The Desert of the Tartars

The Desert of the Tartars

140 mins | History | Oct. 29, 1976

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

The Desert of the Tartars

140 mins | History | Oct. 29, 1976

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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Fildebroc, FR3, Corona Filmproduktion, Reggane Films, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Cinema Due, FIDCI
Original title Il deserto dei Tartari
Directors Gilda Atella, Franco Cirino, Vivalda Vigorelli, Valerio Zurlini, Christian de Chalonge
Writers Dino Buzzati, André G. Brunelin, Jean-Louis Bertucelli, Valerio Zurlini

Cast

Jacques Perrin

as Sten. Giovanni Drogo

Vittorio Gassman

as Filimore

Giuliano Gemma

as Mattis

Helmut Griem

as Lieutenant Simeon

Philippe Noiret

as General

Fernando Rey

as Nathanson

Laurent Terzieff

as Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling

Max von Sydow

as Cap. Ortiz

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Magg. Med. Rovine

Giuseppe Pambieri

as Ten. Rathenau

Francisco Rabal

as M.llo Tronk

Giovanni Attanasio

as Swartz

Manfred Freyberger

as caporale

Lilla Brignone

as madre di Drogo

Shaban Golchin Honaz

as soldato Lazare