---
title: 'The Nightingale''s Prayer (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Barakat'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Egypt'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-nightingales-prayer-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231477/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Nightingale's Prayer (1959)

1959 · 109 min · Drama · Egypt

Original title: دعاء الكروان

## Synopsis

The Nightingale's Prayer is a 1959 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat and based on a novel titled Doaa al-Karawan (novel) by the prominent writer Taha Hussein. It stars Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Barakat](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-barakat)
- **Screenplay:** [Henry Barakat](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-barakat), [Youssef Gohar](https://cinepixo.com/people/youssef-gohar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andre Ryder](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-ryder)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wahid Farid](https://cinepixo.com/people/wahid-farid)

## Cast

- [Faten Hamama](https://cinepixo.com/people/faten-hamama)
- [Amina Rizk](https://cinepixo.com/people/amina-rizk)
- [Mimi Chakib](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimi-chakib)
- [Abdel Alim Khattab](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdel-alim-khattab)
- [Ragaa Al Geddawy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ragaa-al-geddawy)
- [Ahmad Mazhar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahmad-mazhar)

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