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The Desert of the Tartars poster

A VALERIO ZURLINI FILM

The Desert of the Tartars

19762h 20mMovie

DramaHistory

IMDb7.5/ 10 · 3.1K votes

THE STORY

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Melancholic
Thought-provoking
Bittersweet
War
Period piece
Isolation

Pace: Slow burn
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Some focus

Good for watching alone and talking about after.

DirectorValerio Zurlini

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.8 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Jacques PerrinSten. Giovanni Drogo

Vittorio GassmanFilimore

Giuliano GemmaMattis

Helmut GriemLieutenant Simeon

Philippe NoiretGeneral

Francisco RabalM.llo Tronk

Fernando ReyNathanson

Laurent TerzieffTen. Pietro Von Hamerling

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