The Great War (1959)

ALL 10/28/1959 (it) Comedy, War, Drama 137 Min
  • Release
    10/28/1959
  • Production
    gray-film, DDL Cinematografica
  • Rotten tomato
    81.19%
  • Original title
    La grande guerra
  • Original language
    it
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Mario Monicelli

    Director



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Casts

  1. Vittorio Gassman

    Giovanni Busacca

  2. Alberto Sordi

    Oreste Jacovacci

  3. Silvana Mangano

    Costantina

  4. Folco Lulli

    Bordin

  5. Bernard Blier

    Capitano Castelli

  6. Romolo Valli

    Tenente Gallina

  7. Vittorio Sanipoli

    Maggiore Venturi

  8. Nicola Arigliano

    Giardino

  9. Mario Valdemarin

    Sottotenente Lorenzi

  10. Tiberio Mitri

    Mandich

  11. Livio Lorenzon

    Sergente Barriferri

  12. Tiberio Murgia

    Rosario Nicotra

  13. Carlo D'Angelo

    Capitano Ferri

  14. Achille Compagnoni

    Il Cappellano

  15. Marcello Giorda

    Generale

  16. Geronimo Meynier

    Il Portadoni

  17. Elsa Vazzoler

    Moglie di Bordin

  18. Ferruccio Amendola

    De Concini

  19. Guido Celano

    Maggiore

  20. Luigi Fainelli

    Giacomazzi

  21. Gérard Herter

    Capitano Austriaco

  22. Mario Feliciani

    (uncredited)

  23. Gianni Baghino

    Soldier on Train (uncredited)

  24. Mario Colli

    (uncredited)

  25. Mario Frera

    (uncredited)

  26. Mario Mazza

    (uncredited)

  27. Gian Luigi Polidoro

    (uncredited)

  28. Edda Ferronao

    (uncredited)

  29. Leandro Punturi

    (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 29 , Crews : 33

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The Great War (1959) 137 Min

ALL 10/28/1959 (it)
Comedy, War, Drama
  • Release 10/28/1959
  • Production
    gray-film, DDL Cinematografica
  • Original title La grande guerra
  • it
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Mario Monicelli

    Director

  2. Luciano Vincenzoni, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli

    Story

  3. Adriana Novelli

    Editor

  4. Dino De Laurentiis

    Producer