The Shortest Day

Feb 14, 1963

1h 27m

★ 6.2

Overview

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

Genres

Comedy

History

War

Production Companies

Titanus

The Shortest Day Trailers

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Cast

Francesco Coppola

Ciccio Ingrassia

Franco Lo Grugno

Franco Franchi

Colonnello Daini

Gino Cervi

frate bersagliere

Totò

mafioso

Eduardo De Filippo

Zio Peppino

Peppino De Filippo

Soldato austriaco

Terence Hill

facchino

Aldo Fabrizi

avvocato difensore

Walter Chiari

Erede Siciliano (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Contadina

Simone Signoret

Avvocato (uncredited)

Stewart Granger

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0.0

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