The Roses of the Desert

The Roses of the Desert (2006)

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.

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  • Release Date: 2006-12-01
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Director: Mario Monicelli

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Cast

  • 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