Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Cinematography
Luciano Tovoli's desert: beautiful, oppressive, endless.
Production
The fortress was built for real in Iran—no CGI needed.
Direction
Zurlini turns waiting into devastating cinema.
Director
Valerio Zurlini
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
Giuseppe Pambieri
Ten. Rathenau
Manfred Freyberger
caporale
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