The Desert of the Tartars
Oct 29 1976
•2h 20m
•History, Drama
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
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Jacques Perrin
Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Vittorio Gassman
Filimore
Giuliano Gemma
Mattis
Helmut Griem
Lieutenant Simeon
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