The Lebanese Mission | |
Director: | Richard Pottier |
Producer: | Cino Del Duca Pierre Gillet Josette Trachsler |
Based On: | The Lady of Lebanon by Pierre Benoit |
Starring: | Jean-Claude Pascal Gianna Maria Canale Jean Servais |
Music: | Paul Misraki |
Cinematography: | Lucien Joulin |
Editing: | Léonide Azar |
Studio: | C.T.I. Cino del Duca Jeannic Films |
Distributor: | Jeannic Films |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Country: | France Italy |
The Lebanese Mission or The Lady of Lebanon (French: La Châtelaine du Liban) is a 1956 French-Italian Eastmancolor adventure thriller film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais and Luciana Paluzzi. Omar Sharif also appeared in one of his earlier film roles.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel The Lady of Lebanon by Pierre Benoit. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Location shooting took place around Le Grau-du-Roi.
The film starts with two scientists launching an expedition exploring for uranium out in the Arabian desert, but they soon find themselves entangled in a web of espionage.