Lion of the Desert
History
War
Drama
He was a man of honor in a war without any.
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.
1981-04-17
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Cast
Director
Moustapha Akkad
Anthony Quinn as Omar al-Mukhtar
Oliver Reed as General Rodolfo Graziani
Irene Papas as Mabrouka
Raf Vallone as Colonel Diodiece
Rod Steiger as Benito Mussolini
John Gielgud as Sharif El Gariani
Andrew Keir as Salem
Gastone Moschin as Major Tomelli
Stefano Patrizi as Lieutenant Sandrini
Sky du Mont as Prince Amadeo
Şahin Çelik as Prince Amadeo (voice)
Takis Emmanuel as Bu-Matari
Rodolfo Bigotti as Ismail
Robert Brown as Al Fadeel
Eleonora Stathopoulou as Ali's Mother
Luciano Bartoli as Captain Lontano
Claudio Gora as President of Court
Franco Fantasia as Governor General
Ewen Solon as Italian Tank Commander
Loris Bazzocchi
Alec Mango
George Sweeney as Captain Biagi
Luciano Catenacci as Italian Sergeant
Pietro Brambilla as Young Soldier
Pietro Tordi as Field Marshal
Mario Feliciani as Lobitto
Gianfranco Barra as Abdul
Piero Gerlini as Barillo
Lino Capolicchio as Captain Bedendo
Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage)
Mario Adorf as (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli as Officer at Trial (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari as Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Mark Colleano as Infantry Corporal (uncredited)
Adriana Colombo as Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy as Italian General (uncredited)
Alfonso Giganti as Military Judge (uncredited)
Ettore Martini as General (uncredited)
Lorenzo Piani as Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa as Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)
Gianni Rizzo as Man in War Room (uncredited)
Amedeo Salamon as Man Watching Trail (uncredited)