The Great War (1959)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 3.781 |
Directed By
Mario Monicelli
Crew
Mario Monicelli
Luciano Vincenzoni
Giorgio Morra
Luigi De Laurentiis
Furio Scarpelli
Mario Monicelli
Furio Scarpelli
Bruno Moreal
Agenore Incrocci
Nino Rota
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Silvana Mangini Colizzi
Luciano Vincenzoni
Giorgio Adriani
Furio Scarpelli
Agenore Incrocci
Agenore Incrocci
Giovanni Fago
Rocco Roy Mangano
Franco Ferrara
Mario Monicelli
Romolo De Martino
Maurizio Lucci
Silvano Ippoliti
Rino Carboni
Mario Maffei
Giuseppe Rotunno
Adriana Novelli
Dino De Laurentiis
Roberto Gerardi
Danilo Donati
Mario Garbuglia
Piero Gherardi
TOP 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
Luigi Fainelli
Giacomazzi
Gérard Herter
Capitano Austriaco
Mario Feliciani
(uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Mario Colli
(uncredited)
Mario Frera
(uncredited)
Mario Mazza
(uncredited)
Gian Luigi Polidoro
(uncredited)
Edda Ferronao
(uncredited)
Leandro Punturi
(uncredited)
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