The Great War

The Great War - 1959

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.

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Origin Country

Italy 

Spoken Languages

German,  

Italian 

ComedyWarDrama
Streaming:
Released
Status
1959-10-28
Release Date
$0.00
Budget
$0.00
Revenue
1.6609
Popularity
2h 17min
Runtime
The great battle spectacle of our time!
Tagline
363
Vote Count

Cast

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
Livio Lorenzon

Livio Lorenzon

Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia

Tiberio Murgia

Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo

Carlo D'Angelo

Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni

Achille Compagnoni

Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda

Marcello Giorda

Generale
Geronimo Meynier

Geronimo Meynier

Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler

Elsa Vazzoler

Moglie di Bordin
Ferruccio Amendola

Ferruccio Amendola

De Concini
Guido Celano

Guido Celano

Maggiore
Luigi Fainelli

Luigi Fainelli

Giacomazzi
Gérard Herter

Gérard Herter

Capitano Austriaco
Mario Feliciani

Mario Feliciani

(uncredited)
Gianni Baghino

Gianni Baghino

Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Mario Colli

Mario Colli

(uncredited)
Mario Frera

Mario Frera

(uncredited)
Mario Mazza

Mario Mazza

(uncredited)
Gian Luigi Polidoro

Gian Luigi Polidoro

(uncredited)
Edda Ferronao

Edda Ferronao

(uncredited)
Leandro Punturi

Leandro Punturi

(uncredited)

Crew

Production Companies

gray-film

gray-film

France
DDL Cinematografica

DDL Cinematografica

Italy

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