The Great War (1959)
The Great War (1959)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Nicola Arigliano
Giardino
Mario Valdemarin
Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Mitri
Mandich
Livio Lorenzon
Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia
Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo
Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni
Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda
Generale
Geronimo Meynier
Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler
Moglie di Bordin
Ferruccio Amendola
De Concini
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)
Mario Monicelli
Director / Screenplay / Story
Luciano Vincenzoni
Story / Screenplay
Giorgio Morra
Unit Manager
Luigi De Laurentiis
Line Producer
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay / Dialogue / Story
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Maurizio Lucci
Second Assistant Director
Furio Scarpelli
Dialogue / Screenplay / Story
Giorgio Adriani
Production Manager
Silvano Ippoliti
Camera Operator
Rino Carboni
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1959
Original NameLa grande guerra
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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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.