War seen through the eyes of serra, a university student from palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in africa. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Wikiproject film rated startclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Unlike many revisionist wwii histories, monteleones film looks not at. While enzo monteleones feature seems to move in circles, the. 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. 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 line of fire is concerned with the life of italian soldiers. This italianfrench coproduction was filmed with the full cooperation of the italian army, and features a starstudded international cast. Italian and german scouts sweep towards alexandria. The australian 9th division, led by lieutenant general leslie morshead, played a key role in two of these battles, enhancing its reputation earned defending tobruk during 1941.
A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was located on the southern line of front in egypt. During world war ii, the british eighth army, commanded by general b. At a certain point a man is seen from behind, while observing the walls. Nevertheless, 1st brigade moved into the alamein line on 9 september 1942, coming under command of the british 50th division, which had lost its 150th brigade during the battle of gazala in june. 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. He is assigned to the pavia division on the southern line in egypt. The real experiences of the soldiers is depicted, though limited by time.
The emptiness is subtly matter of factually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Bond of honour is a 2002 italian wardrama film written and directed by enzo monteleone. It follows five italian soldiers from the pavia division. The emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Further back in alexandria and cairo preparations were made for evacuation. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and. Sangwoo kwone, seunghyeon choi, david lee mcinnis, seungwon cha, seungwon jeong, seungwoo kim.
Only users with topic management privileges can see it. Serra paolo briguglia is unfamiliar with life in the service and. Rommel attacked this line on july 1, but the next day the british commander, gen. Eventually the commands from the military hierarchy become. Lo consiglierei a tutti gli appassionati della storia del nostro paese. 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. In october 1942, the italogerman army in north africa were defeated by the british 8th army in the second battle of elalamein. The line of fire is the first italian film to respect the new american warmovie orthodoxy. The sergeant major tells brother giorgio that he is not leaving him to face the enemy alone.
The line of fire 2002 is an italian film directed by enzo monteleone, set during world war ii and starring paolo briguglia, emilio solfrizzi and pierfrancesco favino. To learn more about how to save videos to your computer, you can read our help topic. They nevertheless fought with the hearts of warriors and with the determination and duty as soliders. Alamein is a military history of the battle showing how different it looks stripped of later cultural excrescences. Unexceptionable if sympatheticallyacted smallbudget war drama focusing on the fate, in october 1943, of a. The troops, including sargent rizzo pierfrancesco favino and newbie serra paolo briguglia, are constantly under attack from the british. 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.
Produced by wallace mac donald, and not sam katzman, its a powerful actioner, but rather corny, as you can guess, even written by horace mac coy. 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. The line of fire 2002 is an italian film directed by enzo monteleone, set during world war ii and starring paolo briguglia, emilio solfrizzi. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the enzo monteleonedirected movie via subscription can be. Lieutenant fiore emilio solfrizzi leads a group of soldiers stationed in egypt. A student persuaded into fighting for the axis, pvt.
Wellspring media genius products, inc enzo monteleones incredibly powerful film recounts one of the epic battles of wwii, in which the italian army, fighting alongside the germans, sought to drive the allied forces from north africa. 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. Bond of honour is a 2002 italian wardrama film written and. Mussolini has given explicit orders that italys forces were to reach the city first. The emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the. This article is within the scope of wikiproject italy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles on italy on wikipedia. The battle was fought between the axis forces, led by general erwin rommel, and the allied forces, commanded by field marshal claude auchinleck.
After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The german minefields and accurate antitank fire produced a. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was located on the southern line. I knew it was a fred s searss film, so not a masterpiece.
It won three italian academy awards best editing, sound design, photography and has done the rounds at various international film festivals. Alongside the germans against the english, there are also italians, that make up a badly armed but valiant army, totally abandoned unto themselves, but proud and capable of heroic acts against a much stronger enemy and an ally that despises them. A crucial battle between the weakened german forces and the resurgent british, the battle marked a major turning point in the campaign, ending axis hopes of occupying egypt, taking control of the suez canal, and gaining access to the middle eastern oil fields. Alamein article about alamein by the free dictionary.