The Desert of the Tartars Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars. Details Casts Title The Desert of the Tartars Release Date 1976-10-29 Runtime 02 Hours 20 Minutes Genres History Drama Production Companies Fildebroc, Cinema Due, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Reggane Films, FIDCI, Corona Filmproduktion, FR3 Production Countries France, Germany, Italy Jacques Perrin Sten. Giovanni Drogo Vittorio Gassman Filimore Giuliano Gemma Mattis Helmut Griem Lieutenant Simeon Philippe Noiret General Francisco Rabal M.llo Tronk Fernando Rey Nathanson Laurent Terzieff Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling Max von Sydow Cap. Ortiz Jean-Louis Trintignant Magg. Med. Rovine Shaban Golchin Honaz soldato Lazare Giuseppe Pambieri Ten. Rathenau Bryan Rostron Kamran Nozad Manfred Freyberger caporale Chantal Perrin Yves Morgan-Jones Giovanni Attanasio Swartz Loris Bazzocchi Enzo Bottesini Lilla Brignone madre di Drogo Giorgio Cerioni Jean-Pierre Clairin Maude Sandro Dori Dino Mele Piero Morgia Alain Naya Mario Novelli Rolf Wanka Angelo Boscariol