Lion of the Desert

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Overview

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.

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Cast: Adolfo Lastretti, Andrew Keir, Anthony Quinn, Gastone Moschin, Irene Papas, John Gielgud, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, Stefano Patrizi

Director: Moustapha Akkad

Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War

Country: Libya, United States

Release Year: 1980

IMDB Rating: 8.2 (18717 votes)

TMDB Rating: 7.3 (169 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes: 75

Runtime: 2h 53m

Release Date: 1981-05-16

Tagline: He was a man of honor in a war without any.