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The Desert of the Tartars(Movie, 1976)

Original title: "Il deserto dei Tartari" (Italian/IT)
2h 20min | Genres: History, Drama
The Desert of the TartarsRating: 3.3/5 (with 3535 votes)
The Desert of the Tartars (Italian: Il deserto dei Tartari) is a 1976 Italian film by director Valerio Zurlini with an international cast including Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Max von Sydow, Francisco Rabal, Philippe Noiret, Fernando Rey, and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The cast also included veteran Iranian film actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz. Based on Dino Buzzati's novel The Tartar Steppe and set in about 1900, it tells the story of a young officer in an unnamed army who is sent to an ancient fortress that guards the desert frontier with the Tartars. Filmed in Arg-e Bam, Iran and released on 29 October 1976 in Italy, it was later sh... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Desert of the Tartars

David di Donatello for Best Film

About The Desert of the Tartars

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

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Trailer for The Desert of the Tartars + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Desert Of Tartars / Il Deserto Dei Tartari (1976) Trailer(Trailer, 4:15)

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, France, Italy
Based on: "The Tartar Steppe" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: Italian (IT)
Translated into 15 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/29/1976
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Le Désert des Tartares"
"더 데저트 오브 더 타타스"
"타타르 인의 사막"
"타타르의 사막"

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