Giarabub

original title:
Giarabub
other titles:
Die letzten von Giarabub
country / year of production:
Italy / 1942
original length:
92 min. , black/white
premiere:
8 May 1942
genre:
history film
based on:
director:
Goffredo Alessandrini
film script:
Asveroglio Gravelli
producer:
Eugenio Fontana
cinematographer:
Giuseppe Caracciolo
editor:
Eraldo Da Roma
composer:
Renzo Rossellini
cast (role):
Carlo Ninchi (Il Maggiore Castagna) , Mario Ferrari (Il capitano Del Grande) , Doris Duranti (Dolores) , Carlo Romano (Il maresciallo Romano) , Annibale Betrone (Il dottor Alberti) , Elio Steiner (Il tenente Negri) , Erminio Spalla (Il meccanico "Mago Bakù" Brambilla) , Corrado De Cenzo (Il capitano De Cenzo) , Guido Notari (Il maggiore Squillace) , Nico Pepe (Il tenente Corsi) , Emilio Cardi Cigoli (Il maggiore John Williams) , Carlo Ninchi , Mario Ferrari , Doris Duranti , Carlo Romano , Annibale Betrone , Elio Steiner , Erminio Spalla , Corrado De Cenzo , Guido Notari , Nico Pepe , Emilio Cardi Cigoli
more:
plot synopsis:
The Film is about the brave resistance of the Italian soldiers of the small garrison of Jaghbub, a remote desert village in the Al Jaghbub Oasis in the Libyan Desert, during the Second World War. Despite the lack of supplies, the soldiers valiantly continued to fight until the very end. The Film traces the events related to some really occurred battles and narrates the personal stories of the warriors.
keywords:
resistance, opposition , desert , propaganda , war-rationing
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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