Synopsis
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)
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