OPIS
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. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the British prepare an offensive. At first, boredom, heat, hunger, and thirst bedevil the Italians; then the Brits attack, and there's no luck or heroism in death. Finally, it's retreat in confusion. Serra, his sergeant Rizzo, and his lieutenant Fiori take a last walk toward home. It's said that each soldier gets three miracles; when Serra's are used up, what then?
- Paolo BrigugliaSold. Serra
- Pierfrancesco FavinoSerg. Rizzo
- Luciano ScarpaSold. Spagna
- Emilio SolfrizziTen. Fiore
- Thomas TrabacchiCapor. De Vita
- Giuseppe CedernaCap. medico
- Roberto CitranColonnello
- Piero MaggiòTarozzi
- Silvio OrlandoGenerale
- Antonio PetrocelliAutista camion acqua
- Sergio AlbelliTenete 'Folgore'
- Ivan BacchiAutista camion cavallo
- Lorenzo BalducciSoldato trincea
- Antonio Berardinelli1° bersagliere motociclista
- Attilio CucariSerra anziano
- Massimiliano CutreraPortaferiti
- Fabio FerriFerito
- Raffaele GangaleCarabiniere
- Alessandro Sampaoli2° bersagliere motociclista
- Luigi SaravoCaporale
- Bruno Andrea SavelliTen. genio guastatori
- Simone SpinazzeAutista camion feriti
- Matteo AlbanoCarabiniere avamposto munizionamento