Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert is a 1981 Libyan historical action film starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito (Italian Royal Army) in the years leading up to World War II, and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who attempted to defeat Mukhtar. It was directed by Moustapha Akkad and funded by the government under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Released in May 1981, the film has received positive reviews from critics, but performed poorly at the box office, gaining revenues of $1.5 million USD worldwide despite having a 35 million dollar budget. The film was banned in Italy in 1982 and was only shown on pay TV in 2009.

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1981
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[Omar Mukhtar protects two surviving Italian soldiers]

Omar Mukhtar:
We do not kill *prisoners*!

Arab Warrior:
*They* do it to *us*!

Omar Mukhtar:
"They" are not our *teachers!*

Gen. Rodolfo Graziani:
These chains are uncomfortable ?

Omar Mukhtar:
They are... uncomfortable facts.

Omar Mukhtar:
Soon you will take everything from me, and you want me to justify your thefts?

Omar Mukhtar:
We will never surrender. We win or we die. And don't think it stops there. You will have the next generation to fight; and after the next, the next. As for me, I will live longer than my hangman.

Omar Mukhtar:
You can only do to me what God decides for me.

Gen. Rodolfo Graziani:
I want to ask you one question. Why did you keep going for so long? I mean, surely you didn't hope to drive us out of Libya with so little, did you?

Omar Mukhtar:
We fought you. That was enough.

Gen. Rodolfo Graziani:
And you cared nothing for the ruination of your country?

Omar Mukhtar:
You are the ruination of my country. What would you do if someone occupied your land?

Omar Mukhtar:
From God we come, and unto God we shall return.

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