Valerio Zurlini
Italy, France, West Germany
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1976
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140’
Drogo, a young lieutenant, is assigned to the defense of an isolated fortress in a mountainous desert region. The garrison’s mission is to fight off any attacks by the Tartars. In reality though, the real enemy is time, sapping their lives and vitality as they wait for an enemy that never shows up.
Original title
Il deserto dei tartari
Chromaticity
Color
FoRM
Fiction
DIRECTOR
Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director, and screenwriter. During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period before he directed his first feature film in 1954, THE GIRLS OF SAN FREDIANO. Zurlini made his name as a director with his second feature film, Violent Summer (1959). His 1962 film FAMILY DIARY earned Zurlini the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
FILMOGRAPHY
Indian Summer (1972); Girl with a Suitcase (1961); Violent Summer (1959)
CREDITS
DIRECTOR
Valerio Zurlini
SCREENPLAY
André G. Brunelin
CAMERA
Luciano Tovoli
EDITING
Kim Arcalli, Raimondo Crociani
PRODUCER
Michelle de Broca, Bahman Farmanara, Mario Gallo, Enzo Giulioli, Jacques Perrin
MUSIC
Ennio Morricone
CAST
Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Giancarlo Salimbeni
PRODUCTION
Galatée Films, Fildebroc, Les Films de l’Astrophore, France 3 Cinéma (FR3), Cinema Due, Corona Filmproduktion, FIDCI
RIGHTS HOLDER
Pathé International
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