Film
The Great War
1959 · 2h 17m · Comedy · War · Drama
The great battle spectacle of our time!
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- 8.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 40%
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Overview
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.
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
Geronimo Meynier
Il Portadoni
Crew
- Mario MonicelliDirector · Screenplay · Story
- Luciano VincenzoniStory · Screenplay
- Furio ScarpelliScreenplay · Story
- Agenore IncrocciScreenplay · Story
- Dino De LaurentiisProducer
- Giuseppe RotunnoDirector of Photography
- Roberto GerardiDirector of Photography
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Adriana NovelliEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 28, 1959
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rated
- T
- Genres
- Comedy, War, Drama
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