Lawahez (1957) - (Shadia) Egyptian film poster F, NM $65 *
Size: 27" x 39"
Price: $65
Condition: Folded Near Mint
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1957 Hassan Al Imam film Lawahez based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Mohamed Mostafa Samy and starring Shadia [1931-2017] as
Lawahez. Plot summary: Lawahez was a bright star among the great
performers, who sang and danced with wonder and fascination. Her
parents had been sent to prison and she was summoned to visit her
ailing mother at the prison hospital. Her mother confessed to her
that she was not the daughter of the convicted "bachelor teacher."
She was the daughter of a respected man who had married her mother
secretly and had not left her. She later married "the teacher" who
took advantage of her and involved her in his crimes. The mother died
and the girl felt she had been released from the domination of the
criminal she had thought to be her father, who had been sending her
threatening extortionist letters from the prison. The girl refused to
pay anything to the messenger then went to a police officer named
Salah [Kamal Al-Shennawi] to seek protection. This officer happened
to be the son of the second wife of the respected man who was the
girl's true father. He spoke to his mother's husband about the
tragedy of the girl he had seen in his office and the man realized the
girl Lawahez was his daughter. He told the officer and asked him to
conceal the matter to avoid angering his mother. Salah decided the
only way to save the girl from the miserable night life was to bring
her home to work as a maid for her father, his mother's husband, who
had taken ill. Lawahez agreed to this because she loved Salah. She
lived at her father's house without telling her friends, and the young
son, who was her half brother, flirted with her. She and the officer
fell in love. The "teacher" got out of prison and went looking for
the girl. He broke into the father's home and demanded that the girl
be returned to him. The real father refused. The teacher offered to
pay to have the girl turned over to him. Then the wife discovered the
girl had worked in a cabaret and banished her from the home to return
to her old work in the nightclubs. The teacher and his gang went to
the cabaret where they abducted the girl and took her to his hideout.
He tried to rape her but the girl resisted and stabbed him to death
with a knife just when Salah arrived with policemen to save her.
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