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Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert 1981

Original title: Lion of the Desert 1981

16 | 2h 53m | Biography Drama History

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 Arab 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.

Director Moustapha Akkad

Writers David Butler H.A.L. Craig Paul Thompson

Stars Anthony Quinn Oliver Reed Rod Steiger