Mediterraneo
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war. Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers on a little i…
Mediterraneo
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war. Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers on a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there. Actually, the island isn't deserted and when the Greeks understand that those Italians are harmless, they come out of their hiding places in the mountains and continue their peaceful lives. Soon the soldiers discover that being left behind in a God-forgotten Greek island isn't such a bad thing, after all... —Flavio Rizzardi <spillo@maya.dei.unpid.it> When a group of Italian soldiers washes up on a Greek island after the Allies sink their ship, the men initially believe that the region is deserted. However, they discover that the islanders have been in hiding, and the soldiers, winning the trust of the locals, gradually become part of the community. As the Italians, including Lt. Raffaele Montini, ease into an idyllic existence, they begin to forget about war and pursue romance with the lovely women of the island. —Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Mediterraneo
Comedy,Drama,War
Film Details
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war. Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers on a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack.
The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there. Actually, the island isn't deserted and when the Greeks understand that those Italians are harmless, they come out of their hiding places in the mountains and continue their peaceful lives.
Soon the soldiers discover that being left behind in a God-forgotten Greek island isn't such a bad thing, after all... —Flavio Rizzardi <spillo@maya.dei.unpid.it> When a group of Italian soldiers washes up on a Greek island after the Allies sink their ship, the men initially believe that the region is deserted. However, they discover that the islanders have been in hiding, and the soldiers, winning the trust of the locals, gradually become part of the community.
As the Italians, including Lt. Raffaele Montini, ease into an idyllic existence, they begin to forget about war and pursue romance with the lovely women of the island. —Front Row Filmed Entertainment.