1 real historical location · Egypt
An Italian war film following young soldiers through the North African campaign and the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942. Shot on location in the Egyptian desert, it portrays the forgotten experience of Italian soldiers caught in Rommel's ultimately doomed desert war.
CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Egypt.
The 2002 Italian film follows Italian infantry soldiers at El Alamein — ordinary men on the wrong side of the desert war, depicting the human cost of a battl...
The Second Battle of El Alamein (October-November 1942) was the decisive North Africa engagement. Montgomery's Eighth Army defeated Rommel's Afrika Korps, beginning the German-Italian retreat to Tunisia. Italian force...
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