Lion of the Desert (1981)

He was a man of honor in a war without any.

Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.

Director

Moustapha Akkad

Writers

David Butler, H.A.L. Craig

Themes1920s1930safricaanti-colonialismbased on true storybenito mussoliniguerrilla warfarehistorical dramahistorical epicindependence movement