# Lion of the Desert (1981)

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**Runtime**: 173 min
**Genres**: History, War, Drama
**Directed by**: Moustapha Akkad
**Written by**: H.A.L. Craig, David Butler
**Starring**: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You fight in Libya against Italian colonization. But the guerrilla war intensifies. The film leaves Mukhtar's legacy in history.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, epic, raw

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