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:
Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci, Luciano Vincenzoni.
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Vittorio Gassman as Giovanni Busacca |
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Alberto Sordi as Oreste Jacovacci |
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Silvana Mangano as Costantina |
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Folco Lulli as Bordin |
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Bernard Blier as Capitano Castelli |
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Romolo Valli as Tenente Gallina |
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Vittorio Sanipoli as Maggiore Venturi |
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Nicola Arigliano as Giardino |
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Mario Valdemarin as Sottotenente Lorenzi |
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Tiberio Mitri as Mandich |
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Livio Lorenzon as Sergente Barriferri |
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Tiberio Murgia as Rosario Nicotra |
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Carlo D'Angelo as Capitano Ferri |
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Achille Compagnoni as Il Cappellano |
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Marcello Giorda as Generale |
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Geronimo Meynier as Il Portadoni |
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Elsa Vazzoler as Moglie di Bordin |
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Ferruccio Amendola as De Concini |
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Guido Celano as Maggiore |
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Luigi Fainelli as Giacomazzi |
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Gérard Herter as Capitano Austriaco |
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Mario Feliciani as (uncredited) |
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Gianni Baghino as Soldier on Train (uncredited) |
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Mario Colli as (uncredited) |
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Mario Frera as (uncredited) |
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Mario Mazza as (uncredited) |
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Gian Luigi Polidoro as (uncredited) |
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Edda Ferronao as (uncredited) |
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Leandro Punturi as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mario Monicelli | Director |
| Writing | Luciano Vincenzoni | Story |
| Production | Giorgio Morra | Unit Manager |
| Production | Luigi De Laurentiis | Line Producer |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Dialogue |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Alfredo De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
| Directing | Silvana Mangini Colizzi | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Luciano Vincenzoni | Screenplay |
| Production | Giorgio Adriani | Production Manager |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Story |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Dialogue |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Story |
| Directing | Giovanni Fago | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Rocco Roy Mangano | Sound |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Romolo De Martino | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Maurizio Lucci | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rino Carboni | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Mario Maffei | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Giuseppe Rotunno | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Adriana Novelli | Editor |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Art | Mario Garbuglia | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Gherardi | Costume Design |