The Great War (1959)
La grande guerra
The great battle spectacle of our time!
137 min
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.
- Release date
- September 5, 1959
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
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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
- Marcello Giorda as Generale
- Geronimo Meynier as Il Portadoni
- Elsa Vazzoler as Moglie di Bordin
- Ferruccio Amendola as De Concini
- Guido Celano as Maggiore
- Gérard 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)
- Edda Ferronao as (uncredited)
Crew
- Mario Monicelli · Director
- Agenore Incrocci · Writer
- Furio Scarpelli · Writer
- Luciano Vincenzoni · Writer
- Mario Monicelli · Writer
- Dino De Laurentiis · Producer
- Nino Rota · Composer
- Roberto Gerardi · Cinematographer
- Giuseppe Rotunno · Cinematographer
- Adriana Novelli · Editor
- Mario Garbuglia · Production designer