Lion of the Desert (1981)
7.3201 votesPGHD2h 53mReleased
He was a man of honor in a war without any.
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.
- Released
- Apr 17, 1981
- Director
- Moustapha Akkad
- Writer
- David Butler, H.A.L. Craig
- Studio
- Falcon International Productions, Filmco International Productions
- Language
- Arabic, English, Italian
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $1,502,136
- Country
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United States, United Kingdom
