Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 160 minutes
Year of production : 1976 Director(s) : Valerio ZURLINI Writer(s) : Andre G. BRUNELIN, Jean-Louis BERTUCCELLI Cast : Vitorio GASSMAN, Giuliano GEMMA, Max VON SYDOW, Philippe NOIRET, Jean-Louis TRINTIGNANT, Jacques PERRIN Producer(s) : Michelle DE BROCA (FILDEBROC PRODUCTIONS), Jacques PERRIN (GALATEE FILMS)
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 defense against the onslaught of the enemy. But in the vast emptiness surrounding the fortress, nobody has ever sighted the Tartars...
Country(ies) : FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY, IRAN
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