The name is The Lion of  the Desert and was directed by Pontecorvo, the same director 
of The Battle of Argel.
It is wonderful and it was the contribution of the great Khadafi to the movies history.
JFB
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De: A.Wosni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Para: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Enviado: Lunes, 24 de Diciembre de 2001 09:23 a.m.
Asunto: Re: [L-I] Query on Anti-Colonial Revolts


> There's at leat one I know, namely the one about Omar Mukhtar, leading the 
> Libyan revolt against Italian colonialism. He was as far as I remember a member 
> of or influenced by the Sanussiya tariqat which is close to Wahhabitism. If I 
> remember right Omar Mukhtar was played by Antony Quinn and the movie was partly 
> financed or at least strongly supported by the Libyan Jamahriyya. The have also 
> been film about Gordon of Khartum (i.e. the Mahdist revolt in Sudan). I've seen 
> them ion TV but I have forgotten the titles and the actors' names.
> A. Holberg
> 
> Yoshie Furuhashi schrieb:
> > Do you know of any movies of significance, be they documentaries or 
> > fictions, on the following subjects: the Sepoy Rebellion; the Mahdi 
> > Revolt; the Spanish-American War/the Philippines-American War; the 
> > Boxer Rebellion; and any other non-Marxist but anti-colonial revolts 
> > & rebellions?
> > -- 
> > Yoshie
> >
> > * Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: 
> > <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
> > * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
> > * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
> > * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>
> >
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