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Lion of the Desert (1981)
, 2h43Directed by Moustapha Akkad
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about Islam, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Raf Vallone, Irène Papas, John Gielgud
In 1929, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) is still faced with the 20-year-long war waged by patriots in the Italian colony of Libya to combat Italian colonization and the establishment of "The Fourth Shore"—the rebirth of a Roman Empire in Africa. Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) as his sixth governor to Libya, confident that the eminently accredited soldier and fascist Grande can crush the rebellion and restore the dissipated glories of Imperial Rome. Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn) leads the resistance to the fascists. A teacher by profession, guerrilla by obligation, Mukhtar had committed himself to a war that cannot be won in his own lifetime. Graziani controls Libya with the might of the Italian Army. Tanks and aircraft are used in the desert for the first time. The Italians also committed atrocities: killing of prisoners of war, destruction of crops, and imprisoning populations in concentration camps behind barbed wire.
The Hill (1965)
, 2h3Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Prison films, Political films, Films based on plays, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch
In a British Army "glasshouse" (military detention camp) in the Libyan Desert, prisoners convicted of service offences such as insubordination, being drunk whilst on duty, going AWOL or petty theft etc. are subjected to repetitive drill in the blazing desert heat.
Sahara (1943)
, 1h37Directed by Zoltan Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Frederick Worlock, Lloyd Bridges, J. Carrol Naish, Dan Duryea
The crew of an M3 Lee tank, attached to the British Eighth Army, commanded by U.S. Army Master Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart), and nicknamed Lulu Belle, become separated from their unit during a general retreat from German forces after the fall of Tobruk. Heading south across the Libyan desert to rejoin their command, they come across a bombed-out field hospital, where they pick up a motley collection of stragglers, among them British doctor Captain Halliday (Richard Nugent), four Commonwealth soldiers, and Free French Corporal Leroux (Louis Mercier). Halliday, the only officer, cedes command to Gunn.
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
, 1h36Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck, Fortunio Bonanova
Corporal John Bramble (Franchot Tone) is the sole survivor of a British tank crew after a major battle with Erwin Rommel's victorious Afrika Korps. Delirious, he stumbles across the North African desert into the Empress of Britain, a small, isolated hotel owned by Farid (Akim Tamiroff). The staff consists of just Frenchwoman Mouche (Anne Baxter), as the cook has fled and the waiter Davos was killed the night before by German bombing.
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
, 1h35Directed by Denys de La Patellière
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Hardy Krüger, Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Germán Cobos, Roland Ménard
Le film commence par une présentation de la nuit du réveillon de Noël 1941 et comment les divers personnages du film la fêtent :
El Alamein (2002)
, 1h54Directed by Enzo Monteleone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Silvio Orlando, Pierfrancesco Favino, Emilio Solfrizzi, Paolo Briguglia, Giuseppe Cederna, Lorenzo Balducci
Narrant la célèbre bataille d'El-Alamein, le film se place surtout du côté italien, car on voit les troupes italiennes encerclées et se battant avec bravoure et l'énergie du désespoir, même en sachant que tout était perdu, tandis que les troupes britanniques ne faisaient que « ramasser les miettes ».
The New Lot (1943)
, 43minutesDirected by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Robert Donat, John Laurie, Bernard Miles, Peter Ustinov, Raymond Huntley, Geoffrey Keen
En 1942, un convoi de l'armée britannique est en route vers le front dans le désert en Afrique du Nord. Après qu'on a ordonné aux soldats de détruire leurs documents personnels, Harry Fife et Art Wallace examinent une photographie prise à la fin de leur période d'entraînement en Angleterre.
, 1h28Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Children's films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, William Reynolds, Luther Adler, Leo G. Carroll
The film begins with a pre-credit sequence depicting Operation Flipper, a British commando raid whose aim is to assassinate Rommel. It fails.
The Way Ahead (1944)
, 1h55Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell, James Donald, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer
In the days after the Dunkirk evacuation in Second World War, recently commissioned Second Lieutenant Jim Perry (David Niven), a pre-war Territorial private soldier and a veteran sergeant of the British Expeditionary Force, is posted to the (fictional) Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, known as the 'dogs', to train replacements to fill its depleted ranks. A patient, mild-mannered officer, he does his strenuous best to turn the bunch of grumbling ex-civilians into soldiers, earning himself their intense dislike. The conscripts also believe that their sergeant is treating them with special severity; in fact, he is pleased with the way they are developing and has his eye on some of them as potential NCOs. Eventually however, the men come to respect their officer.
Bengasi (1942)
, 1h30Directed by Augusto Genina, Primo Zeglio
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady, Gino Buzzanca, Vivi Gioi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Carlo Tamberlani
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Captain Enrico Berti, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelligence. The film ends with the city being recaptured by Italian troops and their Nazi German allies.
The Desert Rats (1953)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty
In mid-April 1941, during World War II, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason) and his Afrika Korps have driven the British Army into headlong retreat across North Africa toward Egypt and the vital Suez Canal. Standing in Rommel's way is Tobruk, a constant threat to his supply lines. The 9th Australian Division are asked to hold the port for two months, at which time they are to be relieved.
Play Dirty (1969)
, 1h58Directed by André de Toth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Harry Andrews, Patrick Jordan, Daniel Pilon
In North Africa in World War II, Captain Douglas (Caine) is a BP employee seconded to the Royal Engineers to oversee handling incoming fuel supplies for the British 8th Army. A Popski's Private Army-style colonel (Green) is told he must have a regular officer to lead one of his units on a dangerous mission to destroy an Afrika Korps fuel depot.
Immortal Sergeant (1943)
, 1h31Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Children's films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Melville Cooper
In North Africa, experienced Sergeant Kelly (Thomas Mitchell) leads out a British patrol, accompanied by Corporal Colin Spence (Henry Fonda), an unassertive Canadian. When they are attacked by Italian airplanes, they manage to shoot one down, but it crashes on one of their vehicles, killing eight men. Later, Kelly leads the six survivors on an attack of an Italian armored car, but is seriously wounded. He orders Spence to leave him behind; when Spence refuses to obey, he shoots himself.
The Wedding Song (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Karin Albou
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Feminist films, Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Le désert, Guerre du désert, Films about marriage
Actors Lizzie Brocheré, Simon Abkarian, Karin Albou, Hichem Rostom, Dalila Meftahi
Tunis, 1942. Muslim Nour (Olympe Borval) and Jewish Myriam (Lizzie Brocheré), both sixteen years old, have been friends since childhood. They live in the same building in a humble neighbourhood where their communities live in harmony. Each secretly desires the other’s life. While Nour regrets not going to school like her friend, Myriam dreams of love. In November 1942, the German army enters Tunis. Following the French Vichy government’s policy, the Nazis subject the Jewish population to harsh tax penalties. Tita (Karin Albou), Myriam’s mother, is forbidden work. Overcome by debt, she decides to marry her daughter Myriam to the rich doctor Raoul (Simon Abkarian). Myriam dreams of love vanish in one blow.
Tobruk (1967)
, 1h50Directed by Arthur Hiller, Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Jack Watson, Robert Wolders
In September 1942, Rommel's Africa Korps is only 90 miles (144 km) from the Suez Canal, but running dangerously low on fuel. The British approve a plan to destroy German fuel bunkers at Tobruk in an attempt to cripple Rommel's attack.