The Desert of the Tartars
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...
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Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Galatée Films
- Co-productions : Reggane Films, Fildebroc Productions, Films de l'apostrophe, France 3 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Acacias
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producers : Jacques Perrin, Michelle de Broca, Giorgio Silvagni, Enzo Giulioli
- Assistant Director : Christian de Chalonge
- Adaptation : Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, André G. Brunelin
- Author of original work : Dino Buzzati
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Bats
- Screenwriters : André G. Brunelin, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
- Co-producer : Michelle de Broca
- Director of Photography : Luciano Tovoli
- Production Manager : Enzo Giulioli
- Editor : Raimondo Crociani
- Production Designer : Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
- Music Composer : Ennio Morricone
- Costume designer : Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
- Still Photographer : Georges Pierre
- Location Manager : Régis Wargnier
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Drama
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1976
- French release : 12/01/1977
- Runtime : 2 h 18 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 45312
- Visa issue date : 09/12/1976
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Mono
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News & awards
Selections (2)
Delegations (1)
Richmond French Film Festival
United States, 2014
Actor : Jacques Perrin
Director of photography : Luciano Tovoli
