| GENERAL
DATA |
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| other
titles |
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Beyond
Justice
Maktub, la legge del deserto
Más allá de la justicia
Törvényen kívul
Maktub.A sivatag törvénye
Printul desertului
Mercenaire
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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| catch
phrases |
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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?
• Un mercenaire implacable affronte des guerriers sans pitié
• Nur ein Mann kann es mit dem Gesetz der Wüste aufnehmen
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• Top-Action-Star Rutger Hauer bringt als 'Lion of the Desert'
den Wüstensand
zum Kochen ! |
| release
category |
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TV-mini-series |
| genre |
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action/drama/adventure/thriller |
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| length |
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many
different runtimes!
259
minutes 59 seconds
3 episodes, 100 minutes each
TV-mini-series IL PRINCIPE DEL DESERTO is material for much shorter
fetaure film/video BEYOND
JUSTICE (1991)
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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| certificate |
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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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| release
dates |
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March 1991 - Italy, Canale 5, 3 episodes, 100 minutes each
• November 12, 1994 - Germany, ZDF, 1 of 3 episodes, 90 minutes
each |
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| PRODUCTION |
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| country
of production |
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Italy/Germany/Spain |
| production |
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International
Dean Film, a Reteitalia Titanus Production, in association with
Beta-Taurus and TV3 Televisio de Catalunya |
| executive
producer |
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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) |
| music |
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Ennio
Morricone |
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| set design |
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Elio
Micheli |
| costume
design |
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Silvio
Laurenzi |
| action
scenes |
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Nazzareno
Zamperla (stunt-coordinator) |
| cinematography |
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Giorgio
Di Battista |
| distribution |
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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) |
| filming
location |
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Morocco
New York City, New York, USA |
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| DIRECTOR |
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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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| SUMMARY |
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| KABIR
BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's
part |
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Kabir plays
"Moulay Ben Zair", a leading part. |
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| Kabir's
showstopper |
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| Andrea's review |
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| YUM! |
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| EEK! |
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| discussion |
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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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| 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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...the
later --much shorter-- feature film/video-version BEYOND
JUSTICE (1991) - with the same star cast,
including Kabir ! |
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| LINKS |
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| official
website |
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| trailers |
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| INFORMATION -
QUICK BITS |
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| INFORMATION -
GENERAL INFORMATION |
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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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