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Lion of the Desert

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Calorie Rating: 243
Released: 1981-04-17
Running Time: 173 Minutes
Budget: 35000000
Revenue 1502136
Studios: Falcon International Productions, Filmco International Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

Miguel Gil
First Assistant Director
Giorgio Venturoli
Second Assistant Director

Glenn Randall Jr.
Second Unit Director


Cast

Anthony Quinn
Character: Omar al-Mukhtar
Oliver Reed
Character: General Rodolfo Graziani
Irene Papas
Character: Mabrouka

Raf Vallone
Character: Colonel Diodiece
Rod Steiger
Character: Benito Mussolini
John Gielgud
Character: Sharif El Gariani

Andrew Keir
Character: Salem
Gastone Moschin
Character: Major Tomelli
Stefano Patrizi
Character: Lieutenant Sandrini

Adolfo Lastretti
Character: Colonel Sarsani
Sky du Mont
Character: Prince Amadeo
Şahin Çelik
Character: Prince Amadeo (voice)

Takis Emmanuel
Character: Bu-Matari
Rodolfo Bigotti
Character: Ismail
Robert Brown
Character: Al Fadeel

Eleonora Stathopoulou
Character: Ali's Mother
Luciano Bartoli
Character: Captain Lontano
Claudio Gora
Character: President of Court

Giordano Falzoni
Character: Judge at Camp
Franco Fantasia
Character: Governor General
Ihab Werfali
Character: Ali

Ewen Solon
Character: Italian Tank Commander

George Sweeney
Character: Captain Biagi
Luciano Catenacci
Character: Italian Sergeant

Pietro Brambilla
Character: Young Soldier
Pietro Tordi
Character: Field Marshal

Massimiliano Baratta
Character: Capture Captain
Mario Feliciani
Character: Lobitto
Gianfranco Barra
Character: Abdul

Piero Gerlini
Character: Barillo
Lino Capolicchio
Character: Captain Bedendo
Benito Mussolini
Character: Self (archive footage)

Mario Adorf
Character: (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli
Character: Officer at Trial (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari
Character: Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Mark Colleano
Character: Infantry Corporal (uncredited)
Adriana Colombo
Character: Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy
Character: Italian General (uncredited)

Alfonso Giganti
Character: Military Judge (uncredited)
Mark Lewis
Character: Arab (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
Character: General (uncredited)

Vittorio Parziali
Character: Military Judge (uncredited)
Lorenzo Piani
Character: Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
Character: Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)

Gianni Rizzo
Character: Man in War Room (uncredited)
Amedeo Salamon
Character: Man Watching Trail (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Jim Willis
Sound Recordist

Chris Greenham
Sound Editor
Norman Bolland
Sound Recordist
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer

Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunt Coordinator

James Bawden
Camera Operator
Nahila May Al-Jabri
Producer's Assistant

June Bordcosh
Associate Producer

Terry Glass
Special Effects
Kit West
Special Effects Supervisor
Dino Galiano
Special Effects Technician

Graham Farrow
Assistant Editor
Giorgio Desideri
Art Direction

Maurice Cain
Art Direction
Kit West
Special Effects
Roy Stevens
Associate Producer

Geoffrey Helman
Executive Producer
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Bob Bell
Art Direction

Syd Cain
Production Design
Piero Cicoletti
Costume Design
Hassan Ben Dardaf
Costume Design

Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist

Alan Boyle
Makeup Artist

Roy Alon
Stunts