The Shortest Day
Genres
Overview
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
87 min
Release Date
1963-02-14
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Vote Count
25
Vote Average
6.2
Ciccio Ingrassia
Francesco Coppola
Franco Franchi
Franco Lo Grugno
Gino Cervi
Colonnello Daini
Totò
frate bersagliere
Eduardo De Filippo
mafioso
Peppino De Filippo
Zio Peppino
Terence Hill
Soldato austriaco
Aldo Fabrizi
facchino
Walter Chiari
avvocato difensore
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Erede Siciliano (uncredited)
Simone Signoret
Contadina
Stewart Granger
Avvocato (uncredited)
Erminio Macario
Soldato in cucina (uncredited)
Virna Lisi
Naja, una spia austriaca
Carlo Pisacane
Zio Michele (uncredited)
Giuliano Gemma
Soldato (uncredited)
Annie Girardot
L'infermiera
Ugo Tognazzi
Pecoraio
Gabriele Ferzetti
Tenente in trincea
Philippe Leroy
Soldato
Amedeo Nazzari
Soldato strabico col pallottoliere
Romolo Valli
Il capitano
Renato Salvatori
Soldato
Paolo Stoppa
Padre di Dino
Franca Valeri
Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione
Anouk Aimée
Crocerossina
Franco Citti
Fante Romano
Sylva Koscina
Antonio Acqua
Aiutante di campo (uncredited)
Ángel Aranda
Ufficiale (uncredited)
Maurizio Arena
Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)
Franco Balducci
Soldato austriaco (uncredited)
Rik Battaglia
Soldato austriaco (uncredited)
Warner Bentivegna
Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited)
Luisella Boni
Crocerossina (uncredited)
Pierre Brice
Ufficiale austriaco (uncredited)
Lilla Brignone
Capocrocerossina (uncredited)
Aldo Bufi Landi
Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)
Gino Buzzanca
Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)
Vittorio Caprioli
Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)
Memmo Carotenuto
Capitano medico (uncredited)
Nino Castelnuovo
Corteggiatore (uncredited)
Rossella Como
Infirmiera (uncredited)
Mark Damon
Ufficiale timido (uncredited)
Lorella De Luca
Erede siciliana (uncredited)
Franco Fabrizi
Ferito con la borsa del ghiaccio (uncredited)
Sergio Fantoni
Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)
Alberto Farnese
Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)
Paolo Ferrari
Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)
Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Balbuziente (uncredited)
Giacomo Furia
Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)
Scilla Gabel
L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)
Cristina Gaïoni
Presentatrice timida (uncredited)
Gianni Garko
Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)
Ivo Garrani
Erede siciliano (uncredited)
Franco Giacobini
Sergente maggiore (uncredited)
Ennio Girolami
Soldato (uncredited)
Massimo Girotti
Capitano alla finestra (uncredited)
Claudio Gora
Capitano di guardia (uncredited)
Gérard Herter
Colonnello comandante (uncredited)
Frank Latimore
Soldato Siciliano (uncredited)
Antonella Lualdi
Venditrice di fiori (uncredited)
Folco Lulli
Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited)
Piero Lulli
Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited)
Alberto Lupo
Ufficiale (uncredited)
Ettore Manni
Ettore (uncredited)
Daniel Mele
Dino (uncredited)
Sandra Milo
Erede siciliana (uncredited)
Sandra Mondaini
Erede siciliana (uncredited)
Rina Morelli
Madre di Dino (uncredited)
Francesco Mulè
Soldato ferito (uncredited)
Tiberio Murgia
Soldato (uncredited)
David Niven
Soldato inglese (uncredited)
Ilaria Occhini
Crocerossina (uncredited)
Umberto Orsini
Soldato combattente (uncredited)
Paolo Panelli
Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)
Luigi Pavese
Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited)
Emilio Pericoli
Soldato (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
Teddy Reno
Soldato di Trieste (uncredited)
Nora Ricci
Donna alla stazione (uncredited)
Roberto Risso
Soldato austriaco (uncredited)
Mac Ronay
Mago Maccheroni (uncredited)
Stelvio Rosi
Soldato austriaco (uncredited)
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Soldato austriaco (uncredited)
Luciano Salce
Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited)
Yvonne Sanson
Moglie del balbuziente (uncredited)
Gordon Scott
Soldato (uncredited)
Joe Sentieri
Soldato (uncredited)
Massimo Serato
Ufficiale (uncredited)
Jacques Sernas
Tenente Fiorelli (uncredited)
Franco Sportelli
Avvocato dell'accusa (uncredited)
Nino Taranto
Mafioso (uncredited)
Nino Terzo
Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)
Aroldo Tieri
Tenente Farsardi (uncredited)
Gabriele Tinti
Bersagliere (uncredited)
Fausto Tozzi
Soldato combattente (uncredited)
Max Turilli
Soldato tedesco sulle scale (uncredited)
Raimondo Vianello
Fieldmaresciallo Von Gassman (uncredited)
Enrico Viarisio
Erede siciliano (uncredited)
Lia Zoppelli
Erede siciliana (uncredited)
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