Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 1974 israeli musical film directed by menahem golan and written by menahem golan and haim hefer”. Today it says “a 1973 israeli film in the genre of musical and bourekas films”.
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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 . Rosen School of Hebrew . "100 הסרטים הישראליים הנצפים בכל הזמנים" (in Hebrew) .
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1973 Israeli film Kazablan is a 1974 Israeli musical film directed by Menahem Golan and written by Menahem Golan and Haim Hefer . The film was released on May 8, 1974, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
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1973 Israeli film Kazablan is a 1973 Israeli musical film directed by Menahem Golan and written by Menahem Golan and Haim Hefer . The film was released on May 8, 1974, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
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a 1974 israeli musical film directed by menahem golan and written by menahem golan and haim hefer
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a 1973 israeli film in the genre of musical and bourekas films
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