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Lion of the Desert

He was a man of honor in a war without any.

19812h 53mDirected by Moustapha Akkad

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.

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Cast
Anthony Quinn portrait

Anthony Quinn

Omar al-Mukhtar

Oliver Reed portrait

Oliver Reed

General Rodolfo Graziani

Irene Papas portrait

Irene Papas

Mabrouka

Raf Vallone portrait

Raf Vallone

Colonel Diodiece

Rod Steiger portrait

Rod Steiger

Benito Mussolini

John Gielgud portrait

John Gielgud

Sharif El Gariani

Andrew Keir portrait

Andrew Keir

Salem

Gastone Moschin portrait

Gastone Moschin

Major Tomelli

Stefano Patrizi portrait

Stefano Patrizi

Lieutenant Sandrini

AL

Adolfo Lastretti

Colonel Sarsani

Sky du Mont portrait

Sky du Mont

Prince Amadeo

Şahin Çelik portrait

Şahin Çelik

Prince Amadeo (voice)

Takis Emmanuel portrait

Takis Emmanuel

Bu-Matari

Rodolfo Bigotti portrait

Rodolfo Bigotti

Ismail

Robert Brown portrait

Robert Brown

Al Fadeel

Eleonora Stathopoulou portrait

Eleonora Stathopoulou

Ali's Mother

Luciano Bartoli portrait

Luciano Bartoli

Captain Lontano

Claudio Gora portrait

Claudio Gora

President of Court

GF

Giordano Falzoni

Judge at Camp

Franco Fantasia portrait

Franco Fantasia

Governor General

IW

Ihab Werfali

Ali

Ewen Solon portrait

Ewen Solon

Italian Tank Commander

Loris Bazzocchi portrait

Loris Bazzocchi

Alec Mango portrait

Alec Mango

FD

Filippo De Gara

George Sweeney portrait

George Sweeney

Captain Biagi

Luciano Catenacci portrait

Luciano Catenacci

Italian Sergeant

VB

Victor Baring

Pietro Brambilla portrait

Pietro Brambilla

Young Soldier

Pietro Tordi portrait

Pietro Tordi

Field Marshal

MB

Massimiliano Baratta

Capture Captain

Mario Feliciani portrait

Mario Feliciani

Lobitto

Gianfranco Barra portrait

Gianfranco Barra

Abdul

Piero Gerlini portrait

Piero Gerlini

Barillo

Lino Capolicchio portrait

Lino Capolicchio

Captain Bedendo

Benito Mussolini portrait

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Mario Adorf portrait

Mario Adorf

(uncredited)

Fernando Arcangeli portrait

Fernando Arcangeli

Officer at Trial (uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari portrait

Rossana Canghiari

Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Mark Colleano portrait

Mark Colleano

Infantry Corporal (uncredited)

Adriana Colombo portrait

Adriana Colombo

Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Tom Felleghy portrait

Tom Felleghy

Italian General (uncredited)

Alfonso Giganti portrait

Alfonso Giganti

Military Judge (uncredited)

ML

Mark Lewis

Arab (uncredited)

Ettore Martini portrait

Ettore Martini

General (uncredited)

VP

Vittorio Parziali

Military Judge (uncredited)

Lorenzo Piani portrait

Lorenzo Piani

Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa portrait

Angelo Ragusa

Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)

Gianni Rizzo portrait

Gianni Rizzo

Man in War Room (uncredited)

Amedeo Salamon portrait

Amedeo Salamon

Man Watching Trail (uncredited)

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