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Lion of the Desert is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army), and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar.
May 16, 1981 · A 1980 biographical drama about Omar Mukhtar, a Libyan rebel leader who fought against Italian colonialism and fascism. The film features Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger and John Gielgud in the cast, and was directed by Moustapha Akkad.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Moustapha Akkad
- 1981-05-16
Sep 6, 2016 · This desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to...
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- Laith Ali
The new trailer for the historical epic "Lion of the Desert", directed by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed, the film that follows Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar as he...
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- TrancasFilms
Omar al-Mukhṭār Muḥammad bin Farḥāṭ al-Manifī (Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي; 20 August 1858 – 16 September 1931), called The Lion of the Desert, known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa, was an Imam and leader of native resistance ...
A historical epic about the Libyan resistance leader Omar Mukhtar, who fought against the Italian invasion in 1929. The movie shows the brutal warfare and the heroism of Mukhtar and his Bedouin allies, led by General Rodolfo Graziani.
Bedouin hero Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) rallies Libyan guerrillas against an Italian general's (Oliver Reed) army sent by Mussolini (Rod Steiger).
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- Biography, History, Drama, Adventure
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