The Shores of Love [شاطئ الغرام] (Laila Mourad) - (1950)

The Shores of Love (1964) - (Laila Mourad) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy to promote the 1950 Henry Barakat 125-minute black-and-white film The Shores of Love [shati al-gharam] starring Laila Mourad based on story and screenplay by Henry Barakat with dialogue by Ali Al-Zarkani and Youssef Isa and cinematography by Abelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: The Egyptian mediterranean resort of Mersa Matruh provides a picturesque setting for this romantic drama. Adel [Hussein Sedki] was a young man who did not know the meaning of love. He spent his time at racetracks, dance halls and in the arms of prostitutes. While on a beach vacation at Mersa Matruh, Adel fell in love with a schoolteacher named Laila [Laila Mourad] and asked her father for permission to marry her. The father agreed and Adel took Laila with him back to Cairo. Adel's aunt and her husband were surprised by his sudden marriage, because the aunt had been planning for him to marry her daugher Mona so she could use Adel's wealth to lift her family out of bankruptcy. On the other hand Adel's mistress Soheir [Taheya Cariocca] had also been hoping to marry him. The aunt devised a scheme to disrupt the marriage by accusing Laila of being unfaithful and she succeeded with it because Adel believed her. He sent Laila back to her father in Mersa Matruh. However Adel then learned his aunt was just after his money and that the accusation was false, so he went to Mersa Matruh to correct the mistake and bring his wife back to Cairo again.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Taheya Cariocca, Laila Mourad, Mohsen Sarhan, Hussein Sedki, Salah Mansour, Abdelhalim Nasr, Ali Al-Zarkani, Youssef Esa, Samiha Ayyoub, Stephan Rosti, Zaki Ibrahim, Gom'a Idris, Mimi Shakeeb, Mona, Edmond Tuema, Nahed Farid, Shafik Noureddin

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The Black Briefcase [الحقيبة السوداء] - (Shukry Sarhan) - (1964)

The Black Briefcase [al-haqibet al-sawda] (Shukry Sarhan) (1964) Egyptian film poster

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

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She Lived for Love [عاشت للحب] - (Zubaida Tharwat) - (1959)

She Lived for Love (Zubaida Tharwat) (1991) Egyptian film poster

Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1959 104-minute El Sayed Bedeir black-and-white film She Lived for Love ['ashat lil-hob] starring Zubaida Tharwat based on the novel The Ivy Vine [shagaret al-lablab] by Mohamed Abdel Halim Abdullah with dialogue by Salah Gowdet and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hosny [Kamal Al-Shennawi] was troubled while he was growing by his observations of marital infidelity by his relatives. When he grew up and went to medical school he lived in an apartment above the apartment inhabited by a woman Zainab [Zubaida Tharwat], fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Then when she showed an interest in other men he decided not to marry her after all, thinking she was like the other women he had known in his youth. Under that influence of advice from Zainab's sister Rashida [Laila Taher] and his friend Khairat [Abdel Moneim Ibrahim] he eventually changed his mind and decided to marry her after all.

Cast and crew: El Sayed Bedeir, Zubaida Tharwat, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Laila Taher, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hermine, Mohamed Abdel Halim Abdullah, Saleh Gowdet, Mary Ezzedine, Salwa Mahmoud, Aziza Helmy, Abdallah Gheith, Wedad Hamdy, Kamal Hussein, Mohamed Shawqi, Hussein Assar, Abdel Aziz Hamdy

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Shams al-Zanati [شمس الزناتي] - (Adel Imam) - (1991) Egyptian one-sheet

Shams al-Zanati (1991) - (Adel Imam) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a picture of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by al-Khad to promote the 1991 133-minute Samir Seif color film Shams al-Zanati starring Adel Imam based on the 1960 John Sturges film The Magnificent Seven with story, screenplay and dialogue by Magdy Hidaya and cinematography by Samir Farag. Plot summary: Shams al-Zanati [Adel Imam] was an Egyptian rebel who fought British forces in Egypt during the Second World War. The film depicts Shams al-Zanati's love for and eventual marriage to a young Bedouin widow named Hanna [Sausan Badr], which begins while Hanna is working in a Cairo coffee shop and helping Shams al-Zanati evade British agents. The marriage takes place in Hanna's oasis village after a bloody shootout there between Shams al-Zanati's insurgent gang and another gang led by Marshall Borei.

Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Mahmoud Hemida, Sawsan Badr, Samir Seif, Mustafa Metwalli, Abdulla Mahmoud, Ibrahim Nasr, Noha El Amroussi, Mahmoud El Guindi, Rushdi El Mahdi, Ahmed Maher, Said Tarabeek, Magdy Hidaya, Ali Abdel Rahim

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Shafiqa and Metwali [شفيقة ومتولي] - (Soad Hosny) - (1979)

Shafiqa and Metwali (Soad Hosny) (1979) Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and Anise to promote the 1979 Aly Badrakhan 109-minute color film Shafiqa and Metwali starring Soad Hosny based on a story by Shawqi Abdel Hakim with screenplay and dialogue by Salah Jahine and cinematography by Abdelhalim and Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: This film is director Aly Badrakhan's revised and very popular version of the timeless Egyptian tale of an honor killing in which a prostitute named Shafiqa [Soad Hosny] is murdered by her brother Metwali [Ahmed Zaki] for dishonoring his family. The story is set in the 19th Century during the construction of the Suez Canal [1859-1869] when Metwali is pressed into forced labor for the project leaving Shafiqa to the depredations of the lascivious male inhabitants of her village. In the Badrakhan version Shafiqa is shot by one of her lovers named Effendia [Gamil Ratib] to prevent her revealing secrets she has learned about his business dealings, just as the returning Metwali is about to stab her with his sword. Badrakhan's story, unlike the original moral drama, does not provide narrative support for the practice of honor killing. It makes a point of showing that the men in Shafiqa's life are just as guilty as she is in different ways and that ethical failings are distributed throughout society.

Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Ahmed Mazhar, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Zaki, Aly Badrakhan, Gamil Ratib, Mahmoud El Guindi, Malek Al-Gamal, Hamza al-Shimi, Naima Al-Soghayar, Ahmed Hegazi, Ahmed Bedir, Abdel Waress Assar, Younes Shalaby, Abdelhalim Nasr, Mohsen Nasr, Salah Jahine, Shawqi Abdel Hakim

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Shafiqa the Copt [شفيقة القبطية] - (Hind Rostom) - (1963)

Shafiqa the Copt [shafi'a al-ebtiya] (Hind Rostom) (1963) Egyptian film poster

This is a picture of a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1963 Hassan Al Imam 108-minute color film Shafiqa the Copt [shafi'a al-'ebtia] starring Hind Rostom as Shafiqa based on a story by Galil Al-Badrawy with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Mustafa Samy and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: This biographical film portrays the life of Shafiqa the Copt, the most famous Egyptian dancer of the early 20th century, with Hind Rostom in the role of Shafiqa. Plot summary: Shafiqa was obliged to leave her only son in the care of her mother, who had banished Shafiqa from the home in deference to the demands of Shafiqa's conservative father. Although Shafiqa had a vast fortune and some of her best friends were important men in the government, the father did not permit her to see her son. Aziz grew up, came into his prime and fell in love with Soad, the daughter of Prime Minister Asad Pasha, who at the time was himself Known as the greatest lover in his government. Shafiqa formed a relationship with her son later. She invited him many times to her home without telling him she was his mother or that she was a famous dancer. In the presence of his daughter, Asad Pasha was indifferent to Aziz when he asked for her hand, but in turn the minister was indifferent to his wife because of Shafiqa's influence. He then ordered Aziz imprisoned and abandoned the dancer. Shafiqa's maid Bahia became the minister's consort after the theft of the assets of her mistress. Soad abandoned the life of the world, entered a convent and refused to marry Aziz after his escape from prison. Finally as she was dying in his arms, Aziz realized Shafiqa was his mother.

Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Zizi El-Badrawy, Hassan Youssef, Fouad El-Mohandes, Hassan Al Imam, Amina Rizk, Hussein Riad, Fakher Fakher, Hamed Morsi, Gamal Ismail, Ibrahim Heshmat, Abdelhalim Nasr, Mohamed Mustafa Samy, Galil Al-Badrawy, Salwa Mahmoud, Abbas Rahmy, Mohammed Abaza, Sayed Darwish

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Freedom Seekers [الباحثات عن الحرية] - (dir: Inas Al Degheidy) - (2004) Egyptian one-sheet

Freedom Seekers (2004) - (dir: Inas Al Degheidy) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteza Anis to promote the 2004 Inas Al Degheidy 112-minute color film Seekers of Freedom [al-bahesat an al-horiyya] based on a story by Hoda El-Zain from the novel Ghaba min al-Shawq [forest of longing] with screenplay and dialogue by Rafiq As-Sabban and cinematography by Mohsen Ahmed. Plot summary: This film depicts the Paris experiences of Aida, an Egyptian art student, Amal, a Lebanese journalist and Soad, a Moroccan singer. All of them are displaced in some way and trying to find where they belong. Events lead to Aida's reunification with her son in Egypt, Soad's marriage to a French man and Amal's decision to murder a gun runner who has been pursuing her for sex.

Cast and crew: Ahmed Ezz, Sanaa Mouziane, Hesham Selim, Nicole Bardwel, Tamer Hagras, Inas Al Degheidy, Rafiq As-Sabban, Hoda El-Zain, Nicole Bardwel, Dalia El Behairy, Hoda El-Zein, Mohsen Ahmed, Samir Shamas, Basam Mo'ania, Mohammed Afifi, Talaat al-Sheikh, Marwan Hamad, Sayed Gabr, Abdel Moneim Mohamed, Asar Rostom, Grimi Bariba, Jean-Jacques Batier, Salaye Faridanat, Boris Moozafitsh

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