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.

Discover

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi

Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano

Costantina

Folco Lulli

Bordin

Bernard Blier

Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli

Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maggiore Venturi

Mario Valdemarin

Sottotenente Lorenzi

Livio Lorenzon

Sergente Barriferri

Tiberio Murgia

Rosario Nicotra

Carlo D'Angelo

Capitano Ferri

Achille Compagnoni

Il Cappellano

Geronimo Meynier

Il Portadoni

Elsa Vazzoler

Moglie di Bordin

Guido Celano

Maggiore

Luigi Fainelli

Giacomazzi

Gérard Herter

Capitano Austriaco

Mario Feliciani

(uncredited)

Gianni Baghino

Soldier on Train (uncredited)

Mario Colli

(uncredited)

Mario Frera

(uncredited)

Mario Mazza

(uncredited)

Gian Luigi Polidoro

(uncredited)

Edda Ferronao

(uncredited)

Leandro Punturi

(uncredited)

Art

Mario Garbuglia

Production Design

Camera

Silvano Ippoliti

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Rotunno

Director of Photography

Roberto Gerardi

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Rino Carboni

Makeup Artist

Romolo De Martino

Makeup Artist

Piero Gherardi

Costume Design

Danilo Donati

Costume Design

Directing

Maurizio Lucci

Second Assistant Director

Silvana Mangini Colizzi

Script Supervisor

Giovanni Fago

Second Assistant Director

Mario Maffei

First Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Giorgio Morra

Unit Manager

Luigi De Laurentiis

Line Producer

Giorgio Adriani

Production Manager

Alfredo De Laurentiis

Production Manager

Sound

Nino Rota

Original Music Composer

Franco Ferrara

Conductor