Lion of the Desert

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1981 PG-13 2h 53m
7.3 /10
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Lion of the Desert
Lion of the Desert
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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.

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Geronimo1967
7 Jun 2023

This is a curious hybrid of a film - it brings together some elements of "Gandhi" (1982) , "Khartoum" (1966) and even "Spartacus" (1960) to illustrate...

Wuchak
25 May 2019

***ā€œBraveheartā€ in the Libyan desert with Quinn, Reed and Steiger*** After twenty years of failing to remove Bedouin rebels during the Italian colo...

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