Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
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Nostalgic, classical in form, effortless and plot-driven.
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- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Sean ConneryMulai Ahmed er Raisuli
- Candice BergenEden Pedecaris
- Brian KeithTheodore Roosevelt
- John HustonJohn Hay
- Geoffrey LewisSamuel Gummere
- Steve KanalyCapt. Jerome
- Vladek SheybalThe Bashaw
- Nadim SawalhaSherif of Wazan
- Roy JensonAdmiral Chadwick
- Deborah BaxterAlice Roosevelt
Crew
- John MiliusDirector
- John MiliusWriter
- Billy WilliamsDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Robert L. WolfeEditor
- Herb JaffeProducer
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