Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt

Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt

1977
57m
6.0

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Overview

Tribute to the Druze Kamal Jumblatt, Minister of Economy and Agriculture (1946) and founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in 1949. He was one of the architects of the departure of President Bechara el-Khoury (1952), before playing a major role in the events of 1958. From 1960 to 1964, Kamal Jumblatt assumed, under the presidency of Fouad Chehab, various ministerial functions . . After the conflict of June 1967, he gradually approached the Palestinian organizations. In 1969 he became Minister of the Interior; in August 1970, he supported the election of Soleiman Frangié as President of the Republic. Following the Lebanese-Palestinian clashes of May 1973, he took sides against the head of state, established himself as the leader of the National Movement in 1975 and engaged in a revolutionary armed struggle against the Lebanese Front. Hostile to Syria's intervention in Lebanon, he broke with it (March 1976). He was assassinated near a Syrian checkpoint in 1977.

Status: Released

Language: AR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Lebanese National Movement, The
Production Countries
Lebanon France Canada
Spoken Languages
English Arabic

Quick Facts

Original Title Tahiya li Kamal Jumblatt
Release Date January 1, 1977
Status Released
Language AR
IMDb ID tt0169969
Website Visit Site

Cast

Kamal Joumblatt
Kamal Joumblatt

Himself (archive footage)

Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat

Himself

Key Crew

Maroun Bagdadi
Writer
Maroun Bagdadi
Director