---
title: 'The Desert of the Tartars (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Valerio Zurlini'
released: '1976-10-29'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-desert-of-the-tartars-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074400/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Desert of the Tartars (1976)

1976 · 140 min · Drama · Italy, Germany, France

Original title: Il deserto dei Tartari

## Synopsis

The Desert of the Tartars 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.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin), [Bahman Farmanara](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahman-farmanara)
- **Director:** [Valerio Zurlini](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerio-zurlini)
- **Screenplay:** [Valerio Zurlini](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerio-zurlini), [André-Georges Brunelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-georges-brunelin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Director of Photography:** [Luciano Tovoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-tovoli)
- **Editor:** [Franco Arcalli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-arcalli)

## Cast

- [Giuseppe Pambieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-pambieri)
- [Giuliano Gemma](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuliano-gemma)
- [Laurent Terzieff](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-terzieff)
- [Giovanni Attanasio](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-attanasio)
- [Helmut Griem](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-griem)
- [Manfred Freyberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-freyberger)
- [Philippe Noiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-noiret)
- [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin)
- [Giorgio Cerioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-cerioni)
- [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow)
- [Jean-Louis Trintignant](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-trintignant)
- [Sandro Dori](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandro-dori)
- [Fernando Rey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-rey)
- [Rolf Wanka](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-wanka)
- [Vittorio Gassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-gassman)

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