The Great War. Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence traverses the Arabian peninsula by camel, mediating between nomadic tribes and the British military. If his manner rankles his superiors in Cairo, it makes him a gifted liaison in the desert, where he jointly leads a decisive charge against Ottoman forces.

David Lean’s sensational epic won seven (!) Oscars® and set a lasting aesthetic standard for the historical drama with its romantic desert panoramas. Framing Peter O’Toole’s problematic diplomat against wind-sculpted dunes, cinematographer Freddie Young defined a dazzling optics of Western heroism.