The Roses of the Desert

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 2006

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

RAI Cinema,Mikado Film,Luna Rossa Cinematografica

Cast

Michele Placido,Alessandro Haber,Giorgio Pasotti,Claudio Bigagli,Moran Atias,Fulvio Falzarano,Tatti Sanguineti,Tiziano Scarpa,Nicola Acunzo,Roberto D'Addarioand 14 more

Director

Mario Monicelli

Writer

Alessandro Bencivenni,Mario Monicelli,Domenico Saverni,Mario Tobino,Giancarlo Fusco

Producer

Mauro Berardi,Vittorio Zeviani

Cinematography

Saverio Guarna

Music

Paolo Dossena,Mino Freda

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0470082