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