Italy / Feb 14, 1963 / G
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Aldo Fabrizi | facchino |
| Walter Chiari | avvocato difensore |
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | Erede Siciliano (uncredited) |
| Simone Signoret | Contadina |
| Stewart Granger | Avvocato (uncredited) |
| Erminio Macario | Soldato in cucina (uncredited) |
| Virna Lisi | Naja, una spia austriaca |
| Carlo Pisacane | Zio Michele (uncredited) |
| Giuliano Gemma | Soldato (uncredited) |
| Annie Girardot | L'infermiera |
| Ugo Tognazzi | Pecoraio |
| Gabriele Ferzetti | Tenente in trincea |
| Philippe Leroy | Soldato |
| Amedeo Nazzari | Soldato strabico col pallottoliere |
| Romolo Valli | Il capitano |
| Renato Salvatori | Soldato |
| Paolo Stoppa | Padre di Dino |
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| Franca Valeri | Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione |
| Anouk Aimée | Crocerossina |
| Franco Citti | Fante Romano |
| Sylva Koscina | |
| Antonio Acqua | Aiutante di campo (uncredited) |
| Ángel Aranda | Ufficiale (uncredited) |
| Maurizio Arena | Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited) |
| Franco Balducci | Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
| Rik Battaglia | Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
| Warner Bentivegna | Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited) |
| Luisella Boni | Crocerossina (uncredited) |
| Pierre Brice | Ufficiale austriaco (uncredited) |
| Lilla Brignone | Capocrocerossina (uncredited) |
| Aldo Bufi Landi | Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited) |
| Gino Buzzanca | Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited) |
| Vittorio Caprioli | Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited) |
| Memmo Carotenuto | Capitano medico (uncredited) |
| Nino Castelnuovo | Corteggiatore (uncredited) |
| Rossella Como | Infirmiera (uncredited) |
| Mark Damon | Ufficiale timido (uncredited) |
| Lorella De Luca | Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
| Franco Fabrizi | Ferito con la borsa del ghiaccio (uncredited) |
| Sergio Fantoni | Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited) |
| Alberto Farnese | Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited) |
| Paolo Ferrari | Soldato imbroglione (uncredited) |
| Fiorenzo Fiorentini | Balbuziente (uncredited) |
| Giacomo Furia | Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited) |
| Scilla Gabel | L'amante di un soldato (uncredited) |
| Cristina Gaïoni | Presentatrice timida (uncredited) |
| Gianni Garko | Uomo alla stazione (uncredited) |
| Ivo Garrani | Erede siciliano (uncredited) |
| Franco Giacobini | Sergente maggiore (uncredited) |
| Ennio Girolami | Soldato (uncredited) |
| Massimo Girotti | Capitano alla finestra (uncredited) |
| Claudio Gora | Capitano di guardia (uncredited) |
| Gérard Herter | Colonnello comandante (uncredited) |
| Frank Latimore | Soldato Siciliano (uncredited) |
| Antonella Lualdi | Venditrice di fiori (uncredited) |
| Folco Lulli | Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) |
| Piero Lulli | Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited) |
| Alberto Lupo | Ufficiale (uncredited) |
| Ettore Manni | Ettore (uncredited) |
| Daniel Mele | Dino (uncredited) |
| Sandra Milo | Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
| Sandra Mondaini | Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
| Rina Morelli | Madre di Dino (uncredited) |
| Francesco Mulè | Soldato ferito (uncredited) |
| Tiberio Murgia | Soldato (uncredited) |
| David Niven | Soldato inglese (uncredited) |
| Ilaria Occhini | Crocerossina (uncredited) |
| Umberto Orsini | Soldato combattente (uncredited) |
| Paolo Panelli | Soldato imbroglione (uncredited) |
| Luigi Pavese | Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited) |
| Emilio Pericoli | Soldato (uncredited) |
| Walter Pidgeon | Ernest Hemingway (uncredited) |
| Teddy Reno | Soldato di Trieste (uncredited) |
| Nora Ricci | Donna alla stazione (uncredited) |
| Roberto Risso | Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
| Mac Ronay | Mago Maccheroni (uncredited) |
| Stelvio Rosi | Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
| Giacomo Rossi Stuart | Soldato austriaco (uncredited) |
| Luciano Salce | Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited) |
| Yvonne Sanson | Moglie del balbuziente (uncredited) |
| Gordon Scott | Soldato (uncredited) |
| Joe Sentieri | Soldato (uncredited) |
| Massimo Serato | Ufficiale (uncredited) |
| Jacques Sernas | Tenente Fiorelli (uncredited) |
| Franco Sportelli | Avvocato dell'accusa (uncredited) |
| Nino Taranto | Mafioso (uncredited) |
| Nino Terzo | Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited) |
| Aroldo Tieri | Tenente Farsardi (uncredited) |
| Gabriele Tinti | Bersagliere (uncredited) |
| Fausto Tozzi | Soldato combattente (uncredited) |
| Max Turilli | Soldato tedesco sulle scale (uncredited) |
| Raimondo Vianello | Fieldmaresciallo Von Gassman (uncredited) |
| Enrico Viarisio | Erede siciliano (uncredited) |
| Lia Zoppelli | Erede siciliana (uncredited) |
Genres
ComedyHistoryWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il giorno più corto |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Titanus |
| Release date | 14 febbraio 1963 |
| Production | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Writer | Sandro Continenza, Giorgio Arlorio, Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Cinematography | Enzo Barboni, Stelvio Massi, Giovanni Battista Poletto |
| Assistant directors | Franco Rossellini, Ruggero Deodato, Adolfo Dragone, Sergio Corbucci |
| Camera operators | Stelvio Massi, Giovanni Battista Poletto, Enzo Barboni |
| Additional photography | Stelvio Massi, Giovanni Battista Poletto, Enzo Barboni |
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| Production design | Carlo Simi, Hanzi Axerio |
| Art direction | Hanzi Axerio, Carlo Simi |
| Set decoration | Hanzi Axerio, Carlo Simi |
| Music | Piero Piccioni, Enzo Silvestri |
| Sound | Enzo Silvestri, Piero Piccioni |
| Costume design | Marcella De Marchis, Libero Politi, Nori Corbucci, Nicla Palombi |
| Makeup | Libero Politi, Marcella De Marchis, Nori Corbucci, Nicla Palombi |
| Hairstyling | Libero Politi, Marcella De Marchis, Nori Corbucci, Nicla Palombi |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Romania / Feb 14, 1963 / 15
Digital
France / Apr 28, 2021 / Netflix
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