Mediterraneo

Mediterraneo
Original release poster
Directed byGabriele Salvatores
Written byEnzo Monteleone
Based onThe novel Sagapò by Renzo Biasion
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyItalo Petriccione
Edited byNino Baragli
Music by
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release date
  • 31 January 1991 (1991-01-31)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryItaly
Languages
  • Italian
  • English
  • Greek
Box office$4.5 million

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.