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Il Principe del Deserto
Maktub, la legge del deserto
Más allá de la justicia
Törvényen kívul
Maktub.A sivatag törvénye
Printul desertului
Desert Law
Zákon Poušte
No Justice
Maktub. The Law of the Desert
The Law of the Desert
The Lion of the Desert
Le Prince du désert
Prawo pustyni
Ørkenens lov
Das Gesetz der Wüste
Pustinjski Princ
'maktub' means 'it is written'
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• A gripping cat-and-mouse thriller
• An assassin accepts an impossible mission...To save a young boy...Is this his final mission, or a new beginning?
• Nur ein Mann kann es mit dem Gesetz der Wüste aufnehmen !
• Top-Action-Star Rutger Hauer bringt als 'Lion of the Desert' den Wüstensand zum Kochen ! |
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action/drama/adventure/thriller |
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many different runtimes!
113 minutes
128 minutes
Film-/video-version BEYOND JUSTICE is based on the 300-minutes TV-mini-series IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO (1989)
259 minutes 59 seconds (3 episodes, 100 minutes each)
105 minutes 56 seconds 'Beyond Justice' video (1998, Britain, 24 seconds cut)
145 minutes 38 seconds - 'Desert Law' video (1991, Britain, 33 seconds cut)
145 minutes 56 seconds - 'Desert Law' video (1993, Britain, uncut)
295 minutes 30 seconds - 'Desert Law' video (1992, Britain, 31 seconds cut) |
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Britain: December 11, 1991 - 'Desert Law' video ('PG', 33 seconds cut)
Britain: October 27, 1992 - 'Desert Law' video ('15', 31 seconds cut)
Britain: March 15, 1993 - 'Desert Law' video ('PG', uncut)
Britain: March 19, 1998 - 'Beyond Justice' video ('PG', 24 seconds cut / removed: several shots of a twirling butterfly knife and a few horse trippings) |
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• 1991
• March 1991 - Italy, Canale 5, 3 episodes, 100 minutes each (as TV-mini-series)
• November 12, 1994 - Germany, ZDF, 1 of 3 episodes, 90 minutes each (as TV-mini-series) |
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Italy/Germany/Spain |
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International Dean Film, a Reteitalia Titanus Production, in association with Beta-Taurus and TV3 Televisio de Catalunya |
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Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli, associate producer: Guido Lombardo |
| screenplay |
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Adriano Bolzoni (also story), Sergio Donati, George Eastman (as Luigi Montefiori), Luciano Vincenzoni (uncredited) |
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Ennio Morricone |
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Elio Micheli |
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Silvio Laurenzi |
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Nazzareno Zamperla (stunt-coordinator) |
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Giorgio Di Battista |
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RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd - video (Britain, 1991)
Trimark Pictures - theatrical (USA, 1992, dubbed)
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video - video (Britain, 1992)
Missing in Action - video (Britain, 1993)
Vidmark Entertainment - video (USA, 1994)
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd - video (Britain, 1998)
Pro-Active Entertainment Group - video (USA, 1999)
Brentwood Home Video - DVD (USA, 2003)
Westlake Entertainment Group - DVD (USA, 2003)
Warner Home Video - video (Sweden)
Highlight Communications AG - video (Switzerland)
TF1 (France, 1993) |
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Morocco
New York City, New York, USA |
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Duccio Tessari |
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| CAST |
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Rutger Hauer (Tom Burton, former CIA operative)
Carol Alt (Christine Sanders)
Omar Sharif (Emir Ben Zair)
Elliott Gould (Red Merchinson, lawyer)
Stewart Jan Bick (Robert Sanders Moulet)
David Flosi (Daniel)
Brett Halsey (Sal, Sanders' Security)
Peter Sands (James Ross)
Christopher Ahrens (Bodyguard)
Larry Dolgin (Randy)
D.R. Nanayakkara/Dilum Nanayakkara (El Mahadi)
David Thompson (Headmaster Bligh)
Richard Buckingham Clark (Johnson)
Donald Hodson (Hostage)
Lee Moore (Hostage Professor)
Adel El Gabry (Sandal)
Abderrahim Bergache/Abderrahim Bargach (Mahadi's Man)
Mohamed El Mehdi (Man with Warning)
Ahmed Marey (Salim)
Niels Gullov (Taylor)
SUPPORTING CAST
Robert Daniels (Doyle, uncredited)
Robert Spafford (Board Member, uncredited) |
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Kabir plays "Moulay Ben Zair", a leading part. |
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discuss this movie with others
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want to see Kabir in it? check TV listings of Kabir's work - current/archives |
| not to be confused with |
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......the earlier --much longer-- TV-mini-series IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO (1989) - with the same star cast, including Kabir ! |
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| INFORMATION - PEOPLE |
• Alessandro Rossi dubbed for Kabir (Moulay Ben Zair) in IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO, Italian TV version.
• Sergio Graziani dubbed for Omar Sharif in IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO, Italian TV version.
• The internationally celebrated veteran star Omar Sharif is not related in any way to the Pakistani comedian Omar Sharif.
• Writer, actor, director and producer Luigi Montefiori was born 1942 near Genoa and often uses the pseudonym 'George Estman', among other names.
• Luigi Montefiori is one of the writers of Marco Bonini's I Guardiani del cielo (1998). The 2-part TV movie, an adventure story, set in the desert, premiered on October 1, 2000 on German television. Kabir-/Sandokan fans know Marco Bonini as Ken Hastings, Kabir's SON OF SANDOKAN/IL FIGLIO DI SANDOKAN (1998).
• Luigi Montefiori is also one of the writers of another Tv epic: Enzo G. Castellari's Deserto di fuoco (1997) - starring Mandala Tayde and Anthony Delon (Alain Delon's son).
• Luigi Montefiori is also one of the writers of Kabir's TV mini series THE MAHARAJA'S DAUGHTER (1994).
• Together with Adriano Bolzoni Luigi Montefiori wrote the script for Kabir's SANDOKAN movie IL RITORNO DI SANDOKAN (1996).
• Luigi Montefiori wrote the script for Kabir's SANDOKAN movie IL FIGLIO DI SANDOKAN (1998), together with three other writers. |
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