''Safar Barlik'' ( ar, سفر برلك) is a 1967 Lebanese

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and a

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directed by

Henry Barakat Henry Antoun Barakat ( ar, هنري أنطون بركات, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director. He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Leb ...

. The film stars

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Nasri Shamseddine Nasri Shamseddine ( ar, نصري شمس الدين, also spelled Nasri Chamseddine; 27 June 1927 – 18 March 1983) was a Lebanese singer and actor. Biography Shamseddine was born Nasreddine Moustapha Shamesedine () in the village of Joun, in th ...

, Huda,

Assi Rahbani Assi Rahbani ( ar, عاصي الرحباني; May 4, 1923 – June 21, 1986) was a Lebanese composer, musician, and producer. He was part of the Rahbani Brothers ( ar, links=no, الأخوان رحباني), with his brother Mansour Rahbani. ...

, Berj Fazlian, Salah Tizani and Salwa Haddad. It was filmed in the northern village of Beit Chabab and Douma in Lebanon.

Plot

The film displays the struggles of a Lebanese village under the

Seferberlik The Seferberlik (from ota, سفربرلك, translation=mobilization; ar, سفر برلك, translit=Safar Barlik ) was the mobilization effected by the late Ottoman Empire during the Second Balkan War of 1913 and World War I from 1914 to 1918, whi ...

during

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Cast

as Adla *

as Elmoukhtar * Huda as Zoumorod *

as Abou Ahmed * Berj Fazlian as Re'fat Bek * Rafic Sabeii as Abou Darwish * Salwa Haddad as Oum Youssef * Joseph Nassif as Elhasoon *

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as Zahia * Salah Tizani as Fares * Abdulallah Homsi as Asad * Ahmed Khalifa as Haji Noula * Ihssan Sadek as Abdo

Music

Notable songs from the film include: *"Ya Tayr" (Oh Bird! يا طير) *"Allamouni Henni Allamouni" (they taught me your love علّموني هنّي علّموني) *"Ya Ahl El Dar" (Lords of the mansion يا أهل الدار)

References

External links

* 1967 films Lebanese war drama films 1967 war films Films set in 1914 Films directed by Henry Barakat {{war-film-stub