Lion of the Desert (1981)

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.

Moustapha Akkad(1930-2005)

Director

Anthony Quinn(1915-2001)

as Omar Mukhtar

Oliver Reed(1938-1999)

as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani

Irene Papas(1929-2022)

as Mabrouka

Raf Vallone(1916-2002)

as Colonel Diodiece

Rod Steiger(1925-2002)

as Benito Mussolini

John Gielgud(1904-2000)

as Sharif El Gariani

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