Lion of the Desert

1981 PG 2h 53m 8.2

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.

In Fascist Italy pre-World War II, the cruel General Rodolfo Graziani is directly assigned by Benito Mussolini to fight in the colonial war in Libya to vanquish the Libyan nation. However, his troops are frequently defeated by the national leader Omar Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins. But the Butcher of Ethiopia and Libya uses a dirty war against the natives, slaughtering women, children, and aged people, to subdue Mukhtar.

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Info about Lion of the Desert

Studio(s): Falcon International Productions

Originally Released: Apr 17, 1981

Production Countries: Array, Array

Box Office Gross: $1,500,000.00

Budget: $35,000,000.00

Genres: Biography, Drama, War, History

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