The Nightingale's Prayer

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The Nightingale's Prayer is a 1959 Egyptian drama film, based on a novel by Taha Hussein, renowned for its powerful social critique and for featuring one of Faten Hamama’s most acclaimed performances.

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instanceOf Egyptian film
drama film
film
authorOfSourceWork Taha Hussein
basedOn The Nightingale's Prayer self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Nightingale's Prayer (novel)
cinematographyBy Abdulhalim Nasr
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin Egypt
director Henry Barakat
distributor Aflam Nahas
editedBy Fekry Rostom
featuresCharacter Amna
Hanafi
Sheikh Ibrahim
filmFormat 35 mm
genre drama
hasCastMember Abbas Fares
Abdel Azim Khattab
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Ahmed Mazhar
Aida Helal
Amal Zayed
Amina Rizk
Faten Hamama
Mimi Chakib
Zahrat El-Ola
hasFilmPremiereInCountry Egypt
hasSubject family honor
patriarchal traditions
rural-urban migration
sexual violence
mainTheme class conflict
honor and revenge
social injustice
women's oppression
musicBy Andre Ryder
notableFor one of Faten Hamama's most acclaimed performances
powerful social critique
originalLanguage Arabic
partOf Egyptian cinema
surface form: Egyptian cinema golden age
producer Aflam Nahas
productionCompany Aflam Nahas
publicationDate 1959
releaseYear 1959
runtime approximately 125 minutes
screenwriter Henry Barakat
setInLocation Alexandria
rural Egypt
setInPeriod early 20th century Egypt

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Faten Hamama notableWork The Nightingale's Prayer
The Nightingale's Prayer basedOn The Nightingale's Prayer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Nightingale's Prayer (novel)
Henry Barakat notableWork The Nightingale's Prayer