The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
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Title: The Great War (1959)
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| Alberto Sordi | ... | Oreste Jacovacci | |
| Vittorio Gassman | ... | Giovanni Busacca | |
| Bernard Blier | ... | Capitano Castelli | |
| Folco Lulli | ... | Bordin | |
| Vittorio Sanipoli | ... | Maggiore Venturi | |
| Romolo Valli | ... | Tenente Gallina | |
| Mario Valdemarin | ... | Sottotenente Lorenzi | |
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Nicola Arigliano | ... | Giardino |
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Livio Lorenzon | ... | Sergente Barriferri |
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Tiberio Mitri | ... | Mandich |
| Carlo D'Angelo | ... | Capitano Ferri | |
| Tiberio Murgia | ... | Rosario Nicotra | |
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Marcello Giorda | ... | Generale |
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Achille Compagnoni | ... | Il cappellano |
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Geronimo Meynier | ... | Il portaordini |
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Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are conscripted, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They meet at the recruiting office where Giovanni bribes Oreste in the hope of securing a medical deferment, however the joke is on him when Oreste pulls off a hilarious double cross. Destine to serve as comrades in the same unit, they meet again on the train to the front. Despite the rocky beginning and the stolen money, they become friends and the comedic duo experience everything from blustery sergeants to bureaucratic requisition officers to the war weary lieutenant Hen. While in the village of Tigliano they spend some months in relative peace, and Giovanni attempts to gain the graces (and favors) of overworked prostitute Costantina, who also turns the tables to lighten his wallet. But war also brings with it gruesome sights and harrowing dangers. During the most important battle among Italians and Austro-Hungarians, as the Italians in retreat, Giovanni and ... Written by 1felco
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austro hungarian army | italian military | military uniform | front | train |Taglines:
Captured with raging realism...filmed on a breathtaking scale! The monumental story of the giant men who fought the Great War...and the women who followed them into hell! See more »Parents Guide:
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28 October 1959 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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La Grande guerra is a real lucid vision of the war that's because the point of view is moved on two characters of the common people with real emotions and feelings, so their military adventures at first creates a sense of funny but step by step everything becomes more dramatic because the war shows absurdities and contradictions that creates real human destruction. The maximum point is touched at the end. Because of this antimilitary soul in 1959 the movie was a real proof of intelligence.