Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments and temples that are destroyed by French soldiers in acts of barbarism. During combat, Augustin and Jean-Michel are separated from their regiment, and they start wandering through the desert fighting for their life. In one of the canyons Augustin meets a leopard he names Simoom and a strange bond between them appears.
Ben Daniels
as Augustin Robert
Michel Piccoli
as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Paul M. Meston
as Grognard
Kenneth Collard
as Officer
Nadia Odeh
as Bedouin Bride
Auda Mohammed Badoul
as Shepherd Boy
Mohammed Ali
as Medicine Man
