Lawrence of Arabia
Year | 1962 |
Starring | Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Omar Shariff, Peter O'Toole |
Director(s) | David Lean |
Rating | Unrated |
Genre(s) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War |
Runtime | 216 min |
Lawrence is a British soldier stationed in Arabia during the First World War. He quickly develops a strangely ambivalent relationship with the place. He aids a local chieftain in his rebellion against the Ottoman Turks, through any and all means available. Despite torture, abuse, battle and desert weariness, Lawrence succeeds in his fight against the Turks. Before long, though, his work is undermined by his own British compatriots, who use him to secure an alliance with the Arabs in the larger conflict of World War I.