EL ALAMEIN - THE LINE OF FIRE

Winner of 3 David Di Donatello Awards for Best Photography, Best Sound Design, Best Editing In El Alamein (23 October - 1st November 1942) the Italian-German army was forced to retreat before the enemy line signalling the first huge and humiliating defeat for the Germans. Together with the Stalingrad battle and the landing in Normandy, this became one of the turning points in the history of World War II. Bound together with the Germans were the Italian soldiers - heroes in the midst of a more powerful enemy. The armoured divisions: Aries, Trieste, Pavia, and Brescia, the Folgore paratroops and the 31st battalion of the Engineer Corps did their duty in a terrible battle over eleven days of fighting resulting in 25 000 victims and 30 000 POWs. This film is a harrowing depiction of the atrocities of war, focusing on the Italian men who left their families and homes in order to defend their country. Directed by Enzo Monteleone Starring Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Silvio Orlando 117 minutes / War / 2002