The Great War

Oct 28, 1959

2h 17m

★ 8.1

The great battle spectacle of our time!

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.

Genres

Comedy

War

Drama

Production Companies

gray-film

DDL Cinematografica

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Cast

Giovanni Busacca

Vittorio Gassman

Oreste Jacovacci

Alberto Sordi

Costantina

Silvana Mangano

Bordin

Folco Lulli

Capitano Castelli

Bernard Blier

Tenente Gallina

Romolo Valli

Maggiore Venturi

Vittorio Sanipoli

Giardino

Nicola Arigliano

Sottotenente Lorenzi

Mario Valdemarin

Mandich

Tiberio Mitri

Sergente Barriferri

Livio Lorenzon

Rosario Nicotra

Tiberio Murgia

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