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 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 knowledge of english allows him to be active in international set malry christies own doubleentry, captain corellis mandolin, miracle at st. Note, that there are 3 different releases by medusa. 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. 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. It marked the beginning of the end for the axis in north africa. 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. Carcano rifle series internet movie firearms database.
Home series line of fire 2002 official order all seasons. 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. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. Silvio orlando was born on june 30, 1957 in naples, campania, italy. 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. Tunisian news from our cameraman in the front line 1943 duration. Hitting this line on 30 june, rommels troops found their advance halted. The line of fire is concerned with the life of italian soldiers. Battles of elalamein, 127 july 1942, 23 october11 november 1942, world war ii events. The battle was fought between the axis forces, led by general erwin rommel, and the allied forces, commanded by field marshal claude auchinleck. Dvd publishing pandastorm pictures music by nine o. The danger to the eighth army had not diminished completely. The emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. 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.
War seen through the eyes of serra, a university student from palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in africa. He is assigned to the pavia division on the southern line in egypt. The line of fire is the first italian film to respect the new american warmovie orthodoxy. Taking malta at this point in the game would be a day late and a dollar short. 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.
Alamein article about alamein by the free dictionary. The battleships dvd, 2002, 2disc set region 4 used in vgc with. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was located on the southern line of front in egypt. How slight and unimpressive are often the initial causes which lead to great changes in the course of events. The troops, including sargent rizzo pierfrancesco favino and newbie serra paolo briguglia, are constantly under attack from the british. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was. 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. Line of fire season 1 episode 34 the conquests of alexander. After the first battle of elalamein, egypt 150 miles west of cairo, ended in a stalemate, the second one was decisive.
While enzo monteleones feature seems to move in circles, the. Lieutenant fiore emilio solfrizzi leads a group of soldiers stationed in egypt. A series of british counterattacks also achieved little, and the battle ended as a stalemate. It was an unqualified success, and signaled to the british that the war was not hopeless. Exhausted and at the end of their supply lines, they regrouped ready for a new push. Serra is unfamiliar with life in the service and bewildered by the units stark desert surroundings. The line of fire and commedy voce del verbo amore, aspettando il sole, una canzone per te movies.
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