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The Roses of the Desert

6.2 average rating
★★★★★
6.2
Italian / 102 MIN. / 2006

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Michele PlacidoAlessandro HaberGiorgio PasottiClaudio BigagliMoran AtiasFulvio FalzaranoTatti SanguinetiTiziano ScarpaNicola AcunzoRoberto D'AddarioDanilo Nicola De SummaFrancesco GuzzoEnzo MarcelliGiuseppe OppedisanoStefano ScandalettiEmanuele SperaHermann WeiskopfFlavio PistilliPaolo LombardiGiovanni TrevisanelloVincenzo MansiMichele AlhaiqueFausto Russo AlesiRoman Jancovic

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