The Lion Of The Desert Blu-ray

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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play The year is 1929 & dictator Benito Mussolini is still faced with the 20-year long war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonisation & the establishment of " The Fourth Shore"
- re-birth of a Roman Empire in Africa Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as his sixth governor to Libya confident that the eminently accredited soldier can crush the rebellion & restore the dissipated glories of Imperial Rome Inspirational in the resistance towards the oppressors is the leadership of one man
- Omar Mukhtar A teacher by profession guerrilla by obligation Mukhtar has committed himself to a war that cannot be won in his own lifetime Arrogant Imperialist
- ideological visionary
- the conflict is between two implacable enemies Graziani controls North Africa with the might of the Italian Army Tanks & airplanes are used in the desert for the first time Despite mindless bravery the Bedouin suffer crippling losses their primitive weaponry no match for mechanised warfare & still they strike back Actors Anthony Quinn Oliver Reed Rod Steiger & John Gielgud Certificate 15 years & over Year 1981 Screen 1851 Languages English Subtitles None listed Duration 2 hours & 36 minutes (approx)