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HistoryWarDrama

Lion of the Desert(1981)

7.4(197)

2h 53m

1981-04-17

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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Omar al-Mukhtar

General Rodolfo Graziani

Keywords

guerrilla warfarelibyaafricaresistanceworld war iiindependence movementbased on true storybenito mussolinihistorical drama1920s1930santi-colonialismhistorical epicmaghrebomar al-mokhtarsecond italo-senussi war (1923–1932)

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