The Great War
8.1
“The great battle spectacle of our time!”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Vittorio Gassman
Giovanni Busacca
Known for
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Alberto Sordi
Oreste Jacovacci
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Silvana Mangano
Costantina
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Dune
Folco Lulli
Bordin
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Bernard Blier
Capitano Castelli
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Romolo Valli
Tenente Gallina
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Vittorio Sanipoli
Maggiore Venturi
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Nicola Arigliano
Giardino
Also in
The Last Italian Tango
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Mario Valdemarin
Sottotenente Lorenzi
Also in
Anna Karenina
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Tiberio Mitri
Mandich
Known for
Danger: Diabolik
Livio Lorenzon
Sergente Barriferri
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Tiberio Murgia
Rosario Nicotra
Known for
Big Deal on Madonna Street
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Mario Monicelli Director · Luciano Vincenzoni Screenplay Agenore Incrocci Screenplay
Director
Mario Monicelli
Screenplay Story
Luciano Vincenzoni
Screenplay Story
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay Story
Furio Scarpelli
Composer
Nino Rota
Cinematographer
Giuseppe Rotunno
Cinematographer
Roberto Gerardi
Editor
Adriana Novelli
Production designer
Mario Garbuglia
Costume designer
Piero Gherardi
Costume designer
Danilo Donati
First release September 5, 1959 · Produced in France, Italy · Languages German, Italian
Production
gray-film
Production
DDL Cinematografica
Production
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La grande guerra
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
German · Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 1959
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · October 28, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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