Tower of the firstborn [videorecording] / Lions Gate Entertainment ; Beta ; [presented by] TaurusFilm ; TaurusFilm producers, Brendan Fitzgerald, Jonas Bauer Rai ; producers, Eleonora Andreatta, Francesco Nardella ; Filmalpha producers, Enzo Giulioli, Marco Gallo ; produced by Mario Gallo ; story by Valerio M. Manfredi, Luigi Montefiori, Alberto Negrin ; screenplay by Luigi Montefiori, Alberto Negrin ; English dialogue written by Mark Princi ; directed by Alberto Negrin.
Title from container. Ben Cross, Peter Weller, Ione Skye, Marco Bonini, Guy Lankester, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Romina Mondello, Heino Ferch, Max Volkert, Martens Ralf Herforth, Antonella Lualdi, Gabriele Ferzetti. Based on the novel "La torre della solitudine" by Valerio M. Manfredi. Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. Special features: Trailer gallery.
Summary:
When famous archaeologist John Shannon goes missing deep in the African Sahara, his daughter Diane, working in the secret archives of the Vatican, desperately searches for the answers she needs to find him again. Partnering with Dr. Neal Hogan, Diane begins her search for the Tower of the Firstborn, said to house one of Christianity's greatest unsolved mysteries, and hopefully the key to her father's whereabouts. But Diane and Neal are not the only people searching for the Tower and the desert is filled with many who are determined to destroy anyone who gets too close ...
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