Lawrence Of Arabia

It's World War I. Lawrence is a British Army lieutenant in Northern Africa. He's rude to his superiors, eccentric in his behaviour, but he has an incredible knowledge of the native Bedouins.

He is sent on a fact-finding mission to Prince Feisal of Arabia, who is a central figure in the insurrection against the occupying Turks. Lawrence finds him, and suggests a bold plan to take the Turkish held port of Aqaba, a plan that involves an impossible march across the burning, waterless, Nefud Desert.