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Lion of the Desert
1981, Apr 17
2h 53m
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.
Directed by
Moustapha Akkad
Written by
David Butler, H.A.L. Craig
Oliver Reed
General Rodolfo Graziani
Rod Steiger
Benito Mussolini
Anthony Quinn
Omar al-Mukhtar
John Gielgud
Sharif El Gariani
Irene Papas
Mabrouka
Mario Adorf
(uncredited)
Andrew Keir
Salem
Gastone Moschin
Major Tomelli
Raf Vallone
Colonel Diodiece
George Sweeney
Captain Biagi
Luciano Bartoli
Captain Lontano
Luciano Catenacci
Italian Sergeant
Claudio Gora
President of Court
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Alec Mango
Stefano Patrizi
Lieutenant Sandrini
Tom Felleghy
Italian General (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
Governor General
Eleonora Stathopoulou
Ali's Mother
Sky du Mont
Prince Amadeo
Angelo Ragusa
Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)
Pietro Tordi
Field Marshal
Takis Emmanuel
Bu-Matari
Gianfranco Barra
Abdul
Robert Brown
Al Fadeel
Loris Bazzocchi
Şahin Çelik
Prince Amadeo (voice)
Piero Gerlini
Barillo
Rodolfo Bigotti
Ismail
Lino Capolicchio
Captain Bedendo
Mark Colleano
Infantry Corporal (uncredited)
Gianni Rizzo
Man in War Room (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari
Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Ewen Solon
Italian Tank Commander
Alfonso Giganti
Military Judge (uncredited)
Pietro Brambilla
Young Soldier
Mario Feliciani
Lobitto
Ettore Martini
General (uncredited)
Lorenzo Piani
Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)
Amedeo Salamon
Man Watching Trail (uncredited)
Adriana Colombo
Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Adolfo Lastretti
Colonel Sarsani
Giordano Falzoni
Judge at Camp
Ihab Werfali
Ali
Filippo De Gara
Victor Baring
Massimiliano Baratta
Capture Captain
Fernando Arcangeli
Officer at Trial (uncredited)
Mark Lewis
Arab (uncredited)
Vittorio Parziali
Military Judge (uncredited)
Mohammad Sanousi
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