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Lion of the Desert

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

1980 · 2 h 53 min
Directed by Moustapha Akkad
BiographyDramaHistoryWar

Cast

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Plot

Omar Mukhtar leads Libyan resistance against Italian colonisation and General Graziani's brutal campaign.

Sinekatalog’s take

Moustapha Akkad's epic is an impressive historical drama with Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed, banned in Italy for decades.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (19,158 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.