Andrew Keir, Anthony Quinn, Gastone Moschin
Anthony Quinn turns in a stellar performance as Libyan hero Omar Mukhtar, who organizes troops to repel the Italian forces trying to gain a stronghold in the African desert under orders from fascist d...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 7, 1998
Stats: 145 reviews
not as well paced as the directors other effort that i watched recently "the message". had a similar long run-time. anthony quinn has a more central role here. oliver reed is powerful as one of finito benito's generals. actually rod steigers small part as mussolini is great
Another movie which I watched in my school days.... The hero and the character astonished me and the closing scene which is symbolic still stays in my memory.
I've learned quite a lot about Omar Al-Mukhtar growing up, from school, from my parents and whenever the resistance in Libya got mentioned. And to finally watch all of that in a movie, and not any movie, but one that was marvelously and perfectly craft...( read more)
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This movie is about Omar Mukhtar, a Muslim and Libyan Arabian rebellion who fought against the Italian conquering of Libya in WWI. The movie put a spot of light on this little known replion for the West, and uncover the savage means which the conquering army treated the natives and replions with.Between two worlds wars, a struggle for freedom took place in the African desert. This movie is the historicaly accurate story about the Libyan resistance leader, Omar Mukhtar, who led the Libyan resistance against the Italian opressors from 1911-1931. The movie takes place during the reign of Mussolini.
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