Hati Iblis ('Devil's Heart', 1953) (a K. M. Basker classic featuring scenes in downtown Singapore)

Directed by K. M. Basker
Written by K. M. Basker (story)
Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Brothers)
In Malay
Starring: Ali Rahman, Aini Hayati, Jamil Sulong

Aini is left to fend for herself after her father passed away from sickness. She finds employment as a maid for a nasty woman, who seems to be in a persistently vengeful mood and showers her with verbal and physical abuse. Aini confides her sorrows to Ramlan, brother-in-law of the abusive employer, who clearly identifies with her grim view of life, being unemployed and in a pretty forlorn state himself. Nonetheless, Ramlan is from a middle-class background (he lives with his elder brother and sister-in-law in landed property), and his proposal to marry Aini, who is considered socially inferior, is met with outright disapproval. After some reflection (he has vowed to take good of his younger sibling at his father’s deathbed), Ramlan’s brother agrees to the marriage. Soon after, Aini bears a child, and Ramlan feels obliged to be seek gainful employment to better support his family. He travels to Singapore to find work, but the pitiless city (48:58, 53:34) is no place for a downcast man.

Film Locations (Singapore): Union Building (Collyer Quay) and Fullerton Square; Victoria Memorial Hall; Gemmill Drinking Fountain; Alkaff Gardens and Lake (55:03); Bukit Timah Railway Station
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