This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour for the 1981
Simon Saleh film A Person Lives Once AKA al-insan yaeesh
mara wahida written by Wahid Hamid and starring Adel Imam as Hani.
Plot summary: Dr. Amal [Youssra] moved her practice to Salloum after
the death of her fiance. There she met Hani and formed a strong
relationship with him. Hani became friends with Bakri, [Aly El
Cherif] a school guard from upper Egypt who was being chased by
Haridi, [Naeem Esa] who had a grudge against him. Hani and Amal
decided to marry and go to Cairo with Bakri. Haridi arrived in
Salloum and when he heard about Bakri's trip he jumped on the train
with a small firearm as it was leaving the platform.
Cast and crew: Simon Saleh, Abdel Latif Fahmi, Naeem Esa, Wahid
Hamid, Adel Imam, Youssra, Zein El-Ashmawy, Aly El Cherif, Badr Nofal, Shawqy Shamekh,
Hatem Zolfikar, Said Tarabeek, Ahmed Kamis, Rafat Ragi
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Marcel and Ahmed
Fouad to promote the 1965 84-minute Galal El-Sharkawy black-and-white
film Widow and Three Daughters [armala wa thalath banat]
starring Amina Rizk as Zeinab based on the 1912 Henry Becque play The
Crows with screenplay and dialogue by Al-Sayed al-Shorbagi and
cinematography by Magdy Saad. Plot summary: A widow [Amina Rizk]
tries to cope with financial problems while helping her three
beautiful young daughters deal with the capricious behavior of their
unscrupulous suitors. Amina Rizk was a prominent Egyptian film and
television actress for over 70 years between 1928 and her death in
2003.
Cast and crew: Galal El-Sharkawy, Zizi El-Badrawy, Nawal Abul Foutouh, Amina Rizk, Salah Mansour, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Zein El-Ashmawy, Said Abu Bakr, Magdy Saad, Nadia al-Naqrashi, Henry Becque, Saad Ardash, Ragaa Youssef, Esmat Abbas
Pictured is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Stamatis Vassiliou and Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1962 Hassan Al Imam 146-minute
black-and-white film Sins [al-khataya] starring Abdel Halim
Hafez based on a story by Mohamed Osman with screenplay and dialogue
by Mohamed Moustapha Sami and Mohamed Osman and with cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: This film depicts a family conflict over
which of its two sons Hussein [Abdel Halim Hafez] or Ahmed [Hassan
Youssef] should marry Soheir [Nadia Lutfi], even though Soheir and
Hussein have decided they want to marry. The father [Mahmoud
El-Meliguy] does not want to give his blessing because he does not
believe Hussein is actually his son; he tries to drive Hussein out of
the family after he and Ahmed have been raised as brothers, which
proves to be an impossibility. The film showcases the singing of
Abdel Halim Hafez.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, Hassan Youssef, Fakher Fakher, Imad Hamdi, Hassan Al Imam, Wahid Farid, Madiha Yousri, Mohamed Osman, Galal Issa, Zein El-Ashmawy, Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Kamal Hussein, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Fifi Youssef
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1964
83-minute Hassan El-Seify black-and-white film The Black
Briefcase [al-haqibet al-sawda] based on story and screenplay by
Ahmed El Mola with cinematography by Mostafa Hassan. Plot summary:
This is a complex crime thriller in which a briefcase filled with
stolen money is passed from hand to hand in an elaborate cinematic
shell game, until at the end the police arrest the one in possession
of it just before he boards a plane for Beirut.
Cast and crew: Hassan El-Seify, Shukry Sarhan, Naima Akef, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Stephan Rosti, Mohammed Tawfik, Kamal Salaheddin, Zein El-Ashmawy, Laila Sadeq, Amal Ramzy, Sami Sarhan, Ahmed El Mola, Mostafa Hassan, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Susie Khairi, Zoheir Sabri, Laila Yousri, Mahmoud Lotfi, Youssef Chaban, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Hussein Ismail, Abdelrahman Abou Zahra, Kawsar Ramzy, Mona Hussein, Said Orabi, Fifian
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz and Wahib Fahmy to support the 1967 164-minute Helmy Rafla color film Loved by
the Masses [ma'budet al-gamahir] starring Abdel Halim Hafez based
on a story by Mustafa Amin with dialogue by Mohammed Abu Youssef,
screenplay by Helmy Halim and Youssef Gohar and cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Abdel Halim Hafez] was an actor
and a musician at the beginning of his career living in a poor
neighborhood. He loved a famous musician named Soheir [Shadia], who
was the star of his band, and he discovered she had the same feelings
for him. They surprised everyone by deciding to marry, but this did
not please the band director, who tried to separate them. Soheir was
surprised to discover on the night of the marrriage contract that there
was a woman who claimed to be Ibrahim's wife and that she had borne his
child. Soheir decided to cancel the marriage and because of her sadness her
popularity faded, while Ibrahim's popularity increased and he became a
famous musician. He did not forget his love for Soheir. One day
Soheir saw a picture of the woman who was claiming to be Ibrahim's
wife and realized she was an actress who had been trying to steal her
beloved. She did not care about the woman's false claims so she went
to Ibrahim's neighborhood, who welcomed her and publicly declared his
return to her.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Fouad El-Mohandes, Mohamed Reda, Youssef Chaban, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Shafik Noureddin, Shadia, Abdel Halim Hafez, Wahid Farid, Zein El-Ashmawy, George Sidhum, Ahmed El Haddad, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mustafa Amin, Helmy Halim, Youssef Gohar, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Nadia Ezzat, Hussein Ismail, Ahmed Farahat
Hero until the End [بطل للنهاية batal lil-nehaya] (1963) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian film poster
Shown here is a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster designed by
Magdi William to promote the 111-minute 1963 Houssam El-Din Mustafa
black-and-white film Hero until the End [بطل للنهاية batal lil-nehaya]
starring Farid Shawqi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ali
El Zorkani with cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Hafiz Amin
was a big contractor and president of a charity organization for the
support of children whose members had to share the expenses the
organization incurred while achieving its objectives. However Hafiz
Amin was actually the leader of a gang that kidnapped children from
wealthy families and held them for ransom. Most of them paid with the
exception of Shukry, who refused. When they threatened to kidnap his
son, Shukry decided to leave Alexandria and live in Cairo, far from
the gang. However Rashad, one of the gang members, followed him on a
desert road and overturned the automobile in which he and his family
had been riding. All the occupants were killed except the child who
had been the object of the kidnapping. Hafiz Amin adopted the child
for self-promotion. Then he threatened to kidnap Elham, the daughter
of an engineer named Mohammad Abduh. His wife Ehsan advised him to
pay the ransom, but he refused and notified the police, who got
Ibrahim to join the gang to learn the truth about its leader. Ibrahim
had been living a quiet life with his wife Fatima and his son Hussein
since his release from prison. Hussein was blind and in need of an
urgent operation. Officer Nazim promised Ibrahim enough money for his son's
operation if he succeeded in helping, and he did succeed. The police
finally arrested the gang and its leader.
Cast and crew: Ali El Zorkani, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Klelio, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Laila Taher, Tewfik El Dekn, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy, Mohamed El Dafrawy, Abdel Abdi al-Araby, Wagdy El-Araby, Ekram Azu, Nahed Samir, Lutfi Abdel Hamid
This is a poster promoting the 120-minute 1963 black-and-white
Ezzel Dine Zulficar film Meeting at the Tower [mowed fil-borg]
starring Soad Hosny with screenplay by director Ezzel Dine Zulfikar
and cinematography by Massoud Essa, based on the 1957 Leo McCarey
film An Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
taken from a story by Mildred Cram. Plot summary: Adel met Amal on a
ship bound for Alexandria while they were both trying to steal jewels
from a wealthy elderly woman named Khadija Hanem, who considered Adel
her fiance. An old Anatolian man loved Amal and also wanted to court
her, but the two thieves fell in love. They decided to meet after a
few months. Adel began working as a cook on a ship; his situation
improved when the captain discovered he knew a number of languages.
Amal's brother Ala was a gangleader who tried to force his sister to
continue stealing and exploting her Anatolian fiance while he prepared
to steal his money. Amal did everything in her power and worked at a
modest job despite all the difficulties, but she did not succeed in
getting the money. The day came when she was to meet Adel at the
Cairo tower, but she had an automobile accident on the way there.
Adel was waiting for her, but he found himself surrounded by Ala's
men. He was able to get away from them but he did not know what had
happened to his sweetheart. He tried to find her and while he was
looking for her, he decided he would marry her. Then he found her and
they married. When the brother Ala was arrested the newlyweds went on
a honeymoon to Europe.
Cast and crew: Mildred Cram, Soad Hosny, Salah Zulfikar, Fouad El-Mohandes, Souraya Helmy, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Zein El-Ashmawy, Zeinab Sedky, Mahmoud Farag, Samia Rushdy, Zaki Ibrahim, Anwar Mady, Salah al-Masry, Helmy Halim, Al-Sayed Gaber
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
A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] (1964) - (Shadia) Style A Egyptian film poster
In this film director Hassan Al Imam, screenplay and dialogue writer
Mohamed Moustapha Sami and cinematographer Abdelhalim Nasr join forces
with the help of an all-star cast to play the role of the mythical
storyteller Scheherezade as she spins in the language of cinema one of
her many tales of desert mystery, magic, palace intrigue, mendicant
effrontery and sexual desire. The poster was designed by Mohammad
Abdel Aziz.
