The Oath of Tobruk

The Oath of Tobruk

2012 · 106 min · ★ 5.5 · Documentary

The war in Libya as seen from the inside: both on the scene and as discussed by world politicians. After thirty years of chasing wars and conflicts, Bernard-Henri Lévy takes us along for a journey reminiscent of Malraux and Hemingway, though retaining a style all his own. Six-months of exceptional dramaturgy. Six months of a war for freedom, resulting in the fall of one of the longest, most relentless dictatorships of modern times. A war with a beginning but perhaps no end. The making of a war.

Directed by Bernard-Henri Lévy · Written by Gilles Hertzog

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