Lion of the Desert

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.

Director

Moustapha Akkad

Writer

H.A.L. Craig, David Butler, Paul Thompson

Released

16 May 1981

Country

Libya, United States