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Permata Di-Perlimbahan

May 18, 1952
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Drama
Music
Romance

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Fatima lives with her mother, working with her as a seamstress. Disappointed by her mother’s gambling addiction, she decides to work as a singer at a nightclub. There, Fatima meets Abdullah, a businessman whose wife, Endon, constantly mocks and humiliates him. Abdullah soon falls in love with Fatima and they begin an affair. However, Abdullah’s colleague is also smitten with her, and when Endon finds out about her husband’s relationship, she plots with his colleague to expose the affair. It is the first Malay film helmed by a Singaporean Malay under the Malay Film Productions, Shaw Brothers. Made in 1952, the musical drama witnesses an abusive relationship that results in an extra marital affair.

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CAST

Nordin Ahmad
Abdullah
Maria Menado
Fatimah
Salmah Ibrahim
Directed by Haji Mahadi

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Released
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Production
Malay Film Productions Ltd., Shaw Brothers
Country
SG

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