The Great War (1959)
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.
Director:
Mario Monicelli
Writers:
Agenore Incrocci, Luciano Vincenzoni, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli.
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
Achille Compagnoni as Il Cappellano |
![]() |
Marcello Giorda as Generale |
![]() |
Geronimo Meynier as Il Portadoni |
![]() |
Elsa Vazzoler as Moglie di Bordin |
![]() |
Ferruccio Amendola as De Concini |
![]() |
Guido Celano as Maggiore |
![]() |
Luigi Fainelli as Giacomazzi |
![]() |
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) |
![]() |
Gian Luigi Polidoro as (uncredited) |
![]() |
Edda Ferronao as (uncredited) |
![]() |
Leandro Punturi as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mario Monicelli | Director |
| Writing | Luciano Vincenzoni | Story |
| Production | Giorgio Morra | Unit Manager |
| Production | Luigi De Laurentiis | Line Producer |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luciano Vincenzoni | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Maurizio Lucci | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Dialogue |
| Production | Giorgio Adriani | Production Manager |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rino Carboni | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Dialogue |
| Production | Alfredo De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
| Directing | Silvana Mangini Colizzi | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Story |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Sound | Rocco Roy Mangano | Sound |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Romolo De Martino | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Story |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Story |
| Directing | Giovanni Fago | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound |
| Directing | Mario Maffei | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Giuseppe Rotunno | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Gherardi | Costume Design |
| Editing | Adriana Novelli | Editor |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Art | Mario Garbuglia | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |