LION OF THE DESERT

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.

PRINCIPAL CAST

ANTHONY QUINNOmar al-Mukhtar

OLIVER REEDGeneral Rodolfo Graziani

IRENE PAPASMabrouka

RAF VALLONEColonel Diodiece

ROD STEIGERBenito Mussolini

JOHN GIELGUDSharif El Gariani