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The Great War

Name: The Great War
Director: Mario Monicelli
Genre: Comedy, War, Drama
Released: 1959
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Folco Lulli, Bernard Blier

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.

1959 · Directed by Mario Monicelli · 137 min · Comedy · War · Drama · 11 frames

Tagline

The great battle spectacle of our time!

Crew

Screenplay: Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci, Luciano Vincenzoni
Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno, Roberto Gerardi
Edited by: Adriana Novelli
Music: Nino Rota
Production design: Mario Garbuglia
Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis

Cast

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

Production

Country: France, Italy
Language: German, Italian
Studios: gray-film, DDL Cinematografica
Themes: world war i, 1910s, war

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