The Great War (1959)
La grande guerra (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Alberto Sordi	...	Oreste Jacovacci
	Vittorio Gassman	...	Giovanni Busacca
	Silvana Mangano	...	Costantina
	Folco Lulli	...	Bordin
	Bernard Blier	...	Capitano Castelli
	Romolo Valli	...	Tenente Gallina
	Vittorio Sanipoli	...	Maggiore Venturi
	Nicola Arigliano	...	Giardino
	Geronimo Meynier	...	Il portaordini
	Mario Valdemarin	...	Sottotenente Lorenzi
	Elsa Vazzoler	...	Moglie di Boradin
	Tiberio Murgia	...	Rosario Nicotra
	Livio Lorenzon	...	Sergente Barriferri
	Ferruccio Amendola	...	De Concini
	Carlo D'Angelo	...	Capitano Ferri

Storyline

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. Giovanni bribes Oreste, believing to his false pledges to make him avoiding the army. But the destiny make them meeting again on the train directed to the front. Nevertheless Oreste stolen money to Giovanni they become friends and in first times are allocated to a secondary and quite front (village of Tigliano). Here they spend some months in relative peace and Giovanni finds time to fall in love for prostitute Costantina. But war is getting everyday closer. During the most important battle among Italians and Austro-Hungarians, Giovanni and Oreste are in charge to deliver a vital message to the Italian headquarters. But, unfortunately, they fall in the hands of an Austrian officer that, under life menace, starts an interrogation to find out the Italian message. What they should try to do now? Written by 1felco  

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