Il deserto dei tartari (1976)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Vittorio Gassman	...	Filimore
	Giuliano Gemma	...	Mattis
	Helmut Griem	...	Lieutenant Simeon
	Philippe Noiret	...	General
	Jacques Perrin	...	Drogo
	Francisco Rabal	...	Tronk
	Fernando Rey	...	Nathanson
	Laurent Terzieff	...	Amerling
	Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Le médecin-major Rovin
	Max von Sydow	...	Hortiz
	Shaban Golchin Honaz	...	Soldat Lazare
	Giuseppe Pambieri	...	Lieutenant Rathenau
	Bryan Rostron
	Kamran Nozad	...	Capitaine Sern
	Manfred Freyberger	...	Caporal Montagne

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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... Written by Eduardo Casais <casaise@acm.org>  

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