Madman at War (1985)
Overview
A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 1.289 |
Directed By
Dino Risi
Crew
Guido De Angelis
Claude Berri
Adriano De Micheli
Alberto Gallitti
Mario Tobino
Maurizio De Angelis
Pio Angeletti
Dino Risi
Giorgio Di Battista
Paolo Fabbri
Giuseppe Mangano
Danilo Moroni
Gaetano Coniglio
Lidia Pascolini
Giuseppe Mangano
Giorgia Onofri
Livia Del Priore
Mario D'Alessio
Giulio Natalucci
Gianni Maddaleni
Bernard Prim
Antonio Tarolla
Luciana Nusca
Georges Prat
Roberto Romoli
Pino Venditti
Silvio Laurenzi
Emita Frigato
Teodorico Memé
Agenore Incrocci
Dino Risi
Simon Mizrahi
Roberto Mezzaroma
Furio Scarpelli
Pasquale Avvisato
Marcello Nusca
Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Andre Maurice
Ida Cristofori
Didier Lavergne
TOP CAST
Coluche
Oscar Pilli
Beppe Grillo
Marcello Lupi
Bernard Blier
Belucci
Fabio Testi
Boda
Claudio Bisio
Pintus
Gianni Franco
Cerioni
Franco Diogene
Nitti
Sandro Ghiani
Puddu
Guido Nicheli
Rossi
Tiziana Altieri
Fatma
Nicola Morelli
Le colonel psychiatre
Alessandra Vazzoler
Lola
Antonella Di Marco
Fatma la prostituée
Geoffrey Copleston
Le commandant allemand
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