1981 · 173 min · akcja

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Znany też jako: أسد الصحراء · عمر المختار · Ørkenkrigens Helte · Omar Mukhtar - Löwe der Wüste · Lion of the Desert · Omar Al-Mokhtar · Le Lion du désert · אריה במדבר · A sivatag oroszlánja · Il Leone Del Deserto · 사막의 라이온 · El león del desierto · İslamın Kılıcı: Çöl Aslanı Ömer Muhtar

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Opis oryginalny: angielski

In 1929, Kingdom of Italy under Fascism (1922–1943) Italian Fascism dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) is still faced with the 20-year-long war waged by patriots in the Italian colony of Italian Libya to combat Italian colonization of Libya and the establishment of "Fourth Shore"—the rebirth of a Roman Empire in Africa. Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) as his sixth governor to Libya, confident that the eminently accredited soldier and fascist Grande can crush the rebellion and restore the dissipated glories of Imperial Rome. Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) leads the resistance to the fascists. A teacher by profession, guerrilla by obligation, Mukhtar had committed himself to a war that cannot be won in his own lifetime. Graziani controls Libya with the might of the ''Regio Esercito'' (Italian Royal Army). Tanks and aircraft are used in the desert for the first time. The Italians also committed atrocities: killing of prisoners of war, destruction of crops, and imprisoning populations in Italian concentration camps in Libya behind barbed wire.

Scenariusz: David Butler

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