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1959

The Great War

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.

Credits

Director

Mario Monicelli

Producer

Dino De Laurentiis

Writers

Luciano Vincenzoni , Agenore Incrocci , Furio Scarpelli , Mario Monicelli

Cinematographers

Roberto Gerardi , Giuseppe Rotunno

Composer

Nino Rota

Cast

Vittorio Gassman , Alberto Sordi , Silvana Mangano , Folco Lulli , Bernard Blier , Romolo Valli , Vittorio Sanipoli , Nicola Arigliano , Mario Valdemarin , Tiberio Mitri

Studios

DDL Cinematografica , gray-film

Genres

Drama Comedy War

Posters

5
The Great War (1959) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
The Great War (1959) international poster - US
US international
The Great War (1959) character poster - US
US character
The Great War (1959) teaser poster - IT
IT teaser
The Great War (1959) imax poster - IT
IT imax

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