Kazablan [SEP] director
Film:Musical.
The film was directed by Menahem Golan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Haim Hefer, and starred Yehoram Gaon as Kazablan and Efrat Lavi as Rachel. It was shot in Jerusalem and Jaffa. The movie was filmed in both a Hebrew and English version, and according to press releases, each scene was first filmed in one language and then the other.
Although it was a screen version of an earlier play, the movie has sometimes been cited as an example of the Bourekas film genre
Kazablan
Kazablan (Casablan or Kasablan in its first production; Hebrew: קזבלן) is an early Israeli Hebrew language play, staged first as a 1954 drama followed by a 1964 screen adaptation, later as a 1966 musical comedy, and still later produced as a 1974 musical comedy film. The name "Kazablan" comes from "Casablanca", the birthplace of the main character.
The musical's huge success made "young Jerusalem-born singer" Yehoram Gaon "not only...an overnight singing star, but also