Oreste Jacovacci, from Rome, and Giovanni Busacca, from Milan, are two soldiers who live heroic and comical adventures during the First World War. At first, they try to escape from the conflict at any cost. However, they end up being dragged into the battlefield.
Awarded with the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
La Grande Guerra
1959
12 years
135 min.
Fiction
Italy, France
P&B
Mario Monicelli
Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, Mario Monicelli
Giuseppe Rotunno, Roberto Gerardi, Leonida Barboni, Giuseppe Serrandi
Adriana Novelli
Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano, Folco Lulli, Bernard Blier
Dino De Laurentiis
De Laurentiis/Gray Films
Nino Rota
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