The Great War

2h 17min

Comedy

War

Drama

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.

Production Companies

gray-film

DDL Cinematografica

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Oreste Jacovacci
Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Costantina
Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli

Romolo Valli

Tenente Gallina
Vittorio Sanipoli

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maggiore Venturi
Mario Valdemarin

Mario Valdemarin

Sottotenente Lorenzi
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
Geronimo Meynier

Geronimo Meynier

Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler

Elsa Vazzoler

Moglie di Bordin
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)
Edda Ferronao

Edda Ferronao

(uncredited)
Leandro Punturi

Leandro Punturi

(uncredited)

Release date

28th Oct 1959

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch, Italiano