Lion of the Desert

Name: Lion of the Desert
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1981-04-17
Rating: 7.318

He was a man of honor in a war without any.

Film19812h 53mReleased

DramaHistoryWar

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Director: Moustapha Akkad
Language: English
Released: 1981-04-17
Runtime: 2h 53m

Community score

7.3201 votes on TMDB

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6.8

The story

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.