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The Roses of the Desert

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.

2006 |1h 42m |  War, Comedy

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Michele Placido

Frate Simeone

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Alessandro Haber

Maggiore Stefano Strucchi

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Giorgio Pasotti

Ten. Marcello Salvi

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Claudio Bigagli

Un soldato toscano

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Moran Atias

Aisha

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Fulvio Falzarano

Sgt. Barzottin

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Tatti Sanguineti

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Nicola Acunzo

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Francesco Guzzo

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Enzo Marcelli

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Giuseppe Oppedisano

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Stefano Scandaletti

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Hermann Weiskopf

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Flavio Pistilli

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Paolo Lombardi

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Michele Alhaique

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Fausto Russo Alesi

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Language

Italian

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