The Savage(1979)

movie - first aired/released 1979-02-19 - 122 min - audience 6.0

Music, Drama

Directed by Samir Seif

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.