Tower of the Firstborn (A.K.A. "")
Directed byAlberto Negrin
Written byAlberto Negrin
Story byLuigi Montefiori
Based onLa torre della solitudine by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Produced by
  • Eleonora Andreatta
  • Jonas Bauer
  • Brendan Fitzgerald
  • Marco Gallo
  • Mario Gallo
  • Enzo Giulioli
  • Francesco Nardello
  • Steven North
Starring
CinematographyDaniele Nannuzzi
Edited byBryan Oates
Music byEnnio Morricone[2]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 1 May 2000 (2000-05-01) (Italy)
Running time
180 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageEnglish

Tower of the Firstborn (Italian: I Guardiani del Cielo) is a 2000 Italian-French adventure television film directed by Alberto Negrin and starring Ben Cross, Peter Weller, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Marco Bonini, Ione Skye and Heino Ferch. It was based on the novel La torre della solitudine by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.[3]

Plot

Young and attractive archaeologist Diane Shannon intends to unravel the mystery linked to her father, who disappeared in Africa during the search for the "Tower of the First Born", a mysterious place that according to ancient legends would keep the secret of space and time, and would bestow knowledge and wisdom. Diane embarks on the journey ignoring the warnings of her friends and overcoming various dangers, clashing with a sheikh and his horde of savage desert marauders, and meeting the brave officer Léon in command of the foreign legion. Finally, together with Rashid, a mysterious prince of the desert and a friend of her missing father, Diane finds the mysterious place and her father.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Amazon.com: Tower of the Firstborn: Ben Cross". Amazon. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Tower of the Firstborn (2004)". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "LEO The New York Public Library". Retrieved 19 August 2008.


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