The Great War (1959)
Original title: La grande guerra
The Great War is a 1959 Italian-language comedy movie directed by Mario Monicelli, with a running time of 2h 17m. It stars Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano.
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.
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
- Livio Lorenzon as Sergente Barriferri
- Tiberio Murgia as Rosario Nicotra