El Alamein: The Line of Fire

Overview

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?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 8, 2002

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy, Morocco

Production

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

Cast

Paolo Briguglia,Pierfrancesco Favino,Luciano Scarpa,Emilio Solfrizzi,Thomas Trabacchi,Giuseppe Cederna,Roberto Citran,Silvio Orlando,Antonio Petrocelli,Sergio Albelliand 12 more

Director

Enzo Monteleone

Writer

Enzo Monteleone

Producer

Giovanni Stabilini,Marco Chimenz,Riccardo Tozzi,Matteo De Laurentiis

Cinematography

Daniele Nannuzzi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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