El Alamein

War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the British prepare an offensive. At first, boredom, heat, hunger, and thirst bedevil the Italians; then the Brits attack, and there's no luck or heroism in death. Finally, it's retreat in confusion. Serra, his sergeant Rizzo, and his lieutenant Fiori take a last walk toward home. It's said that each soldier gets three miracles; when Serra's are used up, what then?

Genres:

Action, Drama

Release:

Nov 08, 2002

Production:

Cattleya , MiC , Medusa Film , TELE+ , Medusa Distribuzione , Premium Cine , Kurt Media , Pandastorm Pictures , Czech National Symphony Orchestra , Costumi d'Arte , Medusa Video

Casts:

Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Emilio Solfrizzi, Luciano Scarpa, Thomas Trabacchi, Sergio Albelli, Ivan Bacchi, Lorenzo Balducci, Antonio Berardinelli, Giuseppe Cederna, Roberto Citran, Attilio Cucari, Massimiliano Cutrera, Fabio Ferri, Raffaele Giangale, Piero Maggiò, Silvio Orlando, Antonio Petrocelli, Alessandro Sampaoli, Luigi Saravo, Andrea Bruno Savelli, Simone Spinazzè