Lion of the desert / a Falcon International production ; a Moustapha Akkad film ; screenplay written by H.A.L. Craig ; produced and directed by Moustapha Akkad.
Publisher:
Anchor Bay Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
1998
Description:
1 videodisc (206 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Gastone Moschin, Andrew Keir, Sky Dumont, Robert Brown, Takis Emmanuel, Rod Steiger, and John Gielgud. Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1:85:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. "Copyright 1991 Trancas International Films."--Container. Special features include: Documentary, The making of an epic, theatrical trailers, still gallery.
Summary:
"The year is 1929 and dictator Benito Mussolini is still faced with the 20-year long war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonization in Africa. Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani governor of Libya, confident that he can crush the rebellion and restore the glories of Imperial Rome. Inspirational in the Bedouin resistance toward the oppressors is the leadership of one man-- Omar Mukhtar. A teacher by profession, guerrilla by obligation, Mukhtar has committed himself to a war that cannot be won in his lifetime"--Container.
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