The Great War

About The Great War

Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI.

The Great War is a 1959 comedy war film directed by Mario Monicelli. The film is filed under world war i and 1910s.

Vittorio Gassman appears as Giovanni Busacca, Alberto Sordi as Oreste Jacovacci, Silvana Mangano as Costantina, and Folco Lulli as Bordin. At 137 minutes long, it arrived in October 1959.

The screenplay is by Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.

Paths of Glory, Wonder Woman, and 1917 make useful companions to The Great War, all filed under war. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 380 votes.