The Great War (1959)
The great battle spectacle of our time!
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Vittorio Gassman
as Giovanni Busacca
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Alberto Sordi
as Oreste Jacovacci
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Silvana Mangano
as Costantina
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Folco Lulli
as Bordin
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Bernard Blier
as Capitano Castelli
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Romolo Valli
as Tenente Gallina
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Vittorio Sanipoli
as Maggiore Venturi
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Nicola Arigliano
as Giardino
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Mario Valdemarin
as Sottotenente Lorenzi
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Tiberio Mitri
as Mandich
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Livio Lorenzon
as Sergente Barriferri
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Tiberio Murgia
as Rosario Nicotra
- Carlo D'Angelo as Capitano Ferri
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Achille Compagnoni
as Il Cappellano
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Marcello Giorda
as Generale
- Geronimo Meynier as Il Portadoni
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Elsa Vazzoler
as Moglie di Bordin
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Ferruccio Amendola
as De Concini
Crew
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Mario Monicelli
Director
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Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
- Roberto Gerardi Director of Photography
- Adriana Novelli Editor
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Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
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Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
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Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
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Luciano Vincenzoni
Screenplay
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Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
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Mario Monicelli
Screenplay
