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The Desert of the Tartars

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Original title

Il deserto dei tartari

Year

1976

Running time

140 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Valerio Zurlini

Screenwriter

André-Georges Brunelin, Jean-Louis Bertucelli. Novel: Dino Buzzati

Cast

Music

Ennio Morricone

Cinematography

Luciano Tovoli

Producer

Co-production Italy-France;

Cinema Due, France 3 Cinéma

Genre

Drama. Mystery | Army

Synopsis

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...

Awards: 1976: 3 David di Donatello Awards, incl. Best Film (ex aequo) and Director (ex aequo)

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The Desert of the Tartars

1976

Valerio Zurlini

6.5

(708)