!!hot!!: Lionofthedesert1980

: After 20 years of failed attempts to subdue the native Bedouin population, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini appoints the ruthless General Rodolfo Graziani (known as "The Butcher of Fezzan") to crush the rebellion. The Resistance

The film chronicles the real-life struggle of (played with riveting stoicism by Anthony Quinn), a Bedouin teacher turned guerilla commander. Between 1929 and 1931, Mukhtar led the native resistance against the Italian Fascist colonization of Libya. His tactics were daring: small, highly mobile cavalry units striking Italian supply lines, then vanishing into the endless dunes. lionofthedesert1980

: With Benito Mussolini coming to power in the 1920s, the Italian campaign intensified. General Rodolfo Graziani was dispatched to crush the native resistance using brutal, scorched-earth tactics. : After 20 years of failed attempts to

"The Lion of the Desert" is a cinematic masterpiece, notable for its: His tactics were daring: small, highly mobile cavalry