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
EAN5060020702785
eBay Product ID (ePID)114679274
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Lion of the Desert
ActorRod Steiger, Irene Papas, Oliver Reed, Anthony Quinn
DirectorMoustapha Akkad
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2012
Run Time156 Mins
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Movie/TV TitleThe Lion Of The Desert
Sound sourceDolby Digital