The Nightingale's Prayer (1959)
This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
Director: Henry Barakat
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Faten Hamama as أمنة |
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Ahmed Mazhar as مهندس الرّي |
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Zahrat Al-Ola as هنادي |
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Amina Rizk as زهرة |
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Mimi Chakib as زنوبة |
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Ragaa Al-Giddawy as خديجة |
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Abdelalim Khattab as الخال جابر |
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Hussein Asar as المأمور |
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Nahed Samir as زوجة المأمور |
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Kawthar Ramzy as سكينة خادمة المهندس |
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Zaki Abdulmajeed as |
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Zaki Ibrahim as والد المهندس |
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Hussain Ismael as بواب بيت المهندس |
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Abdel Hameed Badawy as مؤجر البيت |
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Kamal Emam as |
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Salwa Ezz El-Din as سنية صديقة الباشمهندس |
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Fateheya Ali as |
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Tousoun Motamad as |
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Mohamed Taha as غناء |
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Abbas El Daly as |
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Falaknaz Mohammed Raafat as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fawzeya Hegazy | Costume Designer |
| Production | Wali El Sayed | Casting |
| Production | Abdullah Barakat | Production Director |
| Production | Abdel Masih | Producer |
| Directing | Hassan Ibrahim | Co-Director |
| Sound | Krikor | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Gamil Abdel Rahman | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Youssef Gohar | Script |
| Directing | Henry Barakat | Director |
| Writing | Henry Barakat | Writer |
| Crew | Henry Barakat | Production Office Assistant |
| Camera | Wahid Farid | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mitcho | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Youssef Gohar | Writer |
| Writing | Taha Hussein | Novel |
| Sound | Andre Ryder | Original Music Composer |