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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 · The Lion of the Desert: Directed by Moustapha Akkad. 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
Sep 6, 2016 · This desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching ...
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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.
Dec 23, 2014 · The new trailer for the historical epic, "Lion of the Desert" (1981), directed by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed, the film that follows Libyan tribal leader Omar...
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- Trancas International Films
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.
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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- Biography, History, Drama, Adventure
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