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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.
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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Moustapha Akkad
- 1981-05-16
Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are trying to...
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- Laith Ali
A historical epic about the Libyan resistance leader Omar Mukhtar, who fought against the Italian invasion in 1929. The movie shows the brutal warfare and the heroism of Mukhtar and his Bedouin allies, led by General Rodolfo Graziani.
Omar al-Mukhtar, also known as the Lion of the Desert, was a Libyan leader of the Senussi resistance against Italian colonization. He fought in several wars against the Italians, French and British, and was captured and executed by the Italians in 1931.
Sep 26, 2012 · 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...
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- 187.9K
- TrancasFilms