The Shortest Day (1963)
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Director:
Sergio Corbucci
Writers:
Giorgio Arlorio, Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi.
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Ciccio Ingrassia as Francesco Coppola |
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Franco Franchi as Franco Lo Grugno |
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Gino Cervi as Colonnello Daini |
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Totò as frate bersagliere |
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Eduardo De Filippo as mafioso |
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Peppino De Filippo as Zio Peppino |
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Terence Hill as Soldato austriaco |
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Aldo Fabrizi as facchino |
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Walter Chiari as avvocato difensore |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo as Erede Siciliano (uncredited) |
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Simone Signoret as Contadina |
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Stewart Granger as Avvocato (uncredited) |
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Erminio Macario as Soldato in cucina (uncredited) |
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Virna Lisi as Naja, una spia austriaca |
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Carlo Pisacane as Zio Michele (uncredited) |
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Giuliano Gemma as Soldato (uncredited) |
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Annie Girardot as L'infermiera |
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Ugo Tognazzi as Pecoraio |
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Gabriele Ferzetti as Tenente in trincea |
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Philippe Leroy as Soldato |
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Amedeo Nazzari as Soldato strabico col pallottoliere |
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Romolo Valli as Il capitano |
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Renato Salvatori as Soldato |
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Paolo Stoppa as Padre di Dino |
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Franca Valeri as Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione |
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Anouk Aimée as Crocerossina |
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Franco Citti as Fante Romano |
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Sylva Koscina as |
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Antonio Acqua as Aiutante di campo (uncredited) |
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Ángel Aranda as Ufficiale (uncredited) |
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Maurizio Arena as Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited) |
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Franco Balducci as Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
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Rik Battaglia as Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
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Warner Bentivegna as Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited) |
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Luisella Boni as Crocerossina (uncredited) |
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Pierre Brice as Ufficiale austriaco (uncredited) |
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Lilla Brignone as Capocrocerossina (uncredited) |
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Aldo Bufi Landi as Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited) |
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Gino Buzzanca as Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited) |
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Vittorio Caprioli as Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited) |
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Memmo Carotenuto as Capitano medico (uncredited) |
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Nino Castelnuovo as Corteggiatore (uncredited) |
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Rossella Como as Infirmiera (uncredited) |
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Mark Damon as Ufficiale timido (uncredited) |
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Lorella De Luca as Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
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Franco Fabrizi as Ferito con la borsa del ghiaccio (uncredited) |
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Sergio Fantoni as Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited) |
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Alberto Farnese as Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited) |
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Paolo Ferrari as Soldato imbroglione (uncredited) |
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Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Balbuziente (uncredited) |
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Giacomo Furia as Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited) |
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Scilla Gabel as L'amante di un soldato (uncredited) |
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Cristina Gaïoni as Presentatrice timida (uncredited) |
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Gianni Garko as Uomo alla stazione (uncredited) |
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Ivo Garrani as Erede siciliano (uncredited) |
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Franco Giacobini as Sergente maggiore (uncredited) |
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Ennio Girolami as Soldato (uncredited) |
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Massimo Girotti as Capitano alla finestra (uncredited) |
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Claudio Gora as Capitano di guardia (uncredited) |
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Gérard Herter as Colonnello comandante (uncredited) |
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Frank Latimore as Soldato Siciliano (uncredited) |
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Antonella Lualdi as Venditrice di fiori (uncredited) |
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Folco Lulli as Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) |
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Piero Lulli as Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) |
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Alberto Lupo as Ufficiale (uncredited) |
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Ettore Manni as Ettore (uncredited) |
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Daniel Mele as Dino (uncredited) |
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Sandra Milo as Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
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Sandra Mondaini as Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
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Rina Morelli as Madre di Dino (uncredited) |
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Francesco Mulè as Soldato ferito (uncredited) |
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Tiberio Murgia as Soldato (uncredited) |
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David Niven as Soldato inglese (uncredited) |
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Ilaria Occhini as Crocerossina (uncredited) |
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Umberto Orsini as Soldato combattente (uncredited) |
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Paolo Panelli as Soldato imbroglione (uncredited) |
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Luigi Pavese as Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited) |
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Emilio Pericoli as Soldato (uncredited) |
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Walter Pidgeon as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited) |
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Teddy Reno as Soldato di Trieste (uncredited) |
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Nora Ricci as Donna alla stazione (uncredited) |
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Roberto Risso as Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
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Mac Ronay as Mago Maccheroni (uncredited) |
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Stelvio Rosi as Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
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Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
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Luciano Salce as Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited) |
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Yvonne Sanson as Moglie del balbuziente (uncredited) |
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Gordon Scott as Soldato (uncredited) |
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Joe Sentieri as Soldato (uncredited) |
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Massimo Serato as Ufficiale (uncredited) |
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Jacques Sernas as Tenente Fiorelli (uncredited) |
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Franco Sportelli as Avvocato dell'accusa (uncredited) |
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Nino Taranto as Mafioso (uncredited) |
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Nino Terzo as Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited) |
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Aroldo Tieri as Tenente Farsardi (uncredited) |
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Gabriele Tinti as Bersagliere (uncredited) |
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Fausto Tozzi as Soldato combattente (uncredited) |
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Max Turilli as Soldato tedesco sulle scale (uncredited) |
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Raimondo Vianello as Fieldmaresciallo Von Gassman (uncredited) |
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Enrico Viarisio as Erede siciliano (uncredited) |
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Lia Zoppelli as Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
| Writing | Sandro Continenza | Story |
| Writing | Giorgio Arlorio | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Franco Rossellini | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ruggero Deodato | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Adolfo Dragone | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Stelvio Massi | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Enzo Silvestri | Sound |
| Production | Luciano Luna | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Art | Hanzi Axerio | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libero Politi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella De Marchis | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nori Corbucci | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Sergio Corbucci | Director |
| Production | Francesco Manco | Unit Manager |
| Production | Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |
| Camera | Enzo Barboni | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicla Palombi | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Piero Piccioni | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Carlo Simi | Production Design |
| Production | Alfredo Melidoni | Production Manager |