Emilio Solfrizzi, Giuseppe Cederna, Luciano Scarpa, Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino ...( see more  see more... ) , Piero Maggio , Roberto Citran , Sergio Albelli , Silvio Orlando , Thomas Trabacchi

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...( read more  read more... ) 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?

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Unrated, 117 min.

Directed by: Enzo Monteleone

Release Date: November 8, 2002

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DVD Release Date: August 16, 2005

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  • January 20, 2007
    Actually a very good movie... about a dark part of italian history.
    Made me feel sad.
    Oh... and the film score is amazingly good.
  • January 9, 2007
    battle for el alamein

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