The Great War
“The great battle spectacle of our time!”
1959•T•2h 17m•8.1•Released
ComedyWarDrama
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
Director
Mario Monicelli
Writer
Agenore Incrocci, Luciano Vincenzoni, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Languages
German, Italian
Studio
gray-film
Cast
Vittorio Gassman
Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi
Oreste Jacovacci
Silvana Mangano
Costantina
Folco Lulli
Bordin
Bernard Blier
Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli
Tenente Gallina
Vittorio Sanipoli
Maggiore Venturi
Nicola Arigliano
Giardino
Mario Valdemarin
Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Mitri
Mandich
Livio Lorenzon
Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia
Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo
Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni
Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda
Generale
Production
Company
gray-film
Company
DDL Cinematografica
Producer
Dino De Laurentiis
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