Movie · 1954
The Cheerful Squadron
Released 5 December 1954 90 min Comedy / Drama More from 1954 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
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How old were they?
Charles Vanel
as Hurluret
Luigi Pavese
as Medical Captain
Carlo Lombardi
as Major
Vittorio De Sica
as General
Paolo Stoppa
as Flick
Memmo Carotenuto
as Quartermaster Sergeant
Alberto Sordi
as Vergisson
Daniel Gélin
as Frédéric d'Héricourt
Jean Richard
as Laperrine
Riccardo Fellini
as Bonaparte
Silvana Pampanini
as Albertina
Giacomo Furia
as Corporal
Gérard Buhr
as Defaulter
Carlo Sabatini
Uta Franz
as Bice
Peter Trent
as Mousseret
Gastone Bettanini
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43years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Charles Vanel — oldest on the call sheet
19Uta Franz — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast