Lion of the Desert
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.
PG
71%
93%
8.3
- 1980
- 2 hr 53 min
- Drama, Action/Adventure, History, War, Biography
- Director
- Writers
- Studios
- Falcon International Productions
Cast
- Anthony QuinnOmar Mukhtar
- Rod SteigerBenito Mussolini
- Oliver ReedGen. Rodolfo Graziani
- Irene PapasMabrouka
- Raf ValloneColonel Diodiece
- John GielgudSharif El Gariani
- Andrew KeirSalem
- Gastone MoschinMajor Tomelli
- Stefano PatriziLt. Sandrini
- Adolfo LastrettiColonel Sarsani
- Sky du MontPrince Amadeo
- Takis EmmanuelBu-Matari
- Rodolfo BigottiIsmail
- Robert BrownAl Fadeel
- Eleonora StathopoulouAli's mother
- Luciano BartoliCaptain Lontano
- Franco FantasiaGovernor General
- Luciano CatenacciItalian Sergeant
- Claudio GoraPresident of the Court
- GFGiordano FalzoniJudge at Camp
- IWIhab WerfaliAli
- Ewen SolonItalian Tank Commander
- LBLoris Bazzocchi
- Alec Mango
- FGFilippo De Gara
- George SweeneyCaptain Biagi
- VBVictor Baring
- Pietro BrambillaYoung Soldier
- Pietro TordiField Marshall
- Mario FelicianiLobitto
- Gianfranco BarraAbdul
- Piero GerliniBarillo
- Lino CapolicchioCaptain Bedendo
- Lorenzo PianiPrisoner Escort
- Tom FelleghyItalian General (uncredited)
- MCMark ColleanoInfantry Corporal (uncredited)
- Angelo RagusaArab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)
- ASAmedeo SalamonMan Watching Trail (uncredited)
- AGAlfonso GigantiMilitary Judge (uncredited)
- SFScott Richard FensomeMachine Gun Sergeant (uncredited)
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