The Shortest Day
5.8
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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101 people
Ciccio Ingrassia
Francesco Coppola
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Franco Franchi
Franco Lo Grugno
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Gino Cervi
Colonnello Daini
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Eduardo De Filippo
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Aldo Fabrizi
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Walter Chiari
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Erede Siciliano (uncredited)
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Simone Signoret
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Stewart Granger
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Sergio Corbucci Director · Bruno Corbucci Screenplay Giovanni Grimaldi Screenplay
First release February 14, 1963 · Produced in Italy · Production Cinecompar
Production
Titanus
Production
Cinecompar
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original title
Il giorno più corto
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · February 14, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 28, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Romania
February 14, 1963 · Theatrical
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