Desert of Fire
Deserto di fuoco
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
Orso Maria Guerrini
as Al Khan
Hans Peter Hallwachs
as Sheikh Ja'far
Jean Sorel
as Gustave Miller
Giuliano Gemma
as Emir Tafud
Stefan Gubser
as Moulay
Massimo Vanni
as Albino
Roberto Libertini
as Taxi Driver in Tunis
Stéphane Freiss
as Jacquot
Christopher Buchholz
as Prince Dubai Al Kanhai
Sergio Nicolai
as The Archivist at Duvivier-Legrand's
Daniele Pecci
as The Cameraman of M6
Arielle Dombasle
as Magda Lassalle
Virna Lisi
as Christine Duvivier
Ralph Herforth
as Grosko Jubayr
Vittorio Gassman
as Tareq
Marie Laforêt
as Rahma
Mandala Tayde
as Amina
Franco Nero
as Marcel Duvivier
Claudia Cardinale
as Leila
Fabio Testi
as Daniel Diderot
Tonino Cuomo
as Senator Greco
Bobby Rhodes
as The Warden at Duvivier's
Anthony Brophy
as Butler Gaston, Maggiordomo
Anthony Delon
as Prince Ben Tafud Dinani
Mathieu Carrière
as François Legrand
Emanuela Garuccio
as Journalist at Press Conference
