El Alamein: The Line of Fire

The story

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?

Cast

P Paolo BrigugliaSold. Serra P Pierfrancesco FavinoSerg. Rizzo L Luciano ScarpaSold. Spagna E Emilio SolfrizziTen. Fiore T Thomas TrabacchiCapor. De Vita G Giuseppe CedernaCap. medico R Roberto CitranColonnello S Silvio OrlandoGenerale A Antonio PetrocelliAutista camion acqua S Sergio AlbelliTen. "Folgore" I Ivan BacchiAutista camion cavallo L Lorenzo BalducciSoldato trincea

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A Antonio BerardinelliBersagliere motociclista #1 A Attilio CucariSerra anziano M Massimiliano CutreraPortaferiti F Fabio FerriFerito R Raffaele GiangaleCarabiniere P Piero MaggiòSold. Tarozzi A Alessandro SampaoliBersagliere motociclista #2 L Luigi SaravoCaporale A Andrea Bruno SavelliTen. genio guastatori S Simone SpinazzèAutista camion feriti