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Madman at War

Where:

🇱🇾 Libya

When:

The 1940s

Story about a doctor in a Libyan military hospital who is mad, but no-one wants to declare him unfit, and he becomes the captain of a fighting unit. Through him the Germans risk losing a truce with the British, and therefore kill him and give him a hero's funeral.

Released in 1985 — 100 minutes

Genre:

Comedy

Language:

Italian