The Desert of the Tartars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-10-29

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France, West Germany

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1196 Reviews)

Director:

Valerio Zurlini

Genres:

Drama History War

Cast:

Jacques Perrin Vittorio Gassman Giuliano Gemma Helmut Griem

Writer:

Dino Buzzati (novel)

Andrè G. Brunelin (story)

Jean-Louis Bertuccelli (story)

Valerio Zurlini (dialogue)

Andrè G. Brunelin (screenplay)

Fullplot:

As his first assignment, lieutenant Drogo is sent to an isolated fortress on the borders of a desert and of a range of high mountains. The mission of the garrison is to prevent a possible incursion by the fearsome Tartars, coming from beyond the desert. Some fellow officers are eagerly awaiting an attack; some no longer want to believe in it; others take advantage of the vague threat to further their career. All of them are sacrificing everything -- health, youth, friends, family -- for a distant military ideal: leading the defence against the onslaught of the enemy. But in the vast emptiness surrounding the fortress, nobody has ever sighted the Tartars...

Comments:

Quibusdam iure voluptatibus ratione aliquid facilis excepturi quasi. Totam earum ab explicabo. Unde ducimus officiis laborum labore itaque.

By:

Selyse Baratheon

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