The Great War

The Great War

130 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Oct. 28, 1959

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.

The Great War

130 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Oct. 28, 1959

The Great War
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.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Gray-Film
Original title La grande guerra
Directors Silvana Mangini Colizzi, Maurizio Lucci, Mario Maffei, Giovanni Fago, Mario Monicelli
Writers Mario Monicelli, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, Luciano Vincenzoni

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

as Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi

as Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano

as Costantina

Folco Lulli

as Bordin

Bernard Blier

as Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli

as Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli

as Maggiore Venturi

Nicola Arigliano

as Giardino

Mario Valdemarin

as Sottotenente Lorenzi

Tiberio Mitri

as Mandich

Livio Lorenzon

as Sergente Barriferri

Tiberio Murgia

as Rosario Nicotra

Carlo D'Angelo

as Capitano Ferri

Achille Compagnoni

as Il Cappellano

Marcello Giorda

as Generale

Geronimo Meynier

as Il Portadoni

Elsa Vazzoler

as Moglie di Bordin

Ferruccio Amendola

as De Concini

Guido Celano

as Maggiore

Luigi Fainelli

as Giacomazzi

GĂ©rard Herter

as Capitano Austriaco

Mario Feliciani

as (uncredited)

Gianni Baghino

as Soldier on Train (uncredited)

Mario Colli

as (uncredited)

Mario Frera

as (uncredited)

Mario Mazza

as (uncredited)

Gian Luigi Polidoro

as (uncredited)

Edda Ferronao

as (uncredited)

Leandro Punturi

as (uncredited)