The Desert of the Tartars ( Il deserto dei tartari )

The Desert of the Tartars (Blu-Ray) (*)

$26.99

Original Title: Il deserto dei tartari
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
140 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Valerio Zurlini

Written By:
Dino Buzzati
André G. Brunelin

Actors:
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 ..... Capitaine Sern
Kamran Nozad ..... Caporal Montagne
Manfred Freyberger

Synopsis:

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...

The film tells the story of a young officer, Giovanni Drogo (Jacques Perrin), and the time that he spent guarding the Bastiani Fortress, an old, unmaintained border fortress. It has interesting scenery, the lighting and cinematography, and the psychological questions it raises, are of iterest.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 November, 2014.

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