Dananeer (1940)
- Original title
- دنانير
- Directed by
- Ahmed Badrakhan
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, music-themed film
- Country
- Egypt
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Bedouin girl with a beautiful singing voice catches the attention of a powerful caliph. She leaves the desert for his court, where her talent leads to romance and tragedy.
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What happens
Dananeer (دنانير, also romanised as Dananir) is a 1940 Egyptian musical film directed by Ahmad Badrakhan, and written by Ahmad Rami. It stars Umm Kulthum in the title role of a Bedouin girl whose singing talent elevates her from the desert to the caliph's court. The historical romance is set in early 9th-century Iraq, during the reign of the fifth Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid, whereas the title character is a semi-fictionalized Dananir al-Barmakiyya, qiyan musician, singer and poet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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