Lion of the Desert (1981)

panzermahn · Post by **panzermahn** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:22 am

Hello Feldgrauans

What do you all think of this movie? Just watched it last night on DVD. The uniforms of the Italian blackshirts militia and the regular Army (Alpini, Bersaglieri) were quite accurate and Oliver Reed did a very convincing job of portraying General Graziani..

But somehow, I think this movie was quite a good movie especially the war scenes..

Sadly, the director himself was killed in a suicide bombing in Jordan back in 2005

Panzermahn

John W. Howard · Post by **John W. Howard** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:29 pm

Hello Panzermahn:
I watched it some time ago and was impressed with it. Oliver Reed did a very good job, and I learned a few things about the Italians in N. Africa. Best wishes.

Paddy Keating · Post by **Paddy Keating** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:28 am

Excellent.

PK

panzermahn · Post by **panzermahn** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:12 am

Is it true that the Italian government banned this movie until the late 1990s?

Panzermahn

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