Mediterraneo
Sign in to saveMediterraneo is a 1991 Italian war comedy-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and written by Enzo Monteleone. The film is set during World War II and concerns a group of Italian soldiers who become stranded on an island of the Italian Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea, and are left behind by the war. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.
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7.6Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in 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.
Released: 1991-02-0296 minDir: Gabriele SalvatoresComedy, Romance, War
Cast
- Diego Abatantuono as Sgt. Nicola Lo Russo
- Claudio Bigagli as Lt. Raffaele Montini
- Giuseppe Cederna as Antonio Farina
- Claudio Bisio as Corrado Noventa
- Gigio Alberti as Eliseo Strazzabosco
- Ugo Conti as Luciano Colasanti
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Mediterraneo
- Film.image
- Mediterraneo_sheet.jpg
- Film.caption
- Original release poster
- Film.director
- Gabriele Salvatores
- Film.writer
- Enzo Monteleone
- Film.based_on
- The novel Sagapò by Renzo Biasion
- Film.cinematography
- Italo Petriccione
- Film.editing
- Nino Baragli
- Film.distributor
- Variety Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 96 minutes
- Film.country
- Italy
- Film.gross
- $4.5 million
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Key dates
- Published
- 30 July 1992
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Gabriele Salvatores
- Screenwriter
- Enzo Monteleone
- Composer
- Giancarlo Bigazzi
- Producer
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12 sectionsContents
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- Critical response
- Awards
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- References
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- External links
Mediterraneo is a 1991 Italian war comedy-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and written by Enzo Monteleone. The film is set during World War II and concerns a group of Italian soldiers who become stranded on an island of the Italian Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea, and are left behind by the war. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.
==Plot== In 1941, one year after Italy joined Germany against the Allies in World War II, a small group of misfit Italian soldiers is sent to Megísti, a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, for four months of lookout duty. The soldiers include a lieutenant who likes art, a macho sergeant, a ski instructor accompanied by his beloved donkey Silvana, and other quirky people. They are not very good soldiers, but a cross section of average, independent men. The catchphrase "One face, one race" occurs throughout the story.
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1990s Greek-language films1990s war comedy-drama films1991 English-language films1991 films1991 Italian-language films1991 LGBTQ-related films1991 multilingual filmsBest International Feature Film Academy Award winnersEnglish-language war comedy-drama filmsFiction about polyamoryFilms about incestFilms directed by Gabriele Salvatores