Synopsis
As his first assignment, lieutenant Drogo is sent to an isolated fortress on the borders of a desert and of a range of high mountains. The mission of the garrison is to prevent a possible incursion by the fearsome Tartars, coming from beyond the desert. Some fellow officers are eagerly awaiting an attack; some no longer want to believe in it; others take advantage of the vague threat to further their career. All of them are sacrificing everything -- health, youth, friends, family -- for a distant military ideal: leading the defence against the onslaught of the enemy. But in the vast emptiness surrounding the fortress, nobody has ever sighted the Tartars...
Director
Cast
Jacques Perrin as Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Vittorio Gassman as Filimore
Giuliano Gemma as Mattis
Helmut Griem as Lieutenant Simeon
Philippe Noiret as General
Tech specs
1080p.Blu 720p.Blu 2.33 GB
1920*1080
Italian
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