Movie
1981
Lion of the Desert is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito, and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar. It was directed by Syrian-American director Moustapha Akkad, and financed by the Libyan government under Muammar Gaddafi.
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Ten years after his gruesome demise, Muammar Gaddafi still divides world opinion. Whether you consider him bloodthirsty tyrant, dangerous megalomaniac, misunderstood visionary or martyr in struggle against Western imperialism, he should be credited for at least one positive thing. Lybian leader brought a brief moment of cinema glory to his country by bankrolling *Lion of the Desert*, 1981 historical epic written and…More
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