5.9

The Roses of the Desert
Released
1h 42m
12/1/2006
it - IT
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.
War
Comedy
Actors

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

Enzo Marcelli

Giuseppe Oppedisano

Stefano Scandaletti

Emanuele Spera

Hermann Weiskopf

Flavio Pistilli

Paolo Lombardi

Giovanni Trevisanello

Vincenzo Mansi

Michele Alhaique

Fausto Russo Alesi

Roman Jancovic