Фильм является рассказом о событиях жизни офицера британской разведки Т.Э.Лоуренса, работавшего в годы Первой Мировой Войны в Аравии в активном взаимодействии с арабскими кочевниками и получившим по этой причине прозвище «Аравийский». Лоуренс активно внедрился к арабам, проникся их духом и по сути возглавил партизанскую войну арабов против Османской империи (т.н. «Войну в пустыне»). Сценарий основан на книге Лоуренса «Семь столпов мудрости», а также на исторических исследованиях биографов Лоуренса.

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Overview
Director: David Lean
Writers (WGA): T.E. Lawrence (writings) Robert Bolt (screenplay)
Release Date: 30 January 1963 (Canada)
Genre: Adventure | Biography | Drama |
Awards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 12 nominations

An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in London at the age of 47, then flashbacks to recount his adventures: as a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916, he is given leave to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I. In the desert, he organizes a guerrilla army and--for two years--leads the Arabs in harassing the Turks with desert raids, train-wrecking and camel attacks. Eventually, he leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire. Written by alfiehitchie

Cast:
Peter O'Toole ... T.E. Lawrence
Alec Guinness ... Prince Feisal
Anthony Quinn ... Auda abu Tayi
Jack Hawkins ... General Lord Edmund Allenby
Omar Sharif ... Sherif Ali
José Ferrer ... Turkish Bey (as Jose Ferrer)
Anthony Quayle ... Colonel Brighton
Claude Rains ... Mr. Dryden
Arthur Kennedy ... Jackson Bentley
Donald Wolfit ... General Sir Archibald Murray
I.S. Johar ... Gasim
Gamil Ratib ... Majid
Michel Ray ... Farraj
John Dimech ... Daud
Zia Mohyeddin ... Tafas