Henry Barakat

Updated on Nov 26, 2023

Edit

Comment

Occupation Film director Years active 1942 - 1984		Name Henry Barakat Role Film director


Born 11 June 1914 ( 1914-06-11 ) Cairo, Egypt Died May 27, 1997, Cairo, Egypt Movies The Nightingale's Prayer, Al Haram, Hassan and Nayima, A Man in Our House, Safar Barlik Similar People Faten Hamama, Samia Gamal, Farid al‑Atrash, Shoukry Sarhan, Ahmed Mazhar

Henry Barakat (Arabic: هنري بركات‎‎, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors in his era. He was born in Shobra, Cairo, to a religious Egyptian Coptic family, his father worked as a priest in St. Antonio Church in Shobra directed some of the most famous films in the Egyptian Cinema.