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.
Cast
Vittorio Gassman
Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi
Oreste Jacovacci
Silvana Mangano
Costantina
Folco Lulli
Bordin
Bernard Blier
Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli
Tenente Gallina
Vittorio Sanipoli
Maggiore Venturi
Nicola Arigliano
Giardino
Mario Valdemarin
Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Mitri
Mandich
Livio Lorenzon
Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia
Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo
Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni
Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda
Generale
Geronimo Meynier
Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler
Moglie di Bordin
Ferruccio Amendola
De Concini
Guido Celano
Maggiore
Luigi Fainelli
Giacomazzi
Gérard Herter
Capitano Austriaco
Mario Feliciani
(uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Mario Colli
(uncredited)
Mario Frera
(uncredited)
Mario Mazza
(uncredited)
Gian Luigi Polidoro
(uncredited)
Edda Ferronao
(uncredited)
Leandro Punturi
(uncredited)
Crew
Mario Monicelli
Director, Screenplay, Story
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Luciano Vincenzoni
Screenplay, Story
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Roberto Gerardi
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Mario Maffei
First Assistant Director
Giovanni Fago
Second Assistant Director
Maurizio Lucci
Second Assistant Director
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Luigi De Laurentiis
Line Producer
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Silvano Ippoliti
Camera Operator
Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Piero Gherardi
Costume Design
Romolo De Martino
Makeup Artist
Rino Carboni
Makeup Artist
Rocco Roy Mangano
Sound
Bruno Moreal
Sound
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Silvana Mangini Colizzi
Script Supervisor
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Production Manager
Giorgio Adriani
Production Manager
Giorgio Morra
Unit Manager
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
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