For the novel of the same name, see The Tartar Steppe.
The Desert of the Tartars
Directed by
Valerio Zurlini
Written by
Jean-Louis Bertucelli
Screenplay by
André G. Brunelin
Based on
The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
Produced by
Michelle de Broca Bahman Farmanara Enzo Giulioli
Starring
Vittorio Gassman Jacques Perrin Helmut Griem
Cinematography
Luciano Tovoli
Edited by
Raimondo Crociani
Music by
Ennio Morricone
Production company
Cinecittà Studios
Distributed by
Filmverlag der Autoren Quartet Films NoShame Films
Release date
29 October 1976 (1976-10-29) (Italy)
Running time
140 minutes
Countries
Italy France West Germany Iran
Language
Italian
The Desert of the Tartars (Italian: Il deserto dei Tartari) is a 1976 Italian film by director Valerio Zurlini with an international cast including Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Max von Sydow, Francisco Rabal, Philippe Noiret, Fernando Rey, and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The cast also included veteran Iranian film actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz.
Based on Dino Buzzati's novel The Tartar Steppe and set in about 1900, it tells the story of a young officer in an unnamed army who is sent to an ancient fortress that guards the desert frontier with the Tartars. Filmed in Arg-e Bam, Iran and released on 29 October 1976 in Italy, it was later shown as part of the Cannes Classics section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film's striking visual style, noted for its scenery, lighting, and cinematography, was influenced by the work of Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico.[2] The score was by Ennio Morricone.
^Rolando Caputo. Literary cineastes: the Italian novel and the cinema. In: Peter E. Bondanella & Andrea Ciccarelli (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. P. 182-196.
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