The Great War (1959)

8.1/10 137 min Comedy War Drama

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.

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi

Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano

Costantina

Folco Lulli

Bordin

Bernard Blier

Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli

Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maggiore Venturi

Nicola Arigliano

Giardino

Mario Valdemarin

Sottotenente Lorenzi

Tiberio Mitri

Mandich

Livio Lorenzon

Sergente Barriferri

Tiberio Murgia

Rosario Nicotra

Carlo D'Angelo

Capitano Ferri

Achille Compagnoni

Il Cappellano

Marcello Giorda

Generale

Geronimo Meynier

Il Portadoni

Elsa Vazzoler

Moglie di Bordin

Ferruccio Amendola

De Concini

Guido Celano

Maggiore

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