Lion of the Desert

Name: Lion of the Desert
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Released: 1981-04-17
Duration: 173 min
Rating: 7.3

“He was a man of honor in a war without any.”/ April 17, 1981

BANYAN SCORE

3.6/5(208)

LETTERBOXD

3.7/5

IMDb

7.3/10

ROTTEN TOMATOES

73%Audience

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Synopsis & Director's Note

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.

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

— Lion of the Desert • 1981