Safar Barlik (film)

Safar Barlik () 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Fairuz as Adla
• Nasri Shamseddine as Elmoukhtar
• Huda as Zoumorod
• Assi Rahbani as Abou Ahmed
• Berj Fazlian as Re'fat Bek
• Rafic Sabeii as Abou Darwish
• Salwa Haddad as Oum Youssef
• Joseph Nassif as Elhasoon
• Layla Karam 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)

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