THE GREAT WAR (1959)

The Great War
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The Great War
The great battle spectacle of our time!
Comedy, War, Drama
October 28, 1959
Italian
2h 17m
Italy
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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 & Characters

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi

Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano

Costantina

Bernard Blier

Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli

Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maggiore Venturi

Mario Valdemarin

Sottotenente Lorenzi

Livio Lorenzon

Sergente Barriferri

Tiberio Murgia

Rosario Nicotra

Carlo D'Angelo

Capitano Ferri

Achille Compagnoni

Il Cappellano

Geronimo Meynier

Il Portadoni

Elsa Vazzoler

Moglie di Bordin

Guido Celano

Maggiore

Luigi Fainelli

Giacomazzi

Gérard Herter

Capitano Austriaco

Mario Feliciani

(uncredited)

Gianni Baghino

Soldier on Train (uncredited)

Mario Colli

(uncredited)

Mario Frera

(uncredited)

Crew

Furio Scarpelli

Screenplay

Mario Monicelli

Screenplay

Nino Rota

Original Music Composer

Giuseppe Rotunno

Director of Photography

Roberto Gerardi

Director of Photography

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