

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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Trailer
The Desert of Tartars / Il deserto dei Tartari (1976) trailer
Cast

Jacques Perrin
Sten. Giovanni Drogo

Vittorio Gassman
Filimore

Giuliano Gemma
Mattis

Helmut Griem
Lieutenant Simeon

Philippe Noiret
General

Francisco Rabal
M.llo Tronk

Fernando Rey
Nathanson

Laurent Terzieff
Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling

Max von Sydow
Cap. Ortiz

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Magg. Med. Rovine
Shaban Golchin Honaz
soldato Lazare

Giuseppe Pambieri
Ten. Rathenau
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