Directed by:
Mario MonicelliScreenplay:
Suso Cecchi D'AmicoCinematography:
Saverio GuarnaCast:
Michele Placido, Giorgio Pasotti, Alessandro Haber, Moran Atias, Stefano Scandaletti, Nicola Acunzo, Francesco Guzzo, Hermann Weiskopf, Fulvio Falzarano (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michele Placido
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
Giovanni Falcone (1993)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Giorgio Pasotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Beauty (2013)
San Paolo (2000) (TV movie)
Salty Air (2006)
Alessandro Haber
Italy
Best movies:
All My Friends Part 2 (1982)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
The Conformist (1970)
Moran Atias
Israel
Best movies:
The Next Three Days (2010)
Third Person (2013)
Gas (2005)
Stefano Scandaletti
Italy
Best movies:
Petra (2020) (series)
Lea (2015)
Story of a Massacre (2012)
Nicola Acunzo
Best movies:
The Two Popes (2019)
Manuale d'amore 2 (Capitoli successivi) (2007)
Le Roses of the Desert (2006)
Francesco Guzzo
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Così ridevano (1998)
The Star Maker (1995)
Hermann Weiskopf
Best movies:
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)
Titus (1999)
Fulvio Falzarano
Italy
Best movies:
The Flesh (1991)
Welcome to the South (2010)
Le Roses of the Desert (2006)
Paolo Lombardi
Italy
Best movies:
A Pure Formality (1994)
La gabbianella e il gatto (1998)
St. Francis (2002) (TV movie)
Roman Jankovič
Best movies:
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Thugs of Hindostan (2018)
Le Roses of the Desert (2006)
Giovanni Trevisanello
Best movies:
Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
Le Roses of the Desert (2006)