Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi financed this desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are trying to gain a foothold on Libyan soil under direct orders from the Italian dictator Mussolini (Rod Steiger). With the persistence of Mukhtar, the Libyans, battling the tanks and guns of the Italian army with their Bedouin troops on horseback, managed to hold off the the Italians for twenty years, until Mukhtar was finally captured and executed.
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TITLE...........: Lion of the Desert (1980) STARS...........: Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas DIRECTOR........: Moustapha Akkad WRITERS.........: David Butler, H.A.L. Craig, Paul Thompson GENRE...........: War, Biography, History, Drama TOMATOMETER.....: 75/93 IMDB SCORE......: 8.2 IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081059 RUNTIME.........: 2h 45mn SIZE............: 9.67 GB VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4) BITRATE.........: 7500 Kbps (2-pass) RESOLUTION......: 1920x820 ASPECT RATIO....: 2.35:1 FRAMERATE.......: 24 fps AUDIO1..........: English E-AC3 5.1 640kbps AUDIO2..........: English AAC Stereo 230kbps AUDIO3..........: Commentary by producer/director Moustapha Akkad SUBTITLES.......: ENG SOURCE..........: Shout Factory RM4K Blu-ray ENCODE DATE.....: 2023-09-22
Extras
• Audio commentary by producer/director Moustapha Akkad • Restoring Lion of the Desert: • The Making of Lion of the Desert • Trailers and TV Spots
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