David LeanCast
Peter O'Toole 
Alec Guinness 
Omar Sharif 
Anthony Quinn
Credits
Written by: 
Robert Bolt
Plot
The British officer T.E. Lawrence unites Arab tribes against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. It won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Sinekatalog’s take
David Lean's desert epic is as much a portrait of an enigmatic man as a war film. The 70mm scale, Peter O'Toole's blue-eyed charisma and Maurice Jarre's score define big-screen cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.3 / 10 (347,194 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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