Lion of the Desert (1981)

Details

Original Title: Lion of the Desert

Release Date: April 17, 1981

Runtime: 173 minutes

Budget: $35,000,000.0

Revenue: $1,502,136.0

Overview

Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.

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TMDB Popularity: 2.13

Cast

Anthony Quinn

Omar al-Mukhtar

Oliver Reed

General Rodolfo Graziani

Raf Vallone

Colonel Diodiece

Rod Steiger

Benito Mussolini

John Gielgud

Sharif El Gariani

Gastone Moschin

Major Tomelli

Stefano Patrizi

Lieutenant Sandrini

Sky du Mont

Prince Amadeo

Şahin Çelik

Prince Amadeo (voice)

Luciano Bartoli

Captain Lontano

Claudio Gora

President of Court

Franco Fantasia

Governor General

Ewen Solon

Italian Tank Commander

George Sweeney

Captain Biagi

Luciano Catenacci

Italian Sergeant

Pietro Brambilla

Young Soldier

Pietro Tordi

Field Marshal

Lino Capolicchio

Captain Bedendo

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Mario Adorf

(uncredited)

Fernando Arcangeli

Officer at Trial (uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari

Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Mark Colleano

Infantry Corporal (uncredited)

Adriana Colombo

Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Tom Felleghy

Italian General (uncredited)

Alfonso Giganti

Military Judge (uncredited)

Mark Lewis

Arab (uncredited)

Ettore Martini

General (uncredited)

Lorenzo Piani

Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa

Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)

Gianni Rizzo

Man in War Room (uncredited)

Amedeo Salamon

Man Watching Trail (uncredited)

Crew

Maurice Jarre

Original Music Composer

Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

Mario Garbuglia

Production Design

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