The Lion — Subtitle The Wind And

Set in 1904 Morocco, the story centers on the kidnapping of an American widow, , and her children by Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli , a charismatic Berber chieftain.

The film is a highly fictionalized "romanticization" of the real-life of 1904. subtitle The Wind and the Lion

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt , seeking re-election, uses the incident to demonstrate American military power, coining the phrase "Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead!". Set in 1904 Morocco, the story centers on