Il deserto dei Tartari
Valerio Zurlini / IT, FR, DE, 1975 / 140 min.
Like Jessica Woodworth (Luka), Valerio Zurlini based his story of a fort awaiting an attack from the Tatars on Dino Buzzati’s novel ‘Il deserto dei Tartari’. For his film version, he hired an all-star European cast.
In 1940, Dino Buzzati wrote a novel about a young, ambitious officer posted to a fort in an inhospitable area ‘on the edge of the desert where the Tatars come from’. Buzzati doesn’t further specify either the place or period of the action; the novel focuses on the effect of the passing of time: the soldiers await an enemy who never appears.
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Director
Valerio Zurlini
Production year
1975
Country
IT, FR, DE
Original title
Il deserto dei Tartari
Length
140 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
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