Director

Ahmad Badrakhan

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Directed movies: 33Directed series: 0All crew credits: 36

TMDB ID: 1319933

IMDb ID: nm0046219

Known for: Directing

Born: September 18, 1909

Died: August 26, 1969

Age: 59

Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1934 - 1969

Years active: 36

Wikidata: Q582886

Also known as

أحمد بدرخان • احمد بدرخان • Ahmed Badrakhan

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Director (32)Assistant Director (1)Writer (3)

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Biography

Ahmad Badrakhan (18 September 1909 – 26 August 1969) was an Egyptian film director and screenwriter of 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. He directed Intisar al-chabab (1941) which for the first time starred the virtuoso oud player and singer Farid al-Atrash 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.

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