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Lion of the Desert
1981 · Film · 173 min
Directed by Moustapha Akkad
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.
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The film he describes as the best film about Libya, The Lion of the Desert (1981), appears to be here: https://youtu.be/4sRz964lfcU