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The Desert of the Tartars

Name: The Desert of the Tartars
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1976
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

1976 · Directed by Valerio Zurlini · 140 min · History · Drama · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Valerio Zurlini, André G. Brunelin
Cinematography: Luciano Tovoli
Edited by: Franco Arcalli, Raimondo Crociani
Music: Ennio Morricone
Production design: Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
Produced by: Michelle de Broca, Bahman Farmanara, Giorgio Silvagni, Jacques Perrin

Cast

Jacques Perrin as Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Vittorio Gassman as Filimore
Giuliano Gemma as Mattis
Helmut Griem as Lieutenant Simeon
Philippe Noiret as General
Francisco Rabal as M.llo Tronk
Fernando Rey as Nathanson
Laurent Terzieff as Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling
Max von Sydow as Cap. Ortiz
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Magg. Med. Rovine

Production

Country: France, Germany, Italy
Language: Italian
Studios: Fildebroc, Cinema Due, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Reggane Films
Themes: based on novel or book, tatars, desert, fortress, destiny, tartar, meaning of life, 1910s, war

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