Product Information
Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi financed this desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are trying to gain a foothold on Libyan soil under direct orders from the Italian dictator Mussolini (Rod Steiger). With the persistence of Mukhtar, the Libyans, battling the tanks and guns of the Italian army with their Bedouin troops on horseback, managed to hold off y the Italians for twenty years, until Mukhtar was finally captured and executed.Product Identifiers
ProducerMoustapha Akkad
EAN5060020624940
eBay Product ID (ePID)50471587
Product Key Features
ActorRod Steiger, Irene Papas, Oliver Reed, Anthony Quinn
Film/TV TitleThe Lion of the Desert
DirectorMoustapha Akkad
Release Year2006
GenreDrama, General
Run Time156 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
Movie/TV TitleThe Lion Of The Desert