MOVIE
Lion of the Desert
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Lion of the Desert in its release era
Released in 1981, Lion of the Desert sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1981-04-17
- Rating
- PG
- TMDB score
- 7.3/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United States of America, United Kingdom
- Studio
- Falcon International Productions, Filmco International Productions
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Topicsguerrilla warfarelibyaafricaresistanceworld war iiindependence movementbased on true storybenito mussolini