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The Desert of the Tartars

 1976
 140 minutes (2 hrs 20 mins)
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Production Country

Italy • France • West Germany

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Directed by

Valerio Zurlini

Starring

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

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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

12

Atp

9

T

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