Ibrahim] had betrayed him with
his assistant and colleague Sobhi [Abu Bakr Ezzat]. He killed her
after confronting her with her confession. He decided to kill his
disloyal colleague while they were on the high-speed train at the
Assyut Station; they got into a fight and fell off the train while it
was throttling down the tracks at high velocity. A drunken passenger saw this while he
was leaning out a window and retching; he told the other passengers
but no one believed him. The train did not stop at its stations on
the way to Aswan and fear and panic spread among the passengers. On
board the wreck-bound train a girl named Farida [Mervat Amin] and a
boy named Khaled [Nour El-Sherif] fell in love after a brief
acquaintance as fellow travelers. Khaled crawled up on the roof and heroically tried to bring
the train into the wheelhouse; a rescue helicopter moved him to the engineer's cabin with a sling so he could stop it
before it crashed. The girl was proud of what the boy she loved had
done. Director Ahmed Fouad makes an appearance as a hitchhiker making
his way to Assyut about 16 minutes into the film.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Mervat Amin, Yousef Chaban, Ahmed Fouad, Amin Al-Heinedy, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Wahid Seif, Nabila El Sayed, Salah Nazmi, Fouad Ahmed, Zizi Mustafa, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Ramses Marzouk, Sabry Abdel Moniem, Amal Ibrahim, Hamdy Hafez, Farouk Youssef, Hanem Mohamed, Hosny Abdel Galil, Abou Hachich, Mohammad Haikal, Motawe Ewais
This Egyptian film poster was designed by Al-Khad to promote the 1980
115-minute Henry Barakat color film I Am Neither a Devil Nor an
Angel [lestu shaytanan wa la malakan] based on story, screenplay
and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh.
Plot summary: Kawsar [Soheir Ramzy] left her fiance Ahmed [Nour
El-Sherif] and married the elderly rich man Shamis, [Aly El Cherif]
the owner of a factory in which her father worked, after there was a
quarrel between her and Ahmed over her father. Ahmed finished his
studies and graduated from the college of engineering. He established
a relationship with his classmate Engineer Nahed [Hoda Ramzi] and they
decided to marry. Shamis was killed by the husband of his mistress.
Kawsar asked Engineer Ahmed to help her manage her late husband's
factory because she was having many problems doing it herself. By
chance she learned about the relationship between Ahmed and Nahed;
this got her to thinking about firing Nahed from her job at the
factory. Ahmed went to see Kawsar at her home and asked her not to do
this. After he left her home Shamis's son stabbed Kawsar with a knife
and she was taken to a hospital. Ahmed emphasized to Nahed that his
relationship with Kawsar had been just a work relationship and what
had happened earlier was just a memory; so the two of them began their
life together.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Sherif, Soheir Ramzy, Hoda Ramzi, Aly El Cherif, Wahid Seif, Mohammed Tawfik, Zein El-Ashmawy, Salah Nazmi, Enaam Salousa, Soheir Zaky, Ibrahim Saleh, Samir Abdelazim, Samy Fahmy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz
and Wahib Fahmy for the 1982 Atef-E Taieb film The Bus Driver
written by Mohamed Khan and Bachir El Dik and starring Nour El-Sherif.
Plot Summary: Hassan [Nour El-Sherif] was a bus driver for the Public
Transportation Agency and one of the heroes of the October 1973 war.
From time to time he would meet his war buddies. He lived happily
with his wife Khadiga [Mervat Amin] who owned a taxi and was
renovating its interior. His father Abu Soltan [Imad Hamdi] owned a
commercial workshop in the Bulaq area that was in financial
difficulties. He was trying to protect the workshop from the
imposition of back taxes. Hassan tried to gather funds and get help
from his two sisters who lived in Dumyat and Port Said, but without
success. He went to see his sister in Dumyat but she was not able to
help. He went to see his other sister in Port Said whose husband was
a merchant in the free trade zone; the husband did not give Hassan
anything despite his financial power; instead he wanted to sell the
workshop. Hassan even asked his wife to sell the taxi but she
demanded a divorce and left home. The father died while Hassan was
trying to collect the needed funds with the help of his army buddies.
This film was directed by Atef E-Taieb and written by my favorite Egyptian director, Mohamed Khan.
Cast and crew: Atef E-Taieb, Nour El-Sherif, Imad Hamdi, Hassan Hosny, Mervat Amin, Nabila El-Sayed, Bachir El Dik, Said El-Shiemy, Wahid Seif, Zahrat El-Ola, Aziza Helmy, Mohamed Khan
This is the rare original style poster for the 1972 Hassan Al Imam film Take Care of Zuzu starring Soad Hosny. This film is on Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films. It tells the story of Zuzu (Soad Hosny), a member of a family of entertainers and dancers who is studying at a university. Zuzu encounters difficult conflicts when she is forced to confront society's stubborn prejudice against those who make their living in the entertainment business.
