But it also shows how alamein culture saturated the postwar world, when archival sources mingled with film, novels, magazines, popular histories, and the rest of alamein s footprint. You can get some german, a few japanese and very rarely, an italian one. The battle took place over 20 days from 23 october 11 november 1942. The line of fire 2002 today, we take a look at a movie from the north african front, heres a rare movie from the italian point of view. Bond of honour is a 2002 italian wardrama film written and directed by enzo monteleone. The line of fire stars paolobriguglia, pierfrancescofavino, lucianoscarpa, emiliosolfrizzi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a score of out. Completed directors enzo montelone category feature film countryies italy shooting language italian writers enzo montelone producers riccardo tozzi cattleya giovanni stabilini. Lieutenant fiore emilio solfrizzi leads a group of soldiers stationed in egypt. Carcano rifle series internet movie firearms database. The line of fire 2002 this military drama depicts the many hardships endured by italian soldiers stationed in africa during world war ii. The brother of actor lawrence tierney, he also starred in the tv western shotgun slade 19591961. The royal infantry musket mannlichercarcanoparravicino rifle series is a group of italian made boltaction rifles and carbines that began with the infantry model 1891 and continued with rifles like the m1938, m98 and m9141 until the end of the second world war.
The line of fire is concerned with the life of italian soldiers. The top movies of 2002 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members top movies list. There arent too many axisorientated movies about, so why not root another out. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. The troops, including sargent rizzo pierfrancesco favino and newbie serra paolo briguglia, are constantly under attack from the british. The emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Find information about in the line of fire watch in the line of fire on allmovie. Produced by riccardo tozzi, giovanni stabilini, marco chimenz.
Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. With paolo briguglia, pierfrancesco favino, luciano scarpa, emilio solfrizzi. Leading man scott brady is best known for playing tough guys in movies such as he walked by night 1948, canon city 1948, and johnny guitar 1954. Serra paolo briguglia is unfamiliar with life in the service and bewildered by the units stark desert surroundings. War seen through the eyes of serra, a university student from palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in africa. It is a 2002 film written and directed by enzo monteleone that lets the viewer see the second battle of. While enzo monteleones feature seems to move in circles, the. Unexceptionable if sympatheticallyacted smallbudget war. Line is a new communication app which allows you to make free voice calls and send free messages whenever and wherever you are, 24 hours a day. With 12 divisions that included two motorized divisions, four tank divisions, and one brigade, the afrika korps numbered approximately 80,000 men and had 540 tanks, 1,219 artillery pieces, and 350 aircraft. Enzo monteleone writer director miscellaneous crew.
He is assigned to the pavia division on the southern line in egypt. The italian army paid a heavy price for mussolini throwing them into a war probably twothree years earlier than it was actually ready for it it performed poorly and lost. Alamein article about alamein by the free dictionary. A student persuaded into fighting for the axis, pvt. Rommel, however, knew that he had by this point lost the chance for a quick dash to the delta, and the high rates of attrition meant that he was reluctant to pursue further attacks. Cattleya, ministero per i beni e le attivita culturali mibac release year medium.
The real experiences of the soldiers is depicted, though limited by time. The film won three david di donatello awards for best cinematography, best editing and best sound, a nastro dargento for best sound and a globo doro for best new actor to paolo briguglia. The film won three david di donatello awards for best cinematography, best editing and best sound, a nastro dargento for best sound and a globo doro for. The victory at alamein marked the turning point in allied fortunes in the second world war. Films include suburra, romanzo criminale, and il traditore. It was fought between two of the best commanders in world war ii, montgomery for the allies and rommel for the axis between 23 october 4 november 1942. Film ini diakui sebagai wisata budaya nasional oleh direktorat jenderal untuk cinema dari kementerian warisan budaya dan italia, sesuai dengan. Movie search results for in the line of fire allmovie.
Alamein is a military history of the battle showing how different it looks stripped of later cultural excrescences. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The line of fire stars paolo briguglia, pierfrancesco favino, luciano scarpa, emilio solfrizzi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a score of. Faca parte do filmow e avalie este filme voce tambem. In the line of fire was released in united states theaters in july 1993. Lo consiglierei a tutti gli appassionati della storia del nostro paese. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was located on the southern line of front in egypt.
The line of fire is the first italian film to respect the new american warmovie orthodoxy. It follows five italian soldiers from the pavia division. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. A medusa film release of a cattleya production, with participation of telepiu. Film profile for pierfrancesco favino, actor, born 24 august 1969. Further back in alexandria and cairo preparations were made for evacuation. Note, that there are 3 different releases by medusa. The line of fire is the first italian film to respect the new american war movie orthodoxy. Serra is unfamiliar with life in the service and bewildered by the units stark desert surroundings.
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