Movie · 1959
The Great War
“The great battle spectacle of our time!”
Released 28 October 1959 137 min Comedy / War / Drama More from 1959 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Marcello Giorda
as Generale
Folco Lulli
as Bordin
Achille Compagnoni
as Il Cappellano
Vittorio Sanipoli
as Maggiore Venturi
Bernard Blier
as Capitano Castelli
Alberto Sordi
as Oreste Jacovacci
Gérard Herter
as Capitano Austriaco
Vittorio Gassman
as Giovanni Busacca
Livio Lorenzon
as Sergente Barriferri
Nicola Arigliano
as Giardino
Romolo Valli
as Tenente Gallina
Tiberio Mitri
as Mandich
Tiberio Murgia
as Rosario Nicotra
Silvana Mangano
as Costantina
Mario Valdemarin
as Sottotenente Lorenzi
Carlo D'Angelo
as Capitano Ferri
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The numbers
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Marcello Giorda — oldest on the call sheet
29Silvana Mangano — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast