CinemaOSMovie · 1959 · 2h 17m

The Great War

The great battle spectacle of our time!

81%(380)IMDbComedyWarDrama

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.

Directed byMario Monicelli

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 17m
Language
IT
Released
October 28, 1959
Studios
gray-filmDDL Cinematografica

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Costantina

Folco Lulli

Folco Lulli

Bordin

Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli

Romolo Valli

Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maggiore Venturi

Nicola Arigliano

Nicola Arigliano

Giardino

Mario Valdemarin

Mario Valdemarin

Sottotenente Lorenzi

Tiberio Mitri

Tiberio Mitri

Mandich

Creative team
Directed by
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli
Written by
Luciano Vincenzoni
Luciano Vincenzoni
Agenore Incrocci
Agenore Incrocci
Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis

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