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