Poster of The Great War

The Great War (1959)

La grande guerra

The great battle spectacle of our time!

1959-10-28 · Comedy, Drama, War · 137 min

★ 8.1 (381 votes)

Directed by Mario Monicelli

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.

Cast

  • Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Giovanni Busacca
  • Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Oreste Jacovacci
  • Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Costantina
  • Folco Lulli Folco Lulli Bordin
  • Bernard Blier Bernard Blier Capitano Castelli
  • Romolo Valli Romolo Valli Tenente Gallina
  • Vittorio Sanipoli Vittorio Sanipoli Maggiore Venturi
  • Nicola Arigliano Nicola Arigliano Giardino
  • Mario Valdemarin Mario Valdemarin Sottotenente Lorenzi
  • Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri Mandich
  • Livio Lorenzon Livio Lorenzon Sergente Barriferri
  • Tiberio Murgia Tiberio Murgia Rosario Nicotra
  • Carlo D'Angelo Capitano Ferri
  • Achille Compagnoni Achille Compagnoni Il Cappellano
  • Marcello Giorda Marcello Giorda Generale
  • Geronimo Meynier Geronimo Meynier Il Portadoni
  • Elsa Vazzoler Elsa Vazzoler Moglie di Bordin
  • Ferruccio Amendola Ferruccio Amendola De Concini
  • Guido Celano Guido Celano Maggiore
  • Luigi Fainelli Giacomazzi

Crew

Director
Mario Monicelli
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Roberto Gerardi
Editor
Adriana Novelli
Original Music Composer
Nino Rota
Producer
Dino De Laurentiis
Screenplay
Luciano Vincenzoni
Screenplay
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Mario Monicelli
Story
Luciano Vincenzoni
Story
Agenore Incrocci
Story
Furio Scarpelli
Story
Mario Monicelli

Details

IMDb
tt0052861
TMDB
55823

Keywords

  • 1910s
  • war
  • world war i

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