El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
"El Alamein - La linea del fuoco" (original title)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Enzo Monteleone

Writer:

Enzo Monteleone

Stars:

Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luciano Scarpa

6 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Paolo Briguglia	...	Pvt. Serra
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Sgt. Rizzo
Luciano Scarpa	...	Spagna
Emilio Solfrizzi	...	Lt. Fiore
Thomas Trabacchi	...	Capt. De Vita
Sergio Albelli	...	Lt. Sforza
Piero Maggiò	...	Tarozzi
Antonio Petrocelli
Giuseppe Cederna	...	Capt. Medician
Roberto Citran	...	The Colonel
Silvio Orlando	...	The General
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lorenzo Balducci	...	Soldato Trincea
Fabio Ferri
Simone Spinazze	...	Injured Soldier's Driver

Storyline

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?

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Plot Keywords:

africa | hunger | miracle | attack | volunteer | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [it]

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

8 November 2002 (Italy)

Also Known As:

El Alamein - The Line of Fire

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cattleya, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The car wreck where the sniper was hiding is clearly a post WWII Land Rover (a series-II or III build after 1958)

User Reviews

Not bad, but nothing new

Hey, we are in 2002, we have seen a lot of war movies like this.

Kubrick's "Paths of glory" in the fifties, and then all those movies about the war in Vietnam. Ok, it is not bad, but it's easy to make a movie like this after Kubrick, Coppola, and so on. The only new thing here is the soundtrack. I was expecting something more by Emilio Solfrizzi (Lt. Fiore), but Favino and Briguglia were ok. 6/10