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Gen. Rodolfo Graziani:
I have a radical solution - a new Hadrian's wall. Except that Hadrian used his wall to shut the barbarian out. I shall use mine to shut him in. I propose, my Duce, to fence in Libya. To run a wall of impassible wire across the desert, from the Mediterranean to the shores of the sea of moving sand. It will cut the enemy off from his supplies out of Egypt, and cut him off from his retreat into Egypt. Italian Official:
Duce! My Duce! Hundreds of miles of barbed wire! That is impossible - do you know the cost? Benito Mussolini:
Why do you question Hadrian's Wall? Remember - it was Hadrian's Wall that kept the Romans in Britain one hundred years longer!
I have a radical solution - a new Hadrian's wall. Except that Hadrian used his wall to shut the barbarian out. I shall use mine to shut him in. I propose, my Duce, to fence in Libya. To run a wall of impassible wire across the desert, from the Mediterranean to the shores of the sea of moving sand. It will cut the enemy off from his supplies out of Egypt, and cut him off from his retreat into Egypt. Italian Official:
Duce! My Duce! Hundreds of miles of barbed wire! That is impossible - do you know the cost? Benito Mussolini:
Why do you question Hadrian's Wall? Remember - it was Hadrian's Wall that kept the Romans in Britain one hundred years longer!
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I have a radical solution
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A New Hadrian's Wall
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Except
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that Hadrian used his walls to shut the Barbarians Out
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Which is mine is to shut them in
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I propose my Duce the fence in Libya
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To run a war in an impossible wire across the desert
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from the Mediterranean to the shores of this sea of moving sand
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It will cut the enemies off from his supplies out
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of Egypt and cut him off from his retreat into Egypt
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Duce my Duce Hundreds of miles of barbed wire
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But is it possible to know the cost
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Why do you question Hadrian's Wall
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Remember it was Hadrian's Wall that kept
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the Romans in Britain 100 years longer
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Movie Summary
In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
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Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
Benito Mussolini
