The Lion of the Desert
Summary: In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
Release Date: May 16, 1981
Director:
Moustapha Akkad
Runtime: 2 h 53 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Falcon International Productions
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 35,000,000
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1920s1930safrican tribeambushanimal in titleanti fascismarabic speakerbarbed wirebased on real personbased on true storybengasi libyabenito mussolini characterbloodbound in chainsbridgecamelchemical warfarecivilian bombingcolonyconcentration campcrushed to deathdeath of fatherdeath of husbanddeath of motherdeath of protagonistdeath of sondesertends with deathepicepic historyexecuting the woundedexecutionexplosionfascismfascist salutefight for freedomgeneralhanginghead scarfhijabhorseback ridingimplied rapeindependent filmislamislamic educationislamic prayerislamic societyitalian armyitalian colonizationitalian historyitalian occupationitalian soldieritalian womanitalylibyalibyan desertlibyan girllibyan historylibyan womanmachine gunmass hangingmuslimmuslim girlmuslim manmuslim womanmuslim woman dressmuslim womenniqabnomadnorth africapoison gasprologuequr'anraped by a soldierreading the quranreal footagerebelreference to the geneva conventionreference to the roman empirereligious manrevolution leaderrome italyshot in the backshot in the foreheadtanktattoo on facetattooed womanthird cinematimeframe 1920stimeframe 1930straditional weddingwar crimewar of liberationwartime rapewoman covered in veilwoman wears a black veilwoman wears a veilworld war two
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