El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)

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

8 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paolo Briguglia	...	Sold. Serra
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Serg. Rizzo
Luciano Scarpa	...	Sold. Spagna
Emilio Solfrizzi	...	Ten. Fiore
Thomas Trabacchi	...	Capor. De Vita
Giuseppe Cederna	...	Cap. medico
Roberto Citran	...	Colonnello
Piero Maggiò	...	Tarozzi
Silvio Orlando	...	Generale
Antonio Petrocelli	...	Autista camion acqua
Sergio Albelli	...	Tenete 'Folgore'
Ivan Bacchi	...	Autista camion cavallo
Lorenzo Balducci	...	Soldato trincea
Antonio Berardinelli	...	1° bersagliere motociclista
Attilio Cucari	...	Serra anziano

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:

barefoot male | heat | attack | volunteer | miracle | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The motorcycle which delivers volunteer Private Serra at the beginning and then rescues him at the end is a Moto Guzzi SuperAlce.

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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

Very realistic

A very realistic depiction of the famous World War II battle, from the point of view of some common Italian soldiers, this movie lack of any kind of rethoric, nor pacifistic neither heroic. It's something like a good Vietnam movie from American directors, as "Platoon" or "Hamburger Hill". A must for everyone who wants to know more about Italian war in Africa

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

8 November 2002 (Italy)

Also Known As:

El Alamein

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$975,881

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cattleya, Medusa Film, Tele+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1