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[[Hoda Haddad|Huda]]
[[Assi Rahbani]]
[[Berj Fazalian]]
[[Salah Tizani]]
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Safar Barlik | |
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Directed by | Henry Barakat |
Written by | Rahbani Brothers |
Produced by | Naser el-Attasy |
Starring | Fairuz Nasri Shamseddine Huda Assi Rahbani Berj Fazalian Salah Tizani Salwa Haddad |
Edited by | Mohammed Abbas Khalil Ghamash |
Music by | Rahbani Brothers |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Trade and Cinema Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Lebanon |
Language | Arabic |
Safar Barlik (Arabic : سفر برلك) is a 1967 Lebanese musical and war film directed by Henry Barakat. The film stars Fairuz, Nasri Shamseddine, Huda, Assi Rahbani, Berj Fazlian, Salah Tizani and Salwa Haddad. It was filmed in the northern villages of Beit Chabab and Douma in Lebanon. [1] [2]
Set in Lebanon in 1914, during the first world war, the Ottoman Empire is trying to starve the Lebanese people by stopping wheat from entering the country. The Empire is also taking men and forcing them into slavery and among these men is Abdo, the fiance of Adla. When Adla is taken, she searches for Abdo. [3] [2]
Notable songs from the film include:
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