El Alamein: The Line of Fire

El Alamein - The Line of Fire
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEnzo Monteleone
Written byEnzo Monteleone
Produced byMarco Chimenz
Giovanni Stabilini
Riccardo Tozzi
StarringPaolo Briguglia
Emilio Solfrizzi
Pierfrancesco Favino
CinematographyDaniele Nannuzzi
Edited byCecilia Zanuso
Music byPivio and Aldo De Scalzi
Production
companies
Distributed byMedusa Distribuzione
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

El Alamein - The Line of Fire (Italian: El Alamein - La linea del fuoco, also known as El Alamein: Bond of Honour) is a 2002 Italian war-drama film written and directed by Enzo Monteleone.[1] The film won three David di Donatello awards (for best cinematography, best editing and best sound), a Nastro d'Argento for best sound and a Globo d'oro for best new actor (to Paolo Briguglia).[2][3] The film is set during the Second battle of El Alamein, which is seen from the Italian perspective.

  1. ^ David Rooney (November 5, 2002). "Review: 'El Alamein - The Line of Fire'". Variety. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ Fonte Italpress (2 December 2010). "Dall'Iran all'Italia, Briguglia porta in scena il viaggio di Enaiatollah Akbari". Corriere del Mezzogiorno. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ^ Patrizio Marino (3 July 2003). "Globi d'Oro: trionfa Ozpetek, polemiche su Benigni". Movieplayer. Retrieved 8 May 2014.