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