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Lion of the Desert is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito ( Royal Italian Army ), and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar.
May 16, 1981 · With Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone. 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.
Between two worlds wars, a struggle for freedom took place in the African desert. This movie is the historicaly accurate story about the Libyan resistance leader, Omar Mukhtar, who led the Libyan resistance against the Italian opressors from 1911-1931.
Bedouin hero Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) rallies Libyan guerrillas against an Italian general's (Oliver Reed) army sent by Mussolini (Rod Steiger).
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Omar al-Mukhṭār Muḥammad bin Farḥāṭ al-Manifī ( Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي; 20 August 1858 – 16 September 1931), called The Lion of the Desert, known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa, [4] was an Imam and leader of native resistance in Cyrenaica (currently Eastern Libya) under the Senussids, again...
The new trailer for the historical epic "Lion of the Desert", directed by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed, the film that follows Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar...
Lion of the Desert. 1980 · 2 hr 54 min. PG. War · Drama · Action. In pre-War World War II, the dictator Benito Mussolini commands a harsh General to join the colonial war in Libya in order to crush the Arab nation.
Apr 9, 2011 · Lion of the Desert - (Original Trailer) Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) is the Lion of the Desert (1981), preventing a takeover of Libya by Italian Fascist troops.
Overview. This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives. This movie tells the story of ...
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The true story of guerilla leader Omar Mukhtar, played here by Anthony Quinn. It is 1929 and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) orders General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) to crush the Bedouin guerillas in Libya.
