The Malatily Bathhouse

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The Malatily Bathhouse (1973)

Directed by Salah Abu Seif

Drama · 1h 46m

The film is an adaptation of a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man.

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Cast

Shams El-Barudy Naima Yousuf Shaaban Raouf the painter Muhammad al-Arabi Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam Nemat Mokhtar Fayez Halawa Naima ElSoghier Nabawiyah Abdel Ghani El Nagdi Souad Nasr Ahmad Bedir Antar Ibrahim Abdulraziq the narrator Said Khalil Nahed Samir Um Ahmed

Crew

Director
Salah Abu Seif
Writer
Ismail Waly Eldeen, Mohsen Zayed, Salah Abu Seif
Director of Photography
Abdel Moneim Bahnassy
Producer
Salah Abu Seif

Details

Original title
حمام الملاطيلي
Release date
1973-07-02
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Egypt