Ahmad Badrakhan

Birthday: 1909-09-18
Deathday: 1969-08-26
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1969-12-08 Nadia
1968-09-18 Joys
1967-10-08 The Other Half
1966-10-05 Sayed Darwish
1958-05-03 Ghareeba
1956-07-13 The Little Doll
1956-04-30 How Can I Forget You
1955-02-07 Pledge of Love
1955-01-02 God Is on Our Side
1953-01-02 Melody of My Love
1952-08-08 Aiza atgawiz
1952-05-07 A Night of Love
1952-01-02 Mustafa Kamel
1951-04-30 Al-Sharaff Ghali
1950-11-12 The Last Lie
1949-01-03 It's You I Love
1947-12-15 Fatmah
1946-01-28 Ma'adarsh
1946-01-02 Cairo-Baghdad
1944-06-04 The Innocent
1944-01-21 Who's Done it ?
1942-04-09 On the stage of life
1942-02-12 Eayida
1941-01-02 The Victory of Youth
1940-09-29 Dananeir
1940-03-01 The Life of Darkness
1937-01-02 Hymn of Hope