The Great War (1959)

10/28/1959 (FR) • 2h 17m

Comedy, War, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi

Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano

Costantina

Bernard Blier

Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli

Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maggiore Venturi

Mario Valdemarin

Sottotenente Lorenzi


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war i

1910s

war

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