The Great War (1959)
The Great War (1959)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Alberto Sordi
Oreste Jacovacci
Vittorio Gassman
Giovanni Busacca
Silvana Mangano
Costantina
Bernard Blier
Capitano Castelli
Folco Lulli
Bordin
Vittorio Sanipoli
Maggiore Venturi
Romolo Valli
Tenente Gallina
Mario Valdemarin
Sottotenente Lorenzi
Nicola Arigliano
Giardino
Livio Lorenzon
Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Mitri
Mandich
Tiberio Murgia
Rosario Nicotra
Mario Monicelli
Director
Carlo D'Angelo
Capitano Ferri
Agenore Incrocci
Writer
Achille Compagnoni
Il Cappellano
Furio Scarpelli
Writer
Marcello Giorda
Generale
Luciano Vincenzoni
Writer
Geronimo Meynier
Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler
Moglie di Bordin
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Nino Rota
Composer
Ferruccio Amendola
De Concini
Roberto Gerardi
Cinematographer
Guido Celano
Maggiore
Giuseppe Rotunno
Cinematographer
Luigi Fainelli
Giacomazzi
Gérard Herter
Capitano Austriaco
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Mario Garbuglia
ProductionDesigner
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)
Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1959
Original NameLa grande guerra
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Great War (Italian: La grande guerra) is a 1959 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I; the movie, while played on a comedic register, does not hide from the viewer the horrors and grimness of trench warfare. Starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, the film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Its crew also included Danilo Donati (costumes) and Mario Garbuglia (set designer).
It was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." It won huge success outside Italy, especially in France.