Lawrence of Arabia: Book vs. Movie
David Lean's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia draws on T. E. Lawrence's book Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Peter O'Toole plays the British officer whose role in the Arab Revolt brings military success and divided loyalties.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- T. E. Lawrence
- Year
- 1922
- Pages
- 312Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 25 hr 20 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Roy McMillan
T. E. Lawrence recounts his work alongside Arab forces fighting Ottoman rule during the First World War. Desert journeys, guerrilla raids and negotiations with tribal leaders form a personal account of the revolt, shaped by his divided loyalties as a British officer supporting Arab independence. He also examines his own ambition and the distance between wartime promises and imperial interests.
- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- Robert Bolt, T. E. Lawrence, Michael Wilson
- Year
- 1962
- Runtime
- 3 hr 36 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
- Genre
- Adventure, biographical, Drama, epic, flashback, war
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Posted in Cairo during the First World War, British officer T. E. Lawrence is sent to assess an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. He pursues an audacious desert campaign with Arab fighters, winning military attention and an increasingly powerful belief in his own importance. The demands of war expose conflicts between his ambitions, his allies' hopes and British political objectives.
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