The Desert of the Tartars
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...
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Drama, History, War
1976
140 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Desert of the Tartars
- Duration : 140 min
- Languages : Italian
- Writers : Dino Buzzati (novel), Andrè G. Brunelin (story), Jean-Louis Bertuccelli (story), Valerio Zurlini (dialogue), Andrè G. Brunelin (screenplay)
- Directors : Valerio Zurlini min
- Imdb : 7.6 (1196 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.4 (556 votes)
- Actors : Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem
Movie Storyline
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...