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The Desert of the Tartars

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1976
 140 minutes (2 hrs 20 mins)

Production Country

Italy • France • West Germany

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Valerio Zurlini

Starring

Jacques Perrin · Vittorio Gassman · Giuliano Gemma · Helmut Griem · Philippe Noiret · Francisco Rabal

Full cast & crew

Release dates

Italy release date Italy release: 29th October 1976
France release date France release: 12th January 1977
West Germany release date West Germany release: 29th April 1977

Certificates

US
PG

9

12

Atp

T

Total grosses

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