Desert of Fire (1997)
4h 30m
Running Time
January 1, 1997Release Date
Desert of Fire (1997)
4h 30m
Running Time
January 1, 1997Release Date
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Plot.
A helicopter crashes in the Sahara Desert. The entire crew are killed - only a small infant miraculously survives. Emir Tafud, who has no children of his own, brings the child up as his successor. When Ben is 25 years old he decides to set off in search of his true parents. In Casablanca he meets French crook Jacquot, who takes him with him to Monte Carlo. They both actually manage to find Ben's mother Christine. She tells Ben that his father was a scientist on a secret mission to Africa. Christine wants Ben to stay in Monte Carlo and take over her firm, but Ben has his heart set on living in Belem with his adored Amina. But now Ben gradually unearths a dreadful secret: Christine's second husband François was responsible for the death of his father, who had discovered valuable minerals in the Sahara. After a bitter struggle, Ben finally succeeds in saving his homeland from Western greed.
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Cast & Crew.
Anthony Delon
Prince Ben Tafud Dinani / René Duvivier
Mandala Tayde
Amina
Giuliano Gemma
Emir Tafud
Claudia Cardinale
Leila
Arielle Dombasle
Magda Lassalle
Virna Lisi
Christine Duvivier
Mathieu Carrière
François Legrand
Marie Laforêt
Rahma
Stéphane Freiss
Jacquot
Fabio Testi
Daniel Diderot
Christopher Buchholz
Prince Dubai Al Kanhai
Emanuela Garuccio
Journalist at Press Conference
Jean Sorel
Gustave Miller
Francesca Romana Succi
The TV Reporter
Isabella Pasanisi
Annette
Cristina Convito
Nurse
Maria Rosa Spagnolo
Party Guest at Duvivier's
Orso Maria Guerrini
Al Khan
Hans Peter Hallwachs
Sheikh Ja'far
Stefan Gubser
Moulay
Ralph Herforth
Grosko Jubayr
Vittorio Gassman
Tareq
Franco Nero
Marcel Duvivier
Sergio Nicolai
The Archivist at Duvivier-Legrand's
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1997
Original NameDeserto di fuoco
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 30m
Genres
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Wiki.
Desert of Fire is a 1997 TV miniseries directed by Enzo G. Castellari. It is a European co-production between Italy (where the miniseries was broadcast with the title Deserto di fuoco), Germany (where it is known as Prinzessin Amina - Das Geheimnis der Liebe) and France (where its title is Le désert de feu).