1981
PG
2h 53m

Summary In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar. View more details

1981
PG
2h 53m

Lion of the Desert

Directed : Moustapha Akkad

Written : H.A.L. Craig David Butler Paul Thompson

Stars : Raf Vallone Oliver Reed Anthony Quinn Irene Papas

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Genres : Drama History War Biography

Release date : May 15, 1981

Countries of origin : United States Libya

Language : English Arabic Italian

Filming locations : Libya

Production companies : Falcon International Productions

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Genres : Drama History War Biography

Release date : May 15, 1981

Countries of origin : United States Libya

Language : English Arabic Italian

Filming locations : Libya

Production companies : Falcon International Productions

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Oliver Reed and Gastone Moschin in Lion of the Desert (1980)

Gastone Moschin and George Sweeney in Lion of the Desert (1980)

Irene Papas in Lion of the Desert (1980)

Oliver Reed, Sky du Mont, and Franco Fantasia in Lion of the Desert (1980)

Anthony Quinn in Lion of the Desert (1980)

Luciano Catenacci and Gastone Moschin in Lion of the Desert (1980)

Anthony Quinn, Rodolfo Bigotti, and Robert Brown in Lion of the Desert (1980)

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