Lion of the Desert : Asad Al-Ṣaḥrāʼ

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Call Number: DVD War Lion
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: The making of "Lion of the desert"; audio commentary with producer/director Moustapha Akkad.
Disc 1: English language -- Disc 2: Arabic language.
Oliver Reed, Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Gastone Moschin.
Between two world wars, a struggle for freedom took place in the African desert. This movie is the historically accurate story about the Libyan resistance leader, Omar Mukhtar, who led the Libyan resistance against the Italian oppressors from 1911-1931.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.77:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Lion of the Desert submitted by SBNB on July 31, 2014, 12:38pm Interesting and good film about the Libyan resistance against the Italians.