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Desert Warrior (1957)

Desert Warrior poster
Original title
Los amantes del desierto
Directed by
Fernando Cerchio, León Klimovsky, Goffredo Alessandrini
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Italian-Spanish co-production from 1957. The story follows characters in a desert setting as they navigate love and conflict. Filming was complicated by the Suez Crisis.

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What happens

Desert Warrior (Italian: Gli amanti del deserto, Spanish: Los amantes del desierto) is a 1957 Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini, Fernando Cerchio, León Klimovsky and Gianni Vernuccio and starring Carmen Sevilla, Ricardo Montalbán and Gino Cervi. The film had a difficult production process. Some scenes were shot on location in Cairo, but this coincided with the outbreak of the Suez Crisis. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sigfrido Burmann and Mario Garbuglia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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