The Desert of the Tartars 1976 123movies

Watch: Il deserto dei Tartari 1976 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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….
Plot: Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
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Oppression From Within Can Be The Deadliest
Hollywood tends to make films about what happens “outside” a person, about action, about guns and explosions, and about rapid-fire cutting and dialog; many European filmmakers do just the opposite and develop “interior” stories, about what goes on inside a person’s mind, about how their actions are driven by their environment; the environment in this little-known but complex desert epic is an ancient fort built on the edge of two countries where nothing much seems to happen, but where the inhabitants wait…and wait…and where a new officer arrives hoping to make his mark. Many folks will find the lack of direct action frustrating, as this is a character study more than anything else–but what characters! And what an outstanding group of actors–and subtle music by Ennio Morricone–and some fascinating cinematography.

“We are all somewhere by mistake.”
It is immensely gratifying that this final film of Valerio Zurlini has attracted such positive reviews for it is arguably his finest achievement.

We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to co-producer and leading actor Jacques Perrin for having raised the finance and to Zurlini and his writing team for having retained fidelity to the spirit of Dino Buzzati’s novel. By all accounts both the narrative and the funding had previously proved insuperable obstacles to Michelangelo Antonioni and Miklós Janscó.

It would be well-nigh impossible to assemble an international cast of this quality now and each characterisation is beautifully observed. As a bonus the inevitable ‘dubbing’ of many cast members is seamless.

The magic alchemy by which certain films come together is impossible to define but it is obvious here that the principal players all share a belief in the material and their director. Inspired also is the use of the fortress city of Arg-é Bam in South-Eastern Iran, built in 500 BC and sadly destroyed by earthquake in 2003. The mysteriousness of this construction and the surrounding landscape are brilliantly captured by cinematographer Luciano Tovoli as well as the stunning scenery of Alto Adige and Abruzzo. Composer Ennio Morricone has contributed one of his most haunting and evocative scores.

It is no mean feat to maintain our interest for practically 190 minutes as we observe the repetitive rituals of military life in the fortress of Bastiano with its pointless protocol and interminable introductions, drills and heel-clicking. The film succeeds however by showing us the terrible toll this empty and monotonous existence takes on the protagonists, both physical and psychological.

Technically superb and brilliantly acted, this is quite simply film-making of the highest quality and it would be unpardonable to award it less than ’10’.

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 2 hr 20 min (140 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Drama, History, War
Director Valerio Zurlini
Writer Dino Buzzati, André G. Brunelin, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Actors Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma
Country Italy, France, West Germany
Awards 6 wins & 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm