Lion of the Desert
(1981)
★ 7.3 IMDb · 204 votes
Year: 1981
Runtime: 173 мин
Country: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United States of America
Director: Мустафа Аккад
Cast: Энтони Куинн, Оливер Рид, Irene Papas, Раф Валлоне, Rod Steiger, Джон Гилгуд, Andrew Keir, Gastone Moschin, Stefano Patrizi, Adolfo Lastretti
Plot
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.
In Fascist Italy pre-World War II, the cruel General Rodolfo Graziani is directly assigned by Benito Mussolini to fight in the colonial war in Libya to vanquish the Libyan nation. However, his troops are frequently defeated by the national leader Omar Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins. But the Butcher of Ethiopia and Libya uses a dirty war against the natives, slaughtering women, children, and aged people, to subdue Mukhtar.