El Alamein

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?

6.5

117 min

Cast

Paolo Briguglia

as soldato Serra

Pierfrancesco Favino

as sergente Rizzo

Emilio Solfrizzi

as tenente Fiore

Luciano Scarpa

as soldato Spagna

Thomas Trabacchi

as caporale De Vita

Sergio Albelli

as tenente della "Folgore"vvvvvvv

Ivan Bacchi

as autista camion del cavallo

Lorenzo Balducci

as soldato

Antonio Berardinelli

as bersagliere motociclista

Giuseppe Cederna

as Cpt. Medician

Roberto Citran

as The Colonel

Attilio Cucari

as Serra anziano

Massimiliano Cutrera

as portaferiti

Fabio Ferri

as soldato ferito

Raffaele Giangale

as carabiniere

Piero Maggiò

as soldato Tarozzi

Silvio Orlando

as il Generale

Antonio Petrocelli

as autista camion dei rifornimenti

Alessandro Sampaoli

as bersagliere motociclista

Luigi Saravo

as caporale

Andrea Bruno Savelli

as tenente del genio

Simone Spinazzè

as autista camion dei feriti

Director

Enzo Monteleone