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Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert1981

★7.3173 minHistoryWarDrama

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.

Director

Moustapha Akkad

Writer

David Butler H.A.L. Craig

Score

Stars

Anthony Quinn Oliver Reed Irene Papas

Cast50

Anthony Quinn
as Omar al-Mukhtar
Oliver Reed
as General Rodolfo Graziani
Irene Papas
as Mabrouka
Raf Vallone
as Colonel Diodiece
Rod Steiger
as Benito Mussolini
John Gielgud
as Sharif El Gariani
Andrew Keir
as Salem
Gastone Moschin
as Major Tomelli
Stefano Patrizi
as Lieutenant Sandrini
A
Adolfo Lastretti
as Colonel Sarsani
Sky du Mont
as Prince Amadeo
Şahin Çelik
as Prince Amadeo (voice)
Takis Emmanuel
as Bu-Matari
Rodolfo Bigotti
as Ismail
Robert Brown
as Al Fadeel
Eleonora Stathopoulou
as Ali's Mother
Luciano Bartoli
as Captain Lontano
Claudio Gora
as President of Court
G
Giordano Falzoni
as Judge at Camp
Franco Fantasia
as Governor General
I
Ihab Werfali
as Ali
Ewen Solon
as Italian Tank Commander
Loris Bazzocchi
Alec Mango
F
Filippo De Gara
George Sweeney
as Captain Biagi
Luciano Catenacci
as Italian Sergeant
V
Victor Baring
Pietro Brambilla
as Young Soldier
Pietro Tordi
as Field Marshal
M
Massimiliano Baratta
as Capture Captain
Mario Feliciani
as Lobitto
Gianfranco Barra
as Abdul
Piero Gerlini
as Barillo
Lino Capolicchio
as Captain Bedendo
Benito Mussolini
as Self (archive footage)
Mario Adorf
as (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli
as Officer at Trial (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari
as Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Mark Colleano
as Infantry Corporal (uncredited)
Adriana Colombo
as Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy
as Italian General (uncredited)
Alfonso Giganti
as Military Judge (uncredited)
M
Mark Lewis
as Arab (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
as General (uncredited)
V
Vittorio Parziali
as Military Judge (uncredited)
Lorenzo Piani
as Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
as Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)
Gianni Rizzo
as Man in War Room (uncredited)
Amedeo Salamon
as Man Watching Trail (uncredited)

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