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The Roses of the Desert
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.
Cast
- Michele Placido as Frate Simeone
- Alessandro Haber as Maggiore Stefano Strucchi
- Giorgio Pasotti as Ten. Marcello Salvi
- Claudio Bigagli as Un soldato toscano
- Moran Atias as Aisha
- Fulvio Falzarano as Sgt. Barzottin
- Tatti Sanguineti
- Tiziano Scarpa
- Nicola Acunzo
- Roberto D'Addario
- Danilo Nicola De Summa
- Francesco Guzzo
Details
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
- Released
- December 1, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- War, Comedy
- Studio
- Mikado Film, Luna Rossa Cinematografica and RAI Cinema
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.2 / 10 from 16 votes
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