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.
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.
After having been discovered by the Greeks, the Officers visit with the priest. In the very last shot of this sequence, the dialogue no longer matches the lip movements of both Lt Montini, and the priest's. While the Lt appears to be saying something slightly different, the priest's dialogue is longer and keeps playing after his mouth has stopped moving.
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