The Savage
Feb 19 1979
•2h 2m
•Music, Drama
Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf. She later takes a factory job and is followed there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to his mother Eqbal she objects because of their social and class differences.
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Soad Hosny
Baheya
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Ashraf
Laila Fawzy
Eqbal
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Baheya's father
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