Lion of the Desert, Mussolini's dictatorship and his brutal policies of eliminating Muslim natives for 20 years in Africa. General Rodolfo Graziani is appointed as the governor of Libya and instructed to capture and punish the so-called rebels. The resistance in Libya is led by Omar Mukhtar, a teacher by profession, who fights against the Italian forces. The film used actual military units for the war scenes, and a town was built with 400 buildings specifically for the production. Additionally, a medical center was set up to combat scorpion bites and the intense heat during filming.