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Lion of the Desert

7.3 173 mins History   War   Drama   1981
Falcon International Productions   Filmco International Productions  
Director(s): Moustapha Akkad

Release Date: 17 Fri, Apr 1981

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.

Casts of Lion of the Desert

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

Adolfo Lastretti

as Colonel Sarsani

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

Giordano Falzoni

as Judge at Camp

Franco Fantasia

as Governor General

Ihab Werfali

as Ali

Ewen Solon

as Italian Tank Commander

George Sweeney

as Captain Biagi

Luciano Catenacci

as Italian Sergeant

Pietro Brambilla

as Young Soldier

Pietro Tordi

as Field Marshal

Massimiliano Baratta

as Capture Captain

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)

Mark Lewis

as Arab (uncredited)

Ettore Martini

as General (uncredited)

Vittorio Parziali

as Military Judge (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)

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