The Great War
1959-10-28Italy, 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.

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.

Giovanni Busacca
Vittorio Gassman

Oreste Jacovacci
Alberto Sordi

Costantina
Silvana Mangano

Bordin
Folco Lulli

Capitano Castelli
Bernard Blier

Tenente Gallina
Romolo Valli

Maggiore Venturi
Vittorio Sanipoli

Giardino
Nicola Arigliano

Sottotenente Lorenzi
Mario Valdemarin

Mandich
Tiberio Mitri

Sergente Barriferri
Livio Lorenzon

Rosario Nicotra
Tiberio Murgia

Capitano Ferri
Carlo D'Angelo

Il Cappellano
Achille Compagnoni

Generale
Marcello Giorda

Il Portadoni
Geronimo Meynier

Moglie di Bordin
Elsa Vazzoler

De Concini
Ferruccio Amendola

Maggiore
Guido Celano
Giacomazzi
Luigi Fainelli

Capitano Austriaco
Gérard Herter

(uncredited)
Mario Feliciani
Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Gianni Baghino

(uncredited)
Mario Colli

(uncredited)
Mario Frera

(uncredited)
Mario Mazza

(uncredited)
Gian Luigi Polidoro

(uncredited)
Edda Ferronao
(uncredited)
Leandro Punturi