The Desert of the Tartars
- Original title
- Il deserto dei tartari
- Year
- 1976
- Running time
- 140 min.
- Country
- Italy
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Vittorio Gassman
- Giuliano Gemma
- Helmut Griem
- Philippe Noiret
- Jacques Perrin
- Francisco Rabal
- Fernando Rey
- Laurent Terzieff
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Max von Sydow
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Italy-France;
- 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
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1976: 3 David di Donatello Awards, incl. Best Film (ex aequo) and Director (ex aequo)
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