The Roses of the Desert
 |
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the Italian Wikipedia. (July 2012)
Click [show] on the right to read important instructions before translating.
|
 |
This film article uses IMDb for verification. IMDb may not be a reliable source for movie information and is generally only cited as an External link. (July 2012) |
| Le rose del deserto | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Produced by | Mauro Berardi |
| Written by | Alessandro Bencivenni Suso Cecchi d'Amico Mario Monicelli Domenico Saverni |
| Based on | Il deserto della Libia by Mario Tobino |
| Starring | Michele Placido Giorgio Pasotti Alessandro Haber |
| Music by | Paolo Dossena Mino Freda |
| Cinematography | Saverio Guarna |
| Editing by | Bruno Sarandrea |
| Release date(s) |
|
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Roses of the Desert (Italian: Le rose del deserto) is an Italian film released in 2006. It was directed by Mario Monicelli and was loosely inspired by the romance Il deserto della Libia of Mario Tobino.
Plot [edit]
In World War II a group of Italian soldiers is sent to Egypt to provide assistance to the local population. The military, however, should expect other directives from the Duce Benito Mussolini but completely lose contact with the Italy. So the members of the brigade, including some very curious and picturesque as the Captain who loves poetry to stay closer to his wife away, you ambientano with the local customs and forget their duty as soldiers. Soon, however, the war draws everyone and soldiers, along with a brother missionary-talking very loose (Michele Placido) walks through the desert with a troop of Germans. Soon they begin hostilities and the soldiers take up arms, but something has changed and they begin to think that war is a useless thing when we could live in oblivion in a land so beautiful and rich in culture. However, the Warriors do not have much time to think because their Captain, the only hold reference became mad because he discovered that his wife died recently betrayed him, he met his death by jumping stupidly against weapons of some Bedouin.
External links [edit]
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This article related to an Italian film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a 2000s romance film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
