The Desert of the Tartars

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The Desert of the Tartars is a 1976 Italian-French film adaptation of Dino Buzzati’s novel, renowned for its haunting atmosphere and visual depiction of existential waiting and military futility.

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instanceOf French film
Italian film
drama film
film
war film
adaptationOf The Tartar Steppe NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Il deserto dei Tartari NERFINISHED
Le désert des Tartares NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Dino Buzzati NERFINISHED
basedOn The Tartar Steppe NERFINISHED
novel by Dino Buzzati
cinematographer Luciano Tovoli NERFINISHED
composer Ennio Morricone NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
Italy
director Valerio Zurlini NERFINISHED
distributor Gaumont NERFINISHED
filmEditor Ruggero Mastroianni NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Arg-e Bam NERFINISHED
Iran NERFINISHED
genre drama
war
hasFilmPoster The Desert of the Tartars poster
narrativeTheme absurdity of war
alienation
existential waiting
military futility
passage of time
notableFor haunting atmosphere
visual depiction of existential waiting
visual depiction of military futility
originalLanguage Italian
producer Jacques Perrin NERFINISHED
releaseDecade 1970s
releaseYear 1976
runtimeMinutes 140
screenwriter André G. Brunelin NERFINISHED
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli NERFINISHED
Valerio Zurlini NERFINISHED
setting remote desert fortress
starring Fernando Rey NERFINISHED
Franco Nero NERFINISHED
Giuliano Gemma NERFINISHED
Helmut Griem NERFINISHED
Jacques Perrin NERFINISHED
Jean-Louis Trintignant NERFINISHED
Max von Sydow NERFINISHED
Philippe Noiret NERFINISHED
Vittorio Gassman NERFINISHED

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Giuseppe Rotunno notableWork The Desert of the Tartars
Furio Scarpelli notableWork The Desert of the Tartars
Tonino Delli Colli notableWork The Desert of the Tartars
Tonino Delli Colli workedOn The Desert of the Tartars