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Mediterraneo

  • 1991
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
16K
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Vana Barba in Mediterraneo (1991)
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In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.

  • Director
    • Gabriele Salvatores
  • Writer
    • Enzo Monteleone
  • Stars
    • Diego Abatantuono
    • Claudio Bigagli
    • Giuseppe Cederna
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gabriele Salvatores
    • Writer
      • Enzo Monteleone
    • Stars
      • Diego Abatantuono
      • Claudio Bigagli
      • Giuseppe Cederna
    • 53User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Trailer 0:31
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    Diego Abatantuono
    Diego Abatantuono
    • Nicola Lorusso
    Claudio Bigagli
    Claudio Bigagli
    • Raffaele Montini
    Giuseppe Cederna
    Giuseppe Cederna
    • Antonio Farina
    Claudio Bisio
    • Corrado Noventa
    Gigio Alberti
    Gigio Alberti
    • Eliseo Strazzabosco
    • (as Luigi Alberti)
    Ugo Conti
    • Luciano Colasanti
    Memo Dini
    • Libero Munaron
    Vasco Mirandola
    • Felice Munaron
    Vana Barba
    Vana Barba
    • Vassilissa
    Luigi Montini
    • Pope
    Irene Grazioli
    • Iazu
    Antonio Catania
    Antonio Catania
    • Carmelo LaRosa
    Luigi Rocchetti
    • Dimitri
    • (uncredited)
    Alessandro Vivarelli
    • Nonzo - the turkish sailor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gabriele Salvatores
    • Writer
      • Enzo Monteleone
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    • Trivia
      The island the movie is set on is called Megísti in Italian, Mes in Turkish and Kastellorizo in Greek. It is the easternmost inhabited Greek island and is located just 1 mile off the coast of Turkey.
    • Goofs
      The day after the unit realizes they're stranded on the island, the radio having been damaged in an accident, Sgt Maj Lo Russo misguidedly attempts to raise the soldiers' spirits and whip them into shape, by having them sing "Il Canto degli Italiani", aka "Fratelli d'Italia".

      While popular before the Unification, the Kingdom of Italy adopted the Savoy Royal March as its anthem, and it wasn't until after the war, in 1946, that the Canto became Italy's provisional national anthem. It took even longer for it to gain official status, which was ratified in 2017.

      Under Mussolini, non-Fascist songs fell out of favor, and were replaced by fascist chants such as Giovinezza, the official hymn of the Fascist Party.
    • Quotes

      Nicola Lorusso: Life isn't enough. One life isn't enough for me. There aren't enough days. Too many things to do, too many ideas. Every sunset upsets me because another day has gone by.

    • Connections
      Featured in Eglimata: Episode #2.22 (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Parlami d'amore Mariù
      Written by Ennio Neri, Cesare Andrea Bixio

    User reviews53

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    8/10
    A beautiful postcard from Mediterranean world
    Honestly I don't know how this movie could have been translated into English or other languages, since I'm referring to the original, Italian, version of it. I never expected any American so-called critic to full understand what European, and specifically southern-European movies can be about, since we never based the quality of a movie on the amount of car chases, shooting, explosions, well polished (but fake) dialogues and so on. Our cinema is far less shiny but more down-to-Earth. The director, through the words of the character of Lt. Farina, in the very beginning of the movie starts telling a story, which could have been truly happened that way. Why? Because in Italian movies actors act like normal everyday people is. So it appears pretty credible what happened in the movie, between acts of humanity, friendship, inner struggles. Of Course there are typical elements of Italian culture throughout the plot, as the soccer matches, the highly informal language, the warm friendship, and of course to whom is totally unaware of Italian culture, these can appear as childish and pretty silly. But if you look deeply into that, if you leave all prejudices aside, you will discover a beautiful postcard which paints a wonderful small Greek island, in which Italian and Greek people (re)discover their common cultural origins. With the WW2 as background (but there are no fights at all). All in all, reading about American reviews about this movie, in which the writers looked at this movie with a smile of superiority, it reminded me about the part in which the two British sailors came to rescue the marooned soldiers, point at them with a sort of disgust and justify their feelings with: "Italians".
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    • Release date
      • January 31, 1991 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
      • Greek
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Середземне море
    • Filming locations
      • Kastellorizo Island, Dodecannese, Greece
    • Production companies
      • A.M.A. Film
      • Penta Distribuzione
      • Silvio Berlusconi Communications
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,532,791
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,532,791
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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