The Roses of the Desert
Le rose del deserto
Release: 2006-12-01
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 5.9
War
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Mikado Film
Luna Rossa Cinematografica
RAI Cinema
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Alessandro Haber
as Maggiore Stefano Strucchi
Claudio Bigagli
as Un soldato toscano
Tatti Sanguineti
Nicola Acunzo
Enzo Marcelli
Michele Alhaique
Fulvio Falzarano
as Sgt. Barzottin
Francesco Guzzo
Flavio Pistilli
Fausto Russo Alesi
Michele Placido
as Frate Simeone
Giorgio Pasotti
as Ten. Marcello Salvi
Moran Atias
as Aisha
Giuseppe Oppedisano
Stefano Scandaletti
Hermann Weiskopf