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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Not For Children Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 10/27/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 3 hrs 26 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Epic, Biopic [feature], Combat Films, War Epic, Historical Epic, Propaganda Film See Also: Lion of the Desert [25th Anniversary Edition]

Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi financed this desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are trying to gain a foothold on Libyan soil under direct orders from the Italian dictator Mussolini (Rod Steiger). With the persistence of Mukhtar, the Libyans, battling the tanks and guns of the Italian army with their Bedouin troops on horseback, managed to hold off y the Italians for twenty years, until Mukhtar was finally captured and executed. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Anthony Quinn - Omar Mukhtar
Oliver Reed - Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
Rod Steiger - Benito Mussolini
John Gielgud - Sharif El Gariani
Irene Papas - Mabrouka

The struggle by a Libyan man who dared to organize his people in defiance of the forces of Italy and Mussolini is strikingly detailed in this exciting special edition release from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Presented as filmed, in the original 1.85:1 widescreen theatrical aspect ratio and accompanied by a Dolby Digital Stereo audio mix, this release offers no subtitles. Extra features include a "Making of an Epic" documentary, theatrical trailers, and a still gallery. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide