him to leave. Serra promises that he will find a vehicle and come back for them, then he departs. The film closes on Serra riding away on the motorcycle, while Rizzo waves him farewell and watches as he disappears in the distance. A final sequence informs about the Battle of El Alamein and is followed by images of the Italian War Memorial at El Alamein. Here, an aged Serra watches the tombs of Rizzo, Fiore, Spagna and De Vita. Inaccuracies In the film the Italian soldiers refer to the artillery shelling them as "English 88s". This has been seen as an error, as the famous WW2 88mm gun was the German anti-aircraft gun of that calibre. However, the British 25-pounder field gun also fired shells of 88mm calibre, so the film is in fact correct. The armoured vehicles used in the film are generally anachronistic, though most of them are both disguised to a degree and seen at night. An exception is a US White M3 half-track pretending, as in many movies, to be a German half-track. The soft-skinned vehicles in the film are generally more accurate, and overall the period detail is very good. Cast Paolo Briguglia: Soldier Serra Emilio Solfrizzi: Lt. Fiore Pierfrancesco Favino: Sgt. Rizzo Luciano Scarpa: Soldier Spagna Thomas Trabacchi: Cpr. De Vita Giuseppe Cederna: Capt. Medician Roberto Citran: the Colonel Silvio Orlando: the General References External links El Alamein: The Line of Fire on Rotten Tomatoes 2002 films 2002 drama films 2000s war drama films Italian war drama films North African campaign films Films set in 1942 Films set in Libya Italian World War II films 2000s English-language films