Lion of the Desert

(1981)

April 17, 1981 • History, War, Drama

Runtime: 2h 53m•Arabic

Rated PG

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.

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