El alamein - the line of fire 2002 season 1

War seen through the eyes of serra, a university student from palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in africa. It was part of the western desert campaign of world war 2 was fought between the british eighth army led by general claude auchinleck and the axis forces consisting of german and italian units of panzerarmee afrika panzer army africa led by field marshal erwin rommel. The knowledge of english allows him to be active in international set malry christies own doubleentry, captain corellis mandolin, miracle at st. 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 emptiness is subtly matter of factually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. The line of fire is concerned with the life of italian soldiers. During world war ii, the british eighth army, commanded by general b. 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. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was located on the southern line of front in egypt. 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.

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 emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Taking malta at this point in the game would be a day late and a dollar short. The line of fire is the first italian film to respect the new american warmovie orthodoxy. Bond of honour is a 2002 italian wardrama film written and directed by enzo monteleone. Line of fire season 1 episode 34 the conquests of alexander. The battle was fought between the axis forces, led by general erwin rommel, and the allied forces, commanded by field marshal claude auchinleck.

Silvio orlando was born on june 30, 1957 in naples, campania, italy. Home series line of fire 2002 official order all seasons. How slight and unimpressive are often the initial causes which lead to great changes in the course of events. Dvd publishing pandastorm pictures music by nine o. It was an unqualified success, and signaled to the british that the war was not hopeless. The troops, including sargent rizzo pierfrancesco favino and newbie serra paolo briguglia, are constantly under attack from the british. Lieutenant fiore emilio solfrizzi leads a group of soldiers stationed in egypt. Battles of elalamein, 127 july 1942, 23 october11 november 1942, world war ii events. The danger to the eighth army had not diminished completely.

Alamein article about alamein by the free dictionary. Today, the village located about 66 miles 110 kilometers east of alexandria is mostly a port facility for shipping oil. Exhausted and at the end of their supply lines, they regrouped ready for a new push. It was the site of a decisive british victory in world war ii see north africa, campaigns in north africa, campaigns in, series of military contests for control of north africa during world war ii. 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 of. He is assigned to the pavia division on the southern line in egypt. The macedonian king alexander was one of historys greatest military commanders, a reputation that was earned by a series of victories at famous battles such as granicus, issus and gaugemala. Hitting this line on 30 june, rommels troops found their advance halted. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. 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. Carcano rifle series internet movie firearms database. Serra is unfamiliar with life in the service and bewildered by the units stark desert surroundings. When 2nd alamein was winding down, the british and americans were landing in northwest africa.

A series of british counterattacks also achieved little, and the battle ended as a stalemate. While enzo monteleones feature seems to move in circles, the. After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive. 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. Note, that there are 3 different releases by medusa. The multiaward winning bond of honour recounts one of the epic battles of wwii in which the italian army. Even if rommel could have broken the line at alamein and chased the 8th army to the nile, he would have been that much farther away from tunisia and air cover from sicily. The real experiences of the soldiers is depicted, though limited by time. The line of fire and commedy voce del verbo amore, aspettando il sole, una canzone per te movies. The battleships dvd, 2002, 2disc set region 4 used in vgc with. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was.