The Malatily Bathhouse (1973)
Hammam al-Malatily
94 min
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.
- Release date
- July 2, 1973
- Country of origin
- Egypt
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Cast
- Shams El Baroudy as Naima
- Youssef Shabaan as Raouf the painter
- Mohamed El Arabi as Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam
- Nemat Mokhtar
- Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
- Ahmad Bedair as Antar
- Said Khalil
- Nahed Samir as Um Ahmed
- Ibrahim Qadry as Hassanein
- Ibrahim Abdulraziq
- Naima Al Soghayar
- Fayez Halawa
- Galila Mahmoud
Crew
- Salah Abouseif · Director
- Mohsen Zayed · Writer