Kazablan (1973 film)

Kazablan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMenahem Golan
Screenplay byMenahem Golan
Haim Hefer
Based onKazablan
by Yigal Mosenzon
Joel Silberg
Produced byMenahem Golan
StarringYehoram Gaon
Efrat Lavie
Arieh Elias
Etti Grotes
Yehuda Efroni
CinematographyDavid Gurfinkel
Edited byDov Hoenig
Music byDov Seltzer
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists (United States/Canada)
Release date
  • July 7, 1973 (1973-07-07) (Israel)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
BudgetIL2,800,000

Kazablan is an Israeli film in the genre of musical and Bourekas films, directed by Menachem Golan and starring Yehoram Gaon, Efrat Lavie, Arieh Elias, Etti Grotes and Yehuda Efroni. The script was written by Menachem Golan and Haim Hefer, and is based on the musical of the same name from 1966. The film was released in Israel on July 7, 1973, and as of today is the second most watched film in the history of Israeli motion pictures, with 1,222,500 tickets sold (the country's population at the time was about 2.8 million inhabitants). It was also released in the United States on May 8, 1974, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.