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The Malatily Bathhouse
1973, Jul 02
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.
Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Written by
Salah Abu Seif, Mohsen Zayed, Ismail Waly Eldeen
Shams El-Barudy
Naima
Ahmad Bedir
Antar
Ibrahim Qadry
Hassanein
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
Nahed Samir
Um Ahmed
Yousuf Shaaban
Raouf the painter
Souad Nasr
Nemat Mokhtar
Said Khalil
Galeela Mahmoud
Naima ElSoghier
Nabawiyah
Mohamed El Arabi
Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam
Ibrahim Abdulraziq
the narrator
Ali Mostafa
Fayez Halawa
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