Lion of the Desert
1981 · 2h 53m · Drama, History, War · Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United States of America · Rated PG (US)
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.
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1920s1930safricaanti-colonialismbased on true storybenito mussoliniguerrilla warfarehistorical dramahistorical epicindependence movementlibyamaghrebomar al-mokhtarresistancesecond italo-senussi war (1923–1932)world war ii
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