The Great War
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8.1Italy, 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.
Released: 1959-10-28137 minDir: Mario MonicelliComedy, War, Drama
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
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Key dates
- Published
- 5 September 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Golden Lion
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
- Screenwriter
- Furio Scarpelli
- Composer
- Nino Rota
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Narrative location
- Italy
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Categories
1950s war comedy-drama films1959 films1959 Italian films1959 Italian-language filmsCommedia all'italianaFilms directed by Mario MonicelliFilms produced by Dino De LaurentiisFilms scored by Nino RotaFilms set in Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFilms with screenplays by Age & ScarpelliFilms with screenplays by Luciano VincenzoniFrench black-and-white films