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The Roses of the Desert (2006)
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Overview
A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The “glorious” Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
Length 102 minutes
Actors
Francesco Guzzo | Michele Placido | Giorgio Pasotti | Moran Atias | Fausto Russo Alesi | Claudio Bigagli | Alessandro Haber | Michele Alhaique | Flavio Pistilli | Nicola Acunzo | Giuseppe Oppedisano | Fulvio Falzarano | Tatti Sanguineti | Enzo Marcelli | Stefano Scandaletti | Hermann Weiskopf | Paolo Lombardi | Giovanni Trevisanello | Danilo Nicola De Summa | Tiziano Scarpa | Roberto D'Addario | Emanuele Spera | Vincenzo Mansi | Roman Jancovic