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
Mario Feliciani
as (uncredited)
Silvana Mangano
as Costantina
Vittorio Sanipoli
as Maggiore Venturi
Geronimo Meynier
as Il Portadoni
Gérard Herter
as Capitano Austriaco
Mario Valdemarin
as Sottotenente Lorenzi
Livio Lorenzon
as Sergente Barriferri
Carlo D'Angelo
as Capitano Ferri
Elsa Vazzoler
as Moglie di Bordin
Mario Colli
as (uncredited)
Vittorio Gassman
as Giovanni Busacca
Nicola Arigliano
as Giardino
Ferruccio Amendola
as De Concini
Guido Celano
as Maggiore
Alberto Sordi
as Oreste Jacovacci
Tiberio Mitri
as Mandich
Marcello Giorda
as Generale
Romolo Valli
as Tenente Gallina
Achille Compagnoni
as Il Cappellano
Gian Luigi Polidoro
as (uncredited)
Folco Lulli
as Bordin
Bernard Blier
as Capitano Castelli
Mario Frera
as (uncredited)
Mario Mazza
as (uncredited)
Tiberio Murgia
as Rosario Nicotra
Edda Ferronao
as (uncredited)
Crew
Luciano Vincenzoni
Story, Screenplay
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Mario Monicelli
Director, Screenplay, Story
Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Luigi De Laurentiis
Line Producer
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay, Dialogue, Story
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay, Dialogue, Story
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design