The Shortest Day (1963)

6.2/10 87 min Comedy History War

Overview

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

Cast

Ciccio Ingrassia

Francesco Coppola

Franco Franchi

Franco Lo Grugno

Gino Cervi

Colonnello Daini

Totò

frate bersagliere

Eduardo De Filippo

mafioso

Peppino De Filippo

Zio Peppino

Terence Hill

Soldato austriaco

Aldo Fabrizi

facchino

Walter Chiari

avvocato difensore

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Erede Siciliano (uncredited)

Simone Signoret

Contadina

Stewart Granger

Avvocato (uncredited)

Erminio Macario

Soldato in cucina (uncredited)

Virna Lisi

Naja, una spia austriaca

Carlo Pisacane

Zio Michele (uncredited)

Giuliano Gemma

Soldato (uncredited)

Annie Girardot

L'infermiera

Ugo Tognazzi

Pecoraio

Gabriele Ferzetti

Tenente in trincea

Philippe Leroy

Soldato

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