"We left Abd el Main there and rode on past the other bodies, now seen clearly in the sunlight to be men, women, and four babies, toward the village whose loneliness we knew meant that it was full of death and horror. On the outskirts were the low mud walls of some sheep-folds, and on one lay something red and white. I looked nearer, and saw the body of a woman folded across it, face downward, nailed there by a saw-bayonet whose half stuck hideously into the air from between her naked legs. She had been pregnant, and about her were others, perhaps twenty in all, variously killed, but laid out to accord with an obscene taste. The Zaggi burst out into wild peals of laughter, in which some of those who were not sick joined hysterically. It was a sight near madness, the more desolate for the warm sunshine and the clean air of this upland afternoon. I said: "The best of you brings me the most Turkish dead"; and we turned and rode as fast as we might in the direction of the fading enemy. On our way we shot down those of them fallen out by the roadside who came imploring our pity. - Thomas Edward Lawrence, 1918

I saw it when it first came out in the early 60s as a young child. It was the greatest film I'd ever seen and to this day it remains so. Most critics have it rated as one of the top 5 films of all time.

Apparently Benioff and Weiss told Emilia Clarke Daenerys character arc is that of Lawrence of Arabia, so why didn't they stage this scene in the last season? They could've copied this scene shot by shot, John Snow = Sherif Ali, Tyrion = the reporter Bentley, Grey Worm = Talaal, and Lannister defenders of King's Landing = Turkish army here. It would've made far lot more sense than the mess they ended up with.

'In a madness born of the horror of Tafas we killed and killed, even blowing in the heads of the fallen and of the animals; as though their death and running blood could slake our agony.' (Seven Pillars of Wisdom)

"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee." Fear and compulsion for Lawrence, a psychological battle for control.

He turned into Anakin against the sand people

Great film, I saw it back in 1970 on the big Cinerama screan. Very impressive. Still remember it very well, and the length of the movie. Classical quote from Peter to Omar when he brought back the lost boy,: Nothing has been written. Can still remember it very well. Great movie, classic must see.

I understand the look in both men's eyes, one is bloodlust and the other is Rage but their is fear in both. FeR of losing ones self.

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very long film but F**king great with some top actors

wonderful scene!

The best decision Lawrence ever made!!

What a brilliant movie a classic

that end title card was damn well timed lol

Unvergesslicher Film 👍

This encounter was really quite different in the book. T.E. Lawrence could not control the Arabs and he wasn't even in the thick if the massacre. The movie is so different from the Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrence was a diminutive scholarly officer in a horrible situation.

Top film of Al time

Those who show no mercy should expect none.

I’m gonna tell my kids this was the first film adaptation of Dune.

Lawrence did the what he had to do. He was a foreigner among locals, and it was their alliance that was keeping him alive and making it possible to carry out the objectives of his mission. He had to appease them or else he would lose local support.

Agreed salam

This man would have given physchiatrists nightmares.

war is HELL!!

Long movie but worth the watch. Compare to the shit that we are offered today. Not even worth going to the theaters anymore.

I haven't rewatched THIS since 2014. How different everything is. Oh, and by the way- Lawrence's torturer is playing by my beloved Uncle figure Jose Ferrer.

Jajaja Quinn's amazingly steady no neck nietjer head running horse

There’s great moral ambiguity here. It’s not like the people they’re slaughtering are innocent victims who didn’t deserve punishment. They just massacred a village of people who were fully innocent, and clearly raped the women who lived there. And the Turks in general had tyrannically oppressed the Arabs for years and sided with the Germans, so they were hardly undeserving of some karma. Then again, Lawrence still finds himself covered in human blood, and the question can’t help but be raised, “is he any better than them for doing this?” And yet, when you remember that this man just lost two children he loved because of these people he’s killing, and was raped(!!) by the colleagues of these people he’s killing, and got zero therapy and zero time to heal or process any of that pain and was used like a tool by the officers who just sent him right back into the fray instead of getting him the mental and emotional help he needed, you can’t fully hate or blame him for reaching his breaking point here. Yet he still could’ve gone around and avoided more violence, like Ali begs him to. Layers upon layers of complexity.

This Frase is the meaning of all Greek philosofy the last 200 years

The discipline of cavalry. There are valid historic reasons why sabers were such a popular mounted weapon. Reach, heft and speed combined with the nimbleness of mounted hit and run tactics. Used to great effect from the Golden Horde of Kublai Khan well into the nineteenth century.

I Love 💗 Sheriff Ali

Poor horses, poor animals!!

War is Hell If you wish to stay out of Hell Do not start War

poor Lawrence of arabia he probably thought to himself what have i done 😢😢😢😢😢😢

Love it!! I don't llike turuku people and I love how the bedouins treated them in this scene!!

God. God… GOD!!!!!!!!!

OMG, he's losing it!

The movie does take liberties with the historical record but there were no doubt many atrocities.....something the Turks were very good at.

Alia of Arabia...

Divide and rule.....

My father and me wondered how mad O'Toole seemed before the attack. I can't imagine that the real Lawrence was so weak in this moment in front of his arab warriors.

And for those who want to complain about how stereotyped the Arabs were portrayed in another attempt to rewrite history, if it wasn't for a movie like this, in the West there is a good chance you would have to go to a museum to even get a hint of what occurred. In all wars, there is barbarity on every side, no matter how noble the cause and no matter who is on what side.

The Arabs massacred Turkish prisoners to satisfy their desire to loot and please the British upon promise of one Arab state. They did not have the strength to attack Turkish army. In the end they got the British promise.

Lawrence wanted blood so bad

Why are the Turks using Lee Enfields. :)

The day when Arabs won but Muslims lost.

Lawrence describes the reason for the wrath of the Arabs against the Turks. When they approached the village, a little traumatized child ran towards them. A warrior catched the little one but it died afterwards. The village showed a scene that the Arabs had never seen before. All inhabitants killed and often viciously mutilated. The woman raped and killed. One pregnant woman had a saw knife ruthlessly rammed between her legs. As the Turkish soldiers had been given permission to act like this, Lawrence had to give permission to execute revenge. Otherwise the infuriated Arabs would have gone completely out of control. And no Arab, especially his invented buddy Ali, wouldn't have urged him to go around and avoid these criminals.

Lawrence of Islam - better movie title

Obviously a classic epic film, but the filmmakers apparent disregard for accurate weapons kinda taints the film a tad. You see the Turks here trying to set up a French 1900 Hotchkiss machine gun, which is at least period correct (they probably should have German Maxims but whatevs), but in the Aqaba scene you see them using a WWII era 30 Cal. Why didn't they just use that damn Hotchkiss prop in that scene as well?! Also why aren't the Turks using Mausers? Surely the production could have found plenty of them for this? I know people keep bringing this up but it's so glaring.

that is it when hollywood writes your history.

The Turks had it coming.

Well, Victoria Bondarenko Tsareva is 1/4 Turkish but I also know what torture and rape can do to a person's moral compass. Mine has been broken since the 2014 Ukrainian Coup.

Lawrence was weak, letting himself b influenced by th less capable judge. Sharif clearly disagreed w that other dude, th aggressor, and pleaded with Lawrence to stick to th bigger picture. Sharifs character wz, himself, an Arab, and there would've been no shame in going AROUND those people on foot. Instead, he gave in to the impulse to kill. This theme is highlighted, in th film, for no small reason.

Knowing how cruel Ottomans/Turks were to Arabs throughout the ages, regaining the upper hand was long overdue.

turks with SMLEs

In Islam it is said that you should treat your enemy like they treat you.. since the Turks killed every person in the village the Arabs did the same to them.. here Lawrence declared ‘no prisoners’ but it was probably the Arabs who were seeking vengeance..😏

Good. Give the Ottomans the same measure of mercy they showed others for centuries. In reality, Turkey got off way too easy in that war.

Guessed it was pay back time. Remember Lawrence was tortured by the Turk.

666

The terrible thing where you have to win the war, you do the most awful things. One simple example, RAF bomber command, World War II, carpet, bombing towns and cities in Germany. Sometimes the only thing that matters is victory against our enemies. Got a problem with that and are you offended good, I hope you are?🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦

Hi. Turkish at his best. Poor guys

The army of Saudi Wahhabis massacred Muslims and attacked the Turks, but never fought with the infidels and the British. 😂

Do you've seen on the front of turkish column how fast some men (surely officers) on horseback are fleeing? First they allowed their men to massacre innocents, then, when the s**t hit the fan, run away. This scene, without our modern gore, show how brutal could became a war when both parts, well, at least one, thrown away any humanity's regard, don't forget how the turks had behaved f.e. against the Armenians.

He did nothing wrong

yes, lawrence was a psychopath as portrayed in this scene, and many Arabs regret today what happened

Anti Ottoman and anti Turkish politic film

Lawrence s famous lie ,u can trust me

ISN'T THAT JOE BIDEN AND CORN POP

biz türkler bunu unutmadık kinimiz icimizde zamanı geldiginde intikamımızı alcaz derinizi yüzüp tuz bascaz carmıha gercez sizi bun intikam alınacak

These are the Arabs who, as infidels, attacked the Muslim Turks, on the orders of the Englishman Lawrence, who wanted to fight the Ottomans and destroy the Caliphate. The Arabs betrayed Islam and therefore Allah humiliated them.😢😢😢😢

If this is what Turks did to other Muslim people, imagine what they did to non-Muslims... What goes around comes around, and karma is a bitch... probably one of the few times in world history in which war criminals were fairly judged.

Disgusting traitor to our nation that enabled a foul regime to become. I hate TH Lawrence to the bottom of my heart but admire Peter O'Toole playing this role

*INSɅNITY. That's what ɅLL wars are. TOTɅL INSɅNITY.* *''The horror... THE HORROR!!!''* *By JOSEPH CONRɅD (IN THE HEɅRT OF DɅRKNESS).*