Lion of the Desert (1981)
He was a man of honor in a war without any.
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.
Rated
PG
Year
1981
Country
LY
Language
English
Release date
17 April 1981
TMDB
7.3 (205)
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Ratings
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Anthony Quinn
Omar al-Mukhtar
Oliver Reed
General Rodolfo Graziani
Irene Papas
Mabrouka
Raf Vallone
Colonel Diodiece
Rod Steiger
Benito Mussolini
John Gielgud
Sharif El Gariani
Andrew Keir
Salem
Gastone Moschin
Major Tomelli
Stefano Patrizi
Lieutenant Sandrini
A
Adolfo Lastretti
Colonel Sarsani
Sky du Mont
Prince Amadeo
Şahin Çelik
Prince Amadeo (voice)
Takis Emmanuel
Bu-Matari
Rodolfo Bigotti
Ismail
Robert Brown
Al Fadeel
Eleonora Stathopoulou
Ali's Mother
Luciano Bartoli
Captain Lontano
Claudio Gora
President of Court
G
Giordano Falzoni
Judge at Camp
Franco Fantasia
Governor General
I
Ihab Werfali
Ali
Ewen Solon
Italian Tank Commander
Loris Bazzocchi
Alec Mango
F
Filippo De Gara
George Sweeney
Captain Biagi
Luciano Catenacci
Italian Sergeant
V
Victor Baring
Pietro Brambilla
Young Soldier
Pietro Tordi
Field Marshal
M
Massimiliano Baratta
Capture Captain
Mario Feliciani
Lobitto
Gianfranco Barra
Abdul
Piero Gerlini
Barillo
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)
M
Mark Lewis
Arab (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
General (uncredited)
V
Vittorio Parziali
Military Judge (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)
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