Safar Barlik

Safar Barlik
Directed by Henry Barakat
Written by Rahbani Brothers
Starring Fairuz
Nasri Shamseddine
Huda
Assi Rahbani
Berj Fazalian
Salah Tizani
Salwa Haddad
Music by Rahbani Brothers
Production
company
Phenicia Films
Distributed by United Trade and Cinema Company
Release dates
1967 (1967)
Running time
115 minutes
Country Lebanon
Language Arabic

Safar Barlik (in Arabic سفر برلك meaning The Exile) is a musical and a war film, directed by Henry Barakat and released in 1967. The film stars Fairuz, Nasri Shamseddine, Huda, Assi Rahbani, Berj Fazlian, Salah Tizani and Salwa Haddad. It was filmed in the northern village of Douma in Lebanon.

Plot

The film is set in 1914. It displays the struggles of a Lebanese village to smuggle wheat under Ottoman oppression.[1]

Cast

Songs

Songs from the film include:

Safarberlik, historical meaning

Safarberlik also written Seferberlik, is a term that describes historical practices during the late wars that the Ottoman government engaged into during the later phases of its empire. Safarberlik signifies conscription practices for the Balkan wars and WWI and the same term invokes all memories associated with war experience.

References

  1. Amaya-Akkermans, Arie (August 23, 2012). "Sounds from the Golden Age". Reorient Magazine.


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