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The Great War
The Great War

The Great War

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

137 mins

Rating

8.1/10

Release Date

28 October 1959

Country

France

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

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

Luigi Fainelli

Giacomazzi

Gérard Herter

Gérard Herter

Capitano Austriaco

Mario Feliciani

Mario Feliciani

(uncredited)

Gianni Baghino

Gianni Baghino

Soldier on Train (uncredited)

Mario Colli

Mario Colli

(uncredited)

Mario Frera

Mario Frera

(uncredited)

Mario Mazza

Mario Mazza

(uncredited)

Gian Luigi Polidoro

Gian Luigi Polidoro

(uncredited)

Edda Ferronao

Edda Ferronao

(uncredited)

Leandro Punturi

Leandro Punturi

(uncredited)

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