The Roses of the Desert (2006)
Le rose del deserto
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.
- Date of release
- 2006-12-01
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- War, Comedy
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
Casting
- Michele Placido — Frate Simeone
- Alessandro Haber — Maggiore Stefano Strucchi
- Giorgio Pasotti — Ten. Marcello Salvi
- Claudio Bigagli — Un soldato toscano
- Moran Atias — Aisha
- Fulvio Falzarano — Sgt. Barzottin
- Tatti Sanguineti
- Tiziano Scarpa
- Nicola Acunzo
- Roberto D'Addario
- Danilo Nicola De Summa
- Francesco Guzzo
Interesting facts
The Roses of the Desert is a 2006 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli, in his final film, and was loosely inspired by the romance Il deserto della Libia of Mario Tobino.
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