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| GENERAL
DATA |
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| other
titles |
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Ma Shamal.Return
to the Desert
Ritorno al deserto |
| catch
phrases |
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| release
category |
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big-screen-movie |
| genre |
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adventure/suspense/thriller |
| length |
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several
different running times known:
106
minutes
102 minutes
98 minutes |
| release
dates |
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Italy - June 19, 1998
• Italy - September 19, 2000 TV premiere on channel RETE 4 |
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| PRODUCTION |
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| country
of production |
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Italy |
| production |
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Dania
Film Srl, Italy |
| executive
producer |
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Mohamed
Asli, Paolo Fondato |
| screenplay |
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Maria
Isabella Cociani (also script) |
| music |
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MUSIC:
Stelvio Cipriani
LYRICS:
SINGERS:
TITLES:
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| choreography |
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| photography |
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Giorgio
Di Battista |
| distribution |
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Media-Trade
(other countries), Warner Bros Italia, BMG Video |
| filming
location |
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Morocco |
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| DIRECTOR |
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Paolo
Fondato |
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| CAST |
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Mohamed
Atifi
Lucia Batassa
Roberto Bisacco (Mantovano)
David Brandon (Signora ? Mitchell)
Sacha Darwin
Stefano De Sando
Dalila Di Lazzaro (Veruska)
Gabriel Garko
Barbara Livi (Michela)
Abdelkader Lofti
Aldo Massasso
Isabel Russinova (Jana Anderson, Italian actress)
Hassan Skalli |
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| SUMMARY |
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An international spy ring is looking for the formula of a nerve
gas being developed by a British chemical company.
They kidnap the daughter of programme director Professor Lavi, and find out the
lead scientist is a Moroccan, Tahar Id Bran (Kabir Bedi).
The terrorists then bribe Tahar's friend, Professor Anton,
to help them find the scientist who has recenly returned to
Morocco
after the death of his father, an old tribal chief.
The plot thickens when Tahar falls head over heels in love
with Italian actress Jana Anderson (Isabel Russinova) in a
hotel in Casablanca.
Anton's men find Tahar, kidnap him and take him into the desert.
Meanwhile, they decide to test the nerve gas by placing a bomb
on the Casablanca market. Tahar manages to escape and now has
to find the bomb in time to dismantle it, while Jana, frantically
looking for her lover, falls into Anton's hands.
Tahar arrives at the market, finds the bom, and puts it under
the terrorists' car... |
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MORE
PICTURES |
| KABIR
BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's
part |
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Kabir,
the film's only major star,
plays Moroccan scientist Tahar Id Bran. |
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| Kabir's
showstopper |
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=== MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED === |
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| tv
broadcasts |
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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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HIT!
yum! |
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Dalila
Di Lazzaro is convincing in a minor role as a cynical terrorist
and kidnapper.
Critics
also
loved Stelvio
Cipriani's music.
Good guy Kabir roams the Moroccan desert, wearing an attractive
indigo blue turban, and rescues humanity from death and destruction.
Lots of action and controlled explosions! |
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MISS!
eek! |
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The
film has been described as far-fetched and over the top.
The
plot is good but would have done better on TV, critics say.
(In
fact the film was shown on Italian TV for the first time in September
2000. A few repeats were broadcast since: please check the TV
archives section) |
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| IN
SHORT... |
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Kabir,
high-flying scientist, turned desert fox, dismantles
bombs and seduces gorgeous Italian women. |
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| discussion |
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discuss
this movie with others |
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| KABIR
BEDI PICTURES |
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| Kabir
stills |
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movie
picture galleries |
| reviews
w/ Kabir pix |
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| other
links w/ Kabir pix |
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| LINKS |
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| official
website |
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| video
trailers |
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| reviews |
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•
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| other
related links |
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• Barbara
Livi Imdb
•
Isabel
Russinova picture gallery
• Isabel
Russinova Imdb |
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| INFORMATION -
QUICK BITS |
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| INFORMATION -
GENERAL INFORMATION |
| • The movie was actually
shot in 1997. |
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| INFORMATION -
PEOPLE |
• Kabir
co-starred in 1998 also with Barbara
Livi - she was born in Rome -
in IL FIGLIO
DI SANDOKAN/The Son of Sandokan, and she
also had a part in Kabir's Italian soap UN
MEDICO IN FAMIGLIA (2006).
• On the internet,
the names of actors David
Brandon and Sacha Darwin are
often mixed up, for instance as 'Sacha Brandon'.
• Isabel Russinova was born in
1958.
• Isabel Russinova co-starred with German
actress Ursula Buschhorn, among others, in the 90-minutes-movie
'Turbo'
1999
(popular German TV series "Mein Partner
auf
vier
Pfoten"). |
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PRODUCTION DIARY |
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