A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The "glorious" Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
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Michele Placido Alessandro Haber Giorgio Pasotti Claudio Bigagli Moran Atias Fulvio Falzarano Tatti Sanguineti Tiziano Scarpa Nicola Acunzo Roberto D'Addario Danilo Nicola De Summa Francesco Guzzo Enzo Marcelli Giuseppe Oppedisano Stefano Scandaletti Emanuele Spera Hermann Weiskopf Flavio Pistilli Paolo Lombardi Giovanni Trevisanello Vincenzo Mansi Michele Alhaique Fausto Russo Alesi Roman Jancovic
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