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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...

Technical Sheet
Original Title Il deserto dei Tartari
Title The Desert of the Tartars
Year 1976
Language Italian, Russian
Subtitle Czech, Spanish, Hungarian, English, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian
Colors Colorful
Gender Drama, History, War
Duration 148 Min.
Direction Valerio Zurlini
Countries of origin West Germany, Italy, France, Iran
Cast Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Max von Sydow, Shaban Golchin Honaz, Giuseppe Pambieri, Bryan Rostron, Kamran Nozad, Manfred Freyberger, Chantal Bouillaut Perrin, Yves Morgan-Jones, Giovanni Attanasio, Loris Bazzocchi, Enzo Bottesini, Lilla Brignone, Giorgio Cerioni, Jean-Pierre Clarain, Sandro Dori, Maurizio Marzan, Dino Mele, Piero Morgia, Alain Naya, Mario Novelli, Rolf Wanka, Angelo Boscariol
Other details
Writer Dino Buzzati
Observation The longer Italian version of the film, which was previously released on DVD by the now-defunct American label NoShame Films, is approximately 148 minutes long.

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