LION OF THE DESERT BD [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
• Plot: The year is 1929 and dictator Benito Mussolini is still faced with the 20-year long war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonization and the establishment of the 'Fourth Shore.' Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as his sixth Governor to Libya, confident that the eminently accredited soldier can crush the rebellion and restore the dissipated glories of Imperial Rome. Omar Mukhtar - a teacher by profession, guerilla by obligation, fights against his oppressors and commits himself to a war that cannot be won in his lifetime. With Omar Mukhtar as their inspirational leader, the Bedouin troops fight on horseback against the tanks and planes of the Italian Army. As the conflict between the two implacable enemies deepen, the Bedouin suffer crippling losses, but still they fight on.
• Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Andrew Keir, Gastone Moschin, Stefano Patrizi, Adolfo Lastretti, Sky Du Mont, Takis Emmanuel, Rodolfo Bigotti, Robert Brown, Eleonora Stathopoulou, Luciano Bartoli, Claudio Gora, Giordano Falzoni, Franco Fantasia, Ihab Werfali, George Sweeney, Luciano Catenacci, Pietro Brambilla, Pietro Tordi, Massimiliano Baratta, Mario Feliciani, Gianfranco Barra, Piero Gerlini, Lino Capolicchio, Sahin Çelik, Benito Mussolini, Fernando Arcangeli, Rossana Canghiari, Mark Colleano, Adriana Colombo, Tom Felleghy, Alfonso Giganti, Mark Lewis, Ettore Martini, Vittorio Parziali, Lorenzo Piani, Angelo Ragusa, Gianni Rizzo, Amedeo Salamon, Moustapha Akkad, H.A.L. Craig, David Butler, Paul Thompson
• Director: Moustapha Akkad
• Runtime: 2:36
• Company: Falcon International Productions, Moustapha Akkad Film, Starz, Anchor Bay Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie