The Great War
La grande guerra
Release: 1959-10-28
·Runtime: 137m
·★ 8.1
Comedy
War
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
gray-film
DDL Cinematografica
Cast
Geronimo Meynier
as Il Portadoni
Gian Luigi Polidoro
as (uncredited)
Edda Ferronao
as (uncredited)
Folco Lulli
as Bordin
Achille Compagnoni
as Il Cappellano
Elsa Vazzoler
as Moglie di Bordin
Tiberio Mitri
as Mandich
Marcello Giorda
as Generale
Mario Feliciani
as (uncredited)
Mario Colli
as (uncredited)
Vittorio Gassman
as Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi
as Oreste Jacovacci
Carlo D'Angelo
as Capitano Ferri
Silvana Mangano
as Costantina
Vittorio Sanipoli
as Maggiore Venturi
Nicola Arigliano
as Giardino
Livio Lorenzon
as Sergente Barriferri
Guido Celano
as Maggiore
Gérard Herter
as Capitano Austriaco
Bernard Blier
as Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli
as Tenente Gallina
Mario Valdemarin
as Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Murgia
as Rosario Nicotra
Ferruccio Amendola
as De Concini
Mario Frera
as (uncredited)
Mario Mazza
as (uncredited)
Crew
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Mario Monicelli
Director, Screenplay, Story
Luciano Vincenzoni
Story, Screenplay
Luigi De Laurentiis
Line Producer
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay, Dialogue, Story
Furio Scarpelli
Dialogue, Screenplay, Story
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Danilo Donati
Costume Design