Ahmed Badrakhan (18 September 1909 – 26 August 1969) was an Egyptian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

of Iraqi Kurdish origin. He directed 41 films between 1936 and 1968. He is famous for his 1952 romantic drama '' A Night of Love'' starring Mahmoud Almeleji and

Mariam Fakhr Eddine Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine (, 8 September 1933 – 3 November 2014) was an Egyptian film and television actress, and was the second wife of prominent filmmaker Mahmoud Zulfikar (1914 – 1970). She was nicknamed the "Belle of the Screen" (). Be ...

. He directed ''Intisar al-chabab'' (1941) which for the first time starred the virtuoso oud player and singer

Farid al-Atrash Farid al-Atrash (; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor. Although born in Syria, he immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and siblings, ...

along with singer Asmahan. He was married to Asmahan, and would be a central figure in Misr studios, Egypts most popular cinema studio at the time.

Selected filmography

* '' Weddad'' (1936) * '' Intisar Al Shabab'' (1941) * (1947) * (1950) * '' A Night of Love'' (1951) * (1954) * (1955) * (1955) * (1956)

References

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* 1909 births 1969 deaths Egyptian film directors 20th-century Egyptian screenwriters {{Egypt-film-director-stub