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